06-02-2011, 04:47 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Ahhhhh. Clear Lake. I do miss that big pond. I always did well by stringing about a half dozen silverside minnows on one hook and then dragging it around.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fished crawdads a lot in California. They were everywhere and easy to catch...and every species loved them. I caught cats, stripers, largies and smallies and sturgeon on them. I lived right on the American River in Sacramento so I could go diving in the holes and hunt up the softshell 'dads. Those were always money.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have no doubt they would work well in Utah Lake, either dragging or under a bobber. But don't get your hopes up about keeping off the bullheads if you fish just the tails. Even fishing a big whole crawdad is an invitation to the mudders. They have super strong jaws and make short work of a hard shell on a crawdad. Oh yeah, carp eat them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have tried trapping crawdads at a couple of places on Utah Lake and have never been successful. I know they are in there and have found "remnants" both in cats and in walleyes. I would hope that with the increased amount of shoreline greenery and flooded rocky structure that the crawdads have an increase in population.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fished crawdads a lot in California. They were everywhere and easy to catch...and every species loved them. I caught cats, stripers, largies and smallies and sturgeon on them. I lived right on the American River in Sacramento so I could go diving in the holes and hunt up the softshell 'dads. Those were always money.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have no doubt they would work well in Utah Lake, either dragging or under a bobber. But don't get your hopes up about keeping off the bullheads if you fish just the tails. Even fishing a big whole crawdad is an invitation to the mudders. They have super strong jaws and make short work of a hard shell on a crawdad. Oh yeah, carp eat them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have tried trapping crawdads at a couple of places on Utah Lake and have never been successful. I know they are in there and have found "remnants" both in cats and in walleyes. I would hope that with the increased amount of shoreline greenery and flooded rocky structure that the crawdads have an increase in population.[/#0000ff]
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