Northwest Fishing Reports

Do you think the crawdad's you get at Joe's are any good, I just bought some and I am going to try them out tommorow. The lake I will fish hold's LM bass cutthroat and some big rainbows, are there certain species that are more species that are suceptible to a nice juicy crawdad tail. I will be fishing them underneath a clear bobber on a #6 Gammi hook with 3 flt of leader. Do you think I should just use crawlers?

I know Joe's sells sandshrimp...

The crawfish will be good for the Largemouth- they love 'em. I haved tried using them up here yet. Tell us how they work out for you.

I don't think a frozen tail will work much good for bass or trout. I'd stick to nightcrawlers for the best luck...You can use whole crawdads for Largemouth, but actually I think that's illegal in washington???

Sam Kafelafish wrote:I don't think a frozen tail will work much good for bass or trout. I'd stick to nightcrawlers for the best luck...You can use whole crawdads for Largemouth, but actually I think that's illegal in washington???

It is illegal to use live fish for gamefish. I don't think a warden would classify a crawdad as a "fish". Be careful though, if you are catching your own crawdads to use for bait or to eat--there is a minimum size requirement for them.

I've heard of guys throwing out traps to get the crawdads, preferably softshelled for bass fishing...

I have fished Banks Lake all year and a ton of Walleyes that we have caught have had Crawdads in their system. Where exactly are you buying the crawdads because I would use them over there and probably clean up. Crawlers seem be doing that anyway, but always fun fishing with something new.

Joe

Shad_Eating_Grin wrote:

Sam Kafelafish wrote:I don't think a frozen tail will work much good for bass or trout. I'd stick to nightcrawlers for the best luck...You can use whole crawdads for Largemouth, but actually I think that's illegal in washington???

It is illegal to use live fish for gamefish. I don't think a warden would classify a crawdad as a "fish". Be careful though, if you are catching your own crawdads to use for bait or to eat--there is a minimum size requirement for them.

My advice is that everyone check out the rules and regulations themselves, and fast.

For the record, live Crawdads work well for trout (larger ones at least) and for Bass. Dead Craws would work for Catfish, may a tail would work for trout, but you would need to keep it moving like it was alive if you wanted to catch a Bass with it.

Crawdads are legal in Washington, live or dead, and I am aware of no size minimums.

I don't think you should fish them under a bobber. Make it look natural, let it drift bottom.

Anglinarcher wrote:

Shad_Eating_Grin wrote:

Sam Kafelafish wrote:I don't think a frozen tail will work much good for bass or trout. I'd stick to nightcrawlers for the best luck...You can use whole crawdads for Largemouth, but actually I think that's illegal in washington???

It is illegal to use live fish for gamefish. I don't think a warden would classify a crawdad as a "fish". Be careful though, if you are catching your own crawdads to use for bait or to eat--there is a minimum size requirement for them.

My advice is that everyone check out the rules and regulations themselves, and fast.

For the record, live Crawdads work well for trout (larger ones at least) and for Bass. Dead Craws would work for Catfish, may a tail would work for trout, but you would need to keep it moving like it was alive if you wanted to catch a Bass with it.

Crawdads are legal in Washington, live or dead, and I am aware of no size minimums.

see page 132 for the minimum size requirements. also, the crawdad season closes end of October