Crawfish-Bait.
Crawfish-Bait.
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?
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RE:Crawfish-Bait.
I know Joe's sells sandshrimp...
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RE:Crawfish-Bait.
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.
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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???
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RE:Crawfish-Bait.
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.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???
RE:Crawfish-Bait.
I've heard of guys throwing out traps to get the crawdads, preferably softshelled for bass fishing...
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RE:Crawfish-Bait.
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.
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RE:Crawfish-Bait.
My advice is that everyone check out the rules and regulations themselves, and fast.Shad_Eating_Grin wrote: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.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???
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.
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RE:Crawfish-Bait.
I don't think you should fish them under a bobber. Make it look natural, let it drift bottom.
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RE:Crawfish-Bait.
see page 132 for the minimum size requirements. also, the crawdad season closes end of OctoberAnglinarcher wrote:My advice is that everyone check out the rules and regulations themselves, and fast.Shad_Eating_Grin wrote: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.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???
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.