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Has anyone tried it through a 10" hole with a round minnow type trap? Is it legal on Ririe?
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Not a clue on those specifics. My buddy's kid caught one last year on a jig tipped with a mealy while perch fishing though.
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I have heard of many setting traps in the fall, and doing well. I would assume it would be legal in the winter, but no guarantee. I agree with Belasko my son loves to catch them through the ice, which he has caught about three over the years. It is pretty cool to see a crawdad come out of the hole; not as cool as a Rexburg gold fish, but still note worthy. If you pursue this I would be interested in a report I usually spend the day at Ririe, and I would be happy to sacrifice a pole for a trap and check it every few hours.

OvidCreek
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This is an interesting idea. I am also curious about it. Are you wondering for catching them to eat or to use for fishing? Speaking of crawdads, because we had found crawdads in some of the larger fish we caught up at Island Park Res. I decided to get some of the larger crawdad jigs to use next time we went up to IP and wouldn't you know it, we brought home a 6+lber from IP Res. the last time we went a week and a half ago!
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Now that is some serious investigative fishing. NIce Job!

OvidCreek
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I would like to eat them mostly. They should be better from the cold water than warmer summer water. I saw some 2 to 3" crayfish at IP when scuba diving at Lakeside a few years ago. I like the jigging idea. I might try that Strawberry this summer.
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I've looked at the regs and It looks like its leagal to trap them in the winter as long as you can get your trap in a ten inch hole. what works really good for bait is fish parts. They normally eat dead fish so they come in by the dozens for a fresh trout carcas. If you need some tips on how to eat and cook them let me know.
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Whoa! Those Ririe crawfish look like some real good eaters. I love crawdads, but have never tried to catch them through the ice. In fact, I haven't had much luck with traps at all. I generally wade and catch them by hand. Would you mind posting a picture of your traps? I'd like to find some that work. There is a reservior near here that has a lot of them, but I always seem to come up empty.
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The traps I have are just the cheap ones from sportsmans or walmart. We do alot better by baiting some bricks that are painted bright colors with a string tied to a pop bottle for a float and then we dive for them. The traps will catch some but if you dive down to see what the traps are actually doing there will be dozens of crawfish all piled up on them trying to figure out how to get in. Snorkling for them is alot more fun and a good workout. We've caught hundreds of them in just a few hours diving before. And then the feast is on. HHMMMMMMM Fresh Idaho Lobster.
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I have never caught and cooked my own but have looked a few sites about how to do it.
Those are some nice looking ones you caught. Getting the trap out of the hole may be the biggest problem. I do have a question in to the fish and game about the hole size being a 10" max. I should of asked if 10" square was ok as well.
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