Crawfishing????

[maghunter]

When we go I usually get some bricks and tie some chicken pieces to the bricks, then tie a plastic pop bottle to the bricks and set these out about every 30 feet in about 15 feet of water. Then wait about an hour or so. We usualy bring along an onion sack or something with a drawstring to put them in. Then I like to wear some gloves because the bigger ones can hurt if they get ahold of you. If there are two or more of you dive down to the bricks at the same time because most of the time there will be more crawdads on there than one guy can grab. Also if you hesitate they will scurry off, you got to be quick and grab them fast. Also if you hesitate they are more likely to pinch yah. Once we've caught enough I sort through our catch and throw the small ones back for another time. We usualy boil them with crab boil and some lemmons and onions. Although we only boil them for about 6 or 7 minutes any longer than this and the meat seems to shrivel up. Also right before we boil, we devein them. All we do is grab the middle tail fan and twist it 180 degrees then pull it off with the vein attached. This really makes them mad so make sure the claws can't get yah. And they die right away after this so get them in the pot before they spoil. Also if you plan on going make sure you are going to eat them fairly soon afterwards so they don't go to waste. They will stay alive for quite a while if you keep them in fresh cool water and if any do die you need to remove them quickly or they will poisen the rest of them and they will all start to die. Its a fun way to beat the heat and a really good work out to.
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