If you go to marine on st. I used to catch bucket fulls as a kid. We would get them by the 5-gallon pail with a full day of work when we were younger growing up on Waconia- that was a long time ago though. I would think that if you were to look around the shallow rocks on the eastern end of the lakes near the claybanks you might find some now.
I dont know if this is good. But most small lakes or ponds are full of them. Just use some sort of meat or hotdog and tie it down, set trap and come back later. Problem is these are just sewage ponds or smelly backwaters. So not sure if you want to eat them out of those. But good way to get crayfish bait. Crayfish may be used as bait only in the body of water where they were captured.
The use of live crayfish as bait on the St. You will find large numbers of Crayfish in any small creek or stream. Also in any river. Put your traps a few feet from shore and check every couple days.
Garanteed crayfish I think the creek,stream,river idea will without a doubt out produce any metro area lake. Good luck. By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings , otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.
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I'm getting spring fever and started making traps again. I wrote a detailed description of how I caught mine a few months back, but now I see it didn't post. I would take a piece of rigid wire about in long. I tried threading shrimp, bacon and steak grissle on the end and wrapping the wire around it. I would slip it into the crevices between and under rocks. Crayfish would grab the bait all the above baits worked equally well and I'd inch them into the open and scoop them from behind with a minnow net.
I caught mine during the day when they are supposed to be shy. They got easier to catch as the water got warmer. It seems to me they move shallower in the warmer water and slide out deeper when it is colder. I caught most of mine in the mississippi river, but in august, I went to the boundary waters and caught them there too.
They make a good camp meal. The first time I tried this method was in July. By September, it wasn't effective anymore. I ran traps a number of times in May and June with no success. The first time I tried, I caught one crayfish who was hanging out on top of the trap. Several times, I found the traps had sunfish inside. I had given up when a friend suggested I try the method described above. Now, I know more and hope to do better with the traps.
I'll update you once it's working. Have fun, Reed. Unfortunately its not online yet, but I'll mention it here for reference. I have some new Swedish traps from Trapper Arnie that I want to try. Minnesota's fishing regulations seem to be much easier for Crayfisher's.
There is less specificity mentioned in the rule book. One slight confusing paragraph said you could posses 25 pounds of crayfish, but then seemed to suggest that you couldn't transport them without a DNR license.
I emailed DNR for clarification. Kevin Kyle responded back almost immediately that, "You can transport them home for personal use, but you would need a special license to transport for commercial purposes. I've started trapping this year. I've researched as much as possible, but you guys have provided more info than most other places. I'll definitely share anything that I find out through my experiences.
I started by looking at all of the traps online and found one in particular that seems well-built. So I saved the trap pics and built my own. I'm starting with three. Last weekend was my first attempt on the Mississippi River near Elk River. I tried one in rocky rapids 3. I soaked them for 14 hours with fresh cut carp in the bait boxes.
I got nothing. Now, it makes sense if they are molting right now. I know there are plenty because when I clean catfish from there, they always have crayfish in their systems. So there are a few things I can think of that aren't in my favor: obviously not enough time spent doing it is obvious, how about too short of soak time, not the correct areas in the river, they could be molting What are your thoughts? I laid 4 traps last weekend along the shores of Little Cormorant Lake in Becker county, but caught nothing.
I used fresh bullheads as bait. Second time I came up empty there. I think the trick is to just keep looking for a good hole. Try a bunch of places. I got some new swedish collapsable traps from Trapper Arne www.
I really like the traps. Easy to store and very light, and won't rust. I would have liked to have taken home crayfish, but there just weren't any to trap. I haven't had much time to Cray Fish this summer. WCCO News once said that crayfish were being caught for sale but failed to mention from whom of where. I'd like to buy some - write me at mngardener mail. Just a reminder that Crayfish season opened in Minnesota on April 1 in So far in April, I've only trapped 1.
Not a great start, but then again my most convenient crayfish hole isn't a very a good one. I'm a ragin Cajun and have been dying for a good mudbug boil. I was actually trying to trap minnows in the Minnesota river, and it was really really rocky there, i baited my plain jane minnow trap with dry dog food, and the next morning i was amazed to find ten mud bugs in my trap.
So i went and bought some really cheap canned cat food, liver patte, and dropped that in there, In the time it took me to set up another trap i pulled my previous trap up and already had 20 crawfish in it! I emptied it and let them sit over night, the next morning i could barely pull my traps in they were heaping full of the delicious crustaceon. Edit Close. Toggle navigation. Close 1 of 3. Follow us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Notifications Settings. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.
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