As live bait goes, it’s hard to beat crawfish for trout, bass, catfish, and more—yet they are wildly underused. That’s because it’s rare to find them for sale in bait shops. There are no commercial ...

I set a minnow trap baited with chicken breast to see if it could attract and catch crawfish. Now it’s time to check the trap and see what showed up. Sometimes the simplest bait can bring surprising ...

Some folks love eating crawfish; others can’t bring themselves to taste something that looks so much like a bug. It’s been that way for centuries. Consider this passage from Wild Sports in the Far ...

Did you ever go crawfish fishin’ in a crawfish hole? If not, well, you’ve missed out on a grand childhood activity. Maybe you know the crawfish as a crayfish, crawlfish, crawdad, crawdaddy or even mud ...

Adler Stelly on his boat in Abbeville, Louisiana on March 15, 2024. Stelly has been farming crawfish his entire life and said he's been hit hard by the drought. It's a cloudy day in mid-March, and ...

Some folks love eating crawfish; others can’t bring themselves to taste something that looks so much like a bug. It’s been that way for centuries. Consider this passage from Wild Sports in the Far ...

WTVF-NASHVILLE — Brandon Dowdy is joined by JR Sweat and Brandon Dowdy to discuss bass fishing and catching crawfish with young sportsmen Tucker Smalley and Lee Spears on this episode of Southern ...

Missouri fish farmers and bait shops are asking the state Department of Conservation to reconsider a ban on selling live crawfish that goes into effect Sept. 1. Conservation officials said the ban is ...