Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
I remember catching Crawdads in the creek as a child in WV. Grandma would make some of the best tasting stew with them!
I would take a round barrel hoop with burlap fabric sewed onto it, with small pieces of meat or fish tied to it and a pair of ropes on it. I'd drop it in the water and let it set, Crawdads have a very good sense of smell. And when they get their claws on food, they won't let go, all it takes is to raise the hoop and remove any I wanted to keep. The others would sometimes still be on it when it was lowered again into the water.
Wonder if today's Crawdads/Crawfish are "farm" raised?
Yes they are all farm raised now, still mostly in LA and Southeast TX ... but watch out at the store for the packaged, cleaned tail meat. Check the labels, some are imported from China/SE Asia ... we don't buy those