Crayfish

I hear there are Crayfish in our rivers out here on the Olympic Peninsula, and fishing licenses cover them. Anyone have luck with keeping them?

ive had one, they are easy to care for. but they could have disease so watch out!

was your crayfish from a LFS or wild caught?

lfs. but a very bad one lol... check what species of crayfish it is before you put it in warm water...

from my research we have native and invasive crayfish here, but the only ones we are allowed to catch are the natives. Seems silly.

they dont want you to spread the invasive to other places by getting one, then moving then releasing it. it kinda makes sense if you think of it that way.

Yes...but the fish and game folk are more concerned about over fishing, as they are tasty which most people fishing them would agree with. And the fact is they are already here.

ooooh yummy crayfish! anyways, i say just research on the species more. btw can you tell me what the name of the species is, im interested lol

I can't recall the name. I think they came from the south.

i know there are a type of crawfish in the solduc out by us.. i have caught some before.. very preatty redish color... When you cook them they turn blood red.. Very tastey they are.. They are crawdads...

ledieudufromage wrote:I hear there are Crayfish in our rivers out here on the Olympic Peninsula, and fishing licenses cover them. Anyone have luck with keeping them?

I've never tried, but our lakes and rivers are full of them. I do know that they are one of the best lures to imitate when you are fishing for smallmouth or largemouth bass.

and salmon and steelhead

Up at Mason Lake near North Bend there is a ton of crays. It's strange because it's an alpine lake

I've caught a few up at mineral lake about 30-45 minutes away from me toward alder lake area. A fishing line small
piece of bacon and your good to go. Wasn't keeping any fish at the te so we through them in a skillet and cooked them up. Real good!!

shallow quick moving water anywhere ive gone theres a crawdad or two, even catch them in the storm drains (get bait in the street before ya leave )

Craysfish at Crawfish king tastes real good!!!

Huh?. Oops, wrong thread.

iv got 2 of them caught them out of the creek near my house. they are easy to keep drop some peices of raw fish and they eat real good. but you have to watch because they will any fish they can get there claws on.

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Those are pretty cool. I'm picking up my electric blue ones tommorow. So stoked wait awhile to get them. Also after I started gaining intrest in them I looked up on google for the biggest ones. And they have some the size of lobsters. I don't remember the name though.

There is a crazy lobster sized shrimp thats cool.. cant find them anymore.. Its called an african filter shrimp.. Saw them on aquabid for a while never saved money to get any and cant find anyone carrying them anymore.. They are also called viper shrimp..

strictly a filter shrimp that gets large.

from my research we have native and invasive crayfish here, but the only ones we are allowed to catch are the natives. Seems silly.

You are able to keep both you are only allowed to transport native species. You must kill invasive's with ice baths. WA has only one native species.

Subject: Re: Crayfish Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:59 pm
Yes...but the fish and game folk are more concerned about over fishing, as they are tasty which most people fishing them would agree with. And the fact is they are already here

WDFW is not too concerned with over fishing. They don't even have a license requirement. You just can't harvest Oct-May since this is spawning season and the mothers carry the eggs and then young on her. Also there is a 5 gear limit per person for collection.