Anyone trap crayfish?

[woodyard]

Wondering what is the best bait to lure them into a minnow trap.

 

[ADR]

Any tough piece of meat worked for me.

 

[smalljawbasser]

Make sure you check your traps pretty often, or your trap full of crawfish will turn into a trap full of fat snakes.

I trapped a dozen or so one time, went back early the next morning and got a real surprise when I went to get 'em out!

 

[doubledownranch]

Yep I've pulled them up with snakes hanging out of the trap, and I hate snakes. I don't do it anymore since I moved


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[woodyard]

Thanks, we need a few to try for some big trout this weekend. Will take a trap and try it while we fish.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I trap them a lot! Best way I've found is to catch a small bluegill (or any small fish) cut it half so it's bloody/gutsy and then take a wire and wire it to the center of the trap. As in the center where it doesn't touch any side of the trap. A trap set that way forces them to enter the trap since they cannot reach any of the bait from the outside.

 

[TNRifleman]

Thanks, we need a few to try for some big trout this weekend. Will take a trap and try it while we fish.

Try throwing 6 inch Countdown Rapalas at night. I use brown trout color and have had great success on the White with them. I have caught 8 or 9 over 20" over the past few years with two at 30". Here's the biggest. 13 lbs. Caught on the Countdown about 3 miles below the Bull Shoals Dam.

 

[RollTide88]

Catch a bluegill or other sunfish, cut into a couple pieces. I throw tails back into the water when I'm catfishing to watch the crawdads fight over it.

 

[THEdonkey0515]

I've heard of people using caned dog food.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I've heard of people using caned dog food.

Yeah, you'll get a few but it floats to the edges and they eat it from the outside...