Crawfishing Arizona, Catching an Invasive Species of Crayfish Crayster Field Research

[@clairpetcher2782]

How nice to see a young person working on a conservation project and enjoying the outdoors and not glued to a cell phone. Good work!

[@crayster3926]

Great comment, thanks!

[@frankblangeard8865]

Hey, when you finish getting rid of the invasive crayfish in Arizona then come to Florida and get rid of mosquitoes by slapping them.

[@crayster3926]

Ok, that will be next on the agenda. lol

[@dannilaser16]

Frank Blangeard yeah and get rid of that worthless fucking snake too. Machetes work great on them.

[@shanebeaudrot777]

LMAO! No doubt! I'm in Winter Haven, FL.

[@shanebeaudrot777]

If Crawfish are a problem, the state should allow unlimited fishing for them. I have a suspension that someone at the resource center is going to have a Crawfish boil.

[@carlkrebs1]

that's some funny shit frank....after their done in floridfa , come kill em in Louisiana too , roflmao !

[@danielwojciechowski8345]

if your gonna catch all those crayfish eat them or give them to some one who will

[@crayster3926]

That is the plan my friend. When team Crayster gets to camp we are going to eat all we can catch. Thanks for the comment!

[@arilauriel7269]

I cooked them once and no one ate them. So we donate them. The wildlife center is happy to receive them.

[@monmixer]

@@arilauriel7269 I have cooked them up before, love them

[@ohtoobefishin6449]

Crayster My name is David and I was wondering, why don't stock the Creeks with shellcracker bream and large or smallmouth Bass or even spotted bass? And any type of fish to feed on crawfish.

[@ohtoobefishin6449]

Crayster And besides the fish are more direct solution to the quote on quote problem.

[@DelbertStinkfester]

I remember going down to the muddy creek as a kid and spending the whole day catching crayfish and then going home in the evening and having a feast.....I loved those days

[@crayster3926]

Good memories, we love this crawfish! Thanks for watching.

[@bldeagle10]

That looks like barbershop canyon... id be interested in knowing exactly where that is. I know the lakes on the rim have a fair population of crawfish but the never seem like a problem, the stream they were at has more than I have ever seen up there. I wouldnt mind heading up and doing my part to help remove them.

[@crayster3926]

Just go to East Clear Creek. That creek is infested with them. By the way they were delicious! This is the second video in the series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2XGXoyuopeUhrs

[@gaybear5328]

best largemouth bass bait... before you say! yes, I hook them good, if they get off they will die

[@Mark16v15]

"Invasive Species"?! Huh? That's like saying gold on your land is a toxic heavy metal. Maybe the problem is that they don't offer Cajun seafood boil at supermarkets there in AZ. (Here in Houston, grocery stores are charging as much as $5 a pound for those little boogers, and customers are waiting in line to buy them.) Do people in AZ even know about adding red potatoes, onions, corn on the cob, and sausage links to the boil? I think with a little edible eating education (e.g., suck the head and pinch the tail), AZ's invasive species "problem" could be solved in a few weekends, even sooner with several local "Crawfish Festivals". However, AZ may run into another problem. With a trend toward everyone now wanting to dip spicy Cajun crawdads in melted butter, some may reseed their waterways with the tasty culinary crustacean critters, and the state of AZ all of sudden becomes the southwest's version of the Louisiana Atchafalaya Bayou.

[@thegamer8269]

Livin in Arizona it’s nice to know that someone can help us with our problems

[@cnoely]

nice work, I am in oz and we use open hoop or drop pots that would work well with the numbers of crayfish you have.

[@johnfox5646]

where were you at with all these crawfish. Want to take my son out, but can't find specifics on good locations to go.

[@carlkrebs1]

if your in the united states they are ANYWHERE in just about any waterway....look up ways to catch on youtube and get busy , its simple and very easy....make some wire traps , use dead fish and guts and haul em in...from april til june or july depending on where you live .

[@crayster3926]

This was East Clear Creek in Arizona. But they can be found almost everywhere. What state do you live in?

[@johnfox5646]

@@crayster3926 Found it. Went to East Clear Creek. Fire burned a lot in the area, but we parked and hiked down to the creek. Caught about 200 crawfish in 2 hours. THANK YOU.

[@crayster3926]

@@johnfox5646 Nice, glad you found it. Its nice to here a few more got taken out of the creek!

[@frostymutt6162]

Go to KFC get a family bucket of chicken original season the night before. Eat all the chicken but save some skin and all the bones use this and watch them run in your traps. P.S. it don't hurt ta leave a little meat on them bones... have fun

[@crayster3926]

I bet that would work! They come in for the oils in the bait.

[@dannilaser16]

Why eat the chicken? Just put it all in the traps.

[@sarge505050]

I have a wildlife rehab center for crayfish IN MY STOMACH!!!!!!!!!

[@crayster3926]

Nice, we love eating them also!

[@bohemoth1]

#Me too

[@crayster3926]

We were on East Clear Creek. Good luck, go get some out of that stream. They were very tasty!

[@thesouthernblend1356]

I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or if these dudes are just stoned and being overly enthusiastic! Either way, I love it!

[@crayster3926]

Lol!

[@luketilley9137]

Well, the raccoons are not going to make it in the wild if you don’t teach them to fear humans!

[@crayster3926]

Its not a zoo, they allow almost no human contact. They do allow them the best chances to go back into the wild.

[@bunnykiller65]

I like crayfish. Always have. Loved catching them as a kid. I enjoyed this mudbug video and many others like it on you tube. I have to ask...am I the only one who wears gloves when handling them to prevent getting pinched?

[@25centsapop]

Lay a net down at the bank, then set bait, and pull them out. Its be easier than how you're doing it

[@quisno11]

hey guys in idaho you have a large gray crawdad that gets up to 12 inches long in the canals.

[@skyym3629]

I go to a bridge over Fossil Creek and free dive in about 20 feet of clear water at night with a flash light. Me and another guy can pull up a couple hundred craw fish, caught by hand in about an hour or so. We boil em up at camp and dip there tail in butter. That is some good eating. Thx. for the video God Bless

[@crayster3926]

That sounds like like great times. We dip them in butter to. They are so good that way. Thanks for watching!

[@arilauriel7269]

Jim's camp has worked at Fossil Creek. It's pretty hard to get in there now. Are you allowed to be there at night any more?

[@clevershield]

But if some Arizona streams and rivers crossover into other states, how in the heck can you keep them out?

[@crayster3926]

They did not come up the rivers and streams, they were brought in by people. To Arizona and other places they could not have gotten otherwise. Thanks for watching!

[@RalphBarton-fishing]

Really cool. Thanks for sharing

[@velvetelvis6839]

Looks fun.wish we had those kinda numbers in mt.you eating them?

[@crayster3926]

You bet, we plan on eating a bunch of those Arizona crawfish this summer! Thanks for watching.

[@jeffreybozeman6245]

Invasive my ass... That’s a Cash Crop! Eat them or sell them.🤷🏼‍♂️

[@johngray2511]

Hell yeah a big cash crop

[@Trumplican]

i was wonderin why they were saving them seeing theres not a shortage of crayfish. Thats so cool they use them to feed raccoons

[@mikemurdoch9653]

Do the invasive taste just as good?

[@jasperposner]

I’m in flagstaff az now and headed to Sedona in a few days. Any recommendations on where to catch crawfish?

[@fishen4crabs679]

That was great. We loved it!!!

[@crayster3926]

Thanks Guys!

[@Wmdnila64]

Here in Louisiana, we eat crawfish. There is an industry here and a festival to honor our tasty friends. Ever hear of the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival?

[@crayster3926]

A lot of the people of team Crayster eat them also. You all in Louisiana really know how to do it right, thats for sure. We have not heard of hour Crawfish Festival, but would love to know about it. Here are some of the people of team Crayster out enjoying crawfish in Idaho. Thanks for watching! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZqrfZ2IqNCIqrc

[@arilauriel7269]

There is a group that does a crawfish boil here in Arizona once in a while. They get together and fish some of the reservoirs. I would love to volunteer with them sometime, but I don't have a boat, and I don't catch many from the shore. I'm looking forward to Mike cooking some this summer.

[@joeshmuckatelli4447]

So, you catch these things and take them to Scottsdale to a wildlife rehab for the raccoons? Cool.

[@crayster3926]

Yes, Lora and Ariel do. They are pretty cool!

[@PhxBullyTeam]

Where was this spot by ?

[@crayster3926]

We were on East Clear Creek. Good luck, go get some out of that stream. They were very tasty!

[@yoopersurvival]

awesome video guys. loved watching the raccoons eat the crayfish. I wish I could catch some crayfish here. I suck this year. I did mention you in my last video. tried making a crayfish trap with a huge plastic water bottle.

[@crayster3926]

Thanks for watching. Try making your trap out of rabbit fencing. It works a lot better.

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

yooper, I grew up Texas country and the crawdads came out after a heavy rain or flood. We caught them with a strip of bacon. We just dangled it over the water and the crawdads caught the bacon and we took them off the bacon and plunked them in a deep bucket. You have to be careful after you catch them. They can crawl out of nearly everything. We never used a trap and never heard of a crawdad trap. They are good eating.

[@stevestringham1095]

you need a righteous trap to catch those bugs. we made traps from PVC well casing material. schedule 80. very durable hard use traps we fished in the Willamette watershed in Oregon. about two feet long, a tunnel at each end, and a little door on the side held closed with a rubber band and a hook. the tunnels were attached with stainless hog rings. if you put a few in that creek those girls were playing in they'd likely come up stuffed the next day. we baited with cooked oatmeal. i figure a piece of bacon added where you are at there would help too. we never tried it as the oatmeal worked really good on its own.

[@gordo66061]

Raw chicken livers work great as bait

[@Trumplican]

what do you use for bait? I found that minnow traps with a few dead minnows work amazing to catch crayfish

[@crayster3926]

That would work. We like to use is salmon or tilapia. Thanks for watching!

[@Trumplican]

cool thanks for the reply :)

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

Dragon, all you need is a piece of bacon tied on a string, hold it over the water and the crawdads grab and hold on to the bacon. You can catch a bucket full of crawdads on one piece of bacon and one string.

[@highcaliberaffiliate7885]

Those minnows that they’re concerned about staying in the water are most likely the more invasive carp! Every single minnow that works it’s way into my traps are carp. Very rarely do I see Frye from native or sport fish guess it depends on time of year and location.. I’m also in south eastern AZ so I could be wrong about their minnow species but that’s what I usually get in mine. And I absolutely do not release them. They’re equally as bad as the crawfish and at least we can harvest the Crays! 😋

[@jamespatterson1433]

I didn't know crayfish where avasive. What just the numbers or do they harm in anther way?

[@JW...-oj5iw]

You girls are awesome. If the crawdads had a brain, when you reach in with the tongs, they'd be thinking: AHHH!! IT'S THE GOD LOBSTER TAKING US TO HEAVEN! IT'S RAPTURE TIME!!!

[@azrooster602]

hi tell me where is the best place to cast crawfish . me and my kids will get them. i went to lake Marry this week .

[@arilauriel7269]

This spot where we filmed is now the location of the "Tinder Fire." Most of the forest leading down to the the stream has been burned. Someone left an unattended campfire.

[@crayster3926]

Thats not good. Do we need to find a new spot for Crayster Camp in Arizona?

[@verlonmckay2346]

Add some bass or catfish . They will eat them

[@crayster3926]

We would but Game and Fish of Arizona won't allow the introduction of more species. Good idea!

[@mikeski8827]

This is pretty neat training racoons to go after an invasive species

[@rustyraider05]

Can't wait to see you out here I AZ! Awesome!

[@crayster3926]

We are all looking forward to making the trip next July. Hope we get to meet you also, Mike from Crayster

[@mikewendland4982]

OMG - you have so many ! Why not have a crawfish boil ?

[@arilauriel7269]

We will have one when the Crayster crew is here! We often give away the big ones to other folks who are fishing -- and they give me their small ones for the wildlife rehab place.

[@bobdillon5183]

you guys are a pretty cool channel. what y'all drinking?

[@crayster3926]

Don't tell any one, Makers and Coke. lol

[@laughtoohard9655]

Where on the Mogollon Rim? I'm in Sun City West and I'd love to catch some Crawdaddy's. I guess you could ask at a local bait and tackle store. Interesting video. I didn't know the Crawdads were non native to Arizona.

[@crayster3926]

Thanks for watching, The girls will tell us where it is before Crayster crawfishing camp in July. Keep in tune and we will let you know. Mike from Crayster.

[@jonnyrox116]

LaughTooHard Woods Canyon and Willow Springs lakes are plum full of crawdads, I had to modify my minnow traps to keep them out.

[@laughtoohard9655]

I haven't been in the area for years. It sounds like great fun. Thanks or the info!

[@lesterhersh7184]

How do you know where the crayfish are not native to those waters

[@crayster3926]

You need to study what crawfish are native and which are invasive.

[@danielkillgrove1449]

Why not use a small minnow seine? We used to catch buckets of crawfish with one.

[@devildestiny555]

Hi, Can you please share the location of this creek? or any creeks that's closer to Phx, Mesa that's a good location to catch crawfish? thanks

[@crayster3926]

This is in Barbershop Canyon. Thanks for watching!

[@devildestiny555]

thanks for the quick reply.

[@devildestiny555]

Still trying to zone in this exact hot spot, so I can take the family to give it another try tomorrow... been getting skunk around local area here. Googling barbershop canyon give me this coordinate, 34°33'00.8"N 111°09'45.9"W , but not sure if this is where it's at?

[@HL-md9ld]

@@devildestiny555 did you find it?

[@devildestiny555]

@@HL-md9ld yes i did. The road to get there is scary with a minivan. ;)

[@therealronniej]

Crawfishing in my home state! Hell yeah!

[@crayster3926]

The people of Crayster can't wait to come to your state this summer!

[@bohemoth1]

Honey child give me them there Crayfish and I will cook them in some beer and lemon juice with garlic and scallions and sausages with corn and have a FEAST. I introduced some Crayfish to my friends in Puerto Rico during the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and we had a Field Day eating them. Great with some Snow CRABS legs. You can catch the big ones at night. We I was in the States we would leave our nets in the river overnight and catch some Colossal size Crayfish. But we call them CRAWFISH. I'll bring the kids from my neighborhood down there and clean out the river of the Crayfish and then we will most DEFINITELY eat them all!

[@davart2226]

Craydad boil is what you need to do ... 58 pounds that's some money there.

[@crayster3926]

Check out this video where we travel and teach them how to cook and eat them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2XGXoyuopeUhrs

[@RedfishInc]

I remember catching large crayfish like these 50 years ago in the lakes of Colorado.

[@noname-xt2io]

so do you guys not eat those out here? is there something wrong with the water they come out of? need to have a crawdaddy boil

[@crayster3926]

That is what we are doing at Crayster camp this summer. We are going up and showing every one all of recipes and also make some great boils. Thanks for watching!

[@arilauriel7269]

I cooked them once and no one ate them. My camp stove can't really get hot enough to boil water. So we donate them instead of just killing them on site. I often give away the big ones to other folks in exchange for their small ones.

[@jwazy1095]

that crayfish where native to all America , my Bag .

[@ntsegmuag3144]

Definitely try cat food in a can. Works wonders

[@keptaiz3046]

I live in AZ and am looking for the best places to catch the invasive crayfish?

[@crayster3926]

Check this Facebook page out! facebook.com/groups/azcrawdadhunters/

[@TD402dd]

I've heard crayfish called many things, but evasive is not one of them. I can only assume they eat fish eggs?

[@crayster3926]

And all of the vegetation and more. In Idaho where I am from we have Signal crawfish. They were originally from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. They are tearing up the water ways in the UK. It happens. Thanks for all of your interest!

[@bobdillon5183]

cheers from Southwest Montana

[@crayster3926]

Cheers our Montana friends!

[@MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV]

This is good to know that all species of Crayfish are Non Native to Arizona. Where,I live in Europe and the USA Crawfish are considered a good part of the eco system. In Arizona crawfish are considered a detriment. Such a state is a place I would not consider moving to. Thanks for the information Mike, it's good to know.

[@sparkyjones560]

Kaido Ojamaa it's only because they don't belong in Arizona

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

John Burgess, if crawdads didn't "belong" in Arizona, they couldn't live there. You just don't know what to do with them. Well I know. Catch 'em, cook 'em and eat 'em.

[@DeathToCapitalists]

@@berthayellowfinch5471 unfortunately that’s not how invasive species work

[@youknoweverything7643]

Raccoons love emm they love my huge trophy bass pond that I throw 5 30 lb sacks in every year to feed all the bass and fish I got not invasive in my pond bit wow didn't know they are tearing up the water ways

[@chrissycronin798]

So what exactly do these "rehabilitation centers" do with the crayfish you bring them?

[@Quagigitymire]

They are fed to these animals as a method of teaching the animals how to catch and consume prey in the wild.

[@crayster3926]

This is the follow up video with team Crayster traveling to Arizona. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2XGXoyuopeUhrs

[@dirtgangarizona]

Yo that spot is beautiful. I need to find it and go camping there.

[@AdrianJamaal]

Crawfish are $3 a pound here in Texas. I'd love to come help you get rid of them.

[@crayster3926]

Thanks, we are planning a trip in late July. We will eat our fair share, you can count on that. Here in Idaho where I live (Mike) we can catch tons and they are huge. Very few people even fish for them, can you believe that. Check out this video we hardly try and catch and eat a bunch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZqrfZ2IqNCIqrc

[@AdrianJamaal]

Crayster that is awesome. I’m gonna have to try and join you guys for the July trip...I am quite the cook when it comes to crawfish.

[@crayster3926]

That would be amazing. We will be fishing near Mesa on July 28th and 29th. We will keep everyone posted.

[@KowboyUSA]

Ariel, you're a super girl. Nice work, kid.

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

Who knew? If they are invasive in Arizona, for those that don't know in the comments. An invasive species is an introduced species, one that has few or no predators and upsets the natural balance and overwhelms the environment at the cost of, or eliminating the native species. I just didn't think they were invasive as they can be found all over the states. PS. I am remise!! Kudos to Laura and Ariel, if all the people who wasted their time bitching and or making fun of others, got off their butts and pitched in, the world would be in a lot better shape.

[@crayster3926]

Well said!

[@baconandfreemoney2473]

Where where you at on the rim?

[@sparkyjones560]

There's no way this is an effective method of eradicating crawfish from a body of water.

[@crayster3926]

Wait tell next July when our team of Field Researchers get there. We are going to put the hurt on that crawfish population. Hey, and at least we are putting in an effort. And it is great for the animals at the conservation center.

[@lashooter8100]

Don't think you guys will ever do any real damage to the crawfish population there...I'm from Louisiana and even with as much crawfish as we eat down here.we don't do that much damage to them...also we have plenty of fish in our rivers and lakes..crawfish are good for the fish to eat too..only downfall to crawfish is they did tunnels in the ground to live durring winter months doing damage to shorelines causing erosion..but hey we are Louisiana and erosion is someting we are used to dealing with ..crawfish are great to eat and would make for a wonderful seasonal income for some folks.

[@sparkyjones560]

LA Shooter not entirely true. Non native crawfish where they don't belong have a tendency to overtake the native crawfish species and displace them. UK has this problem. They have almost no native crawfish and flooded with the American ones.

[@lashooter8100]

start a nes bussiness over there catching and selling them...could make a fortune till it catches on lol

[@crayster3926]

We plan on putting the hurt on them in July. If you want to be part of the solution you can join us in July. Every thing else is just talk.

[@joshuakang4507]

Can you ask those ladies where they got those certain kinds of traps? Thanks.

[@crayster3926]

You can find them on Amazon or eBay.

[@joshuakang4507]

Crayster okay thanks! Have you personally used them with success?

[@crayster3926]

No we make all of our own gear you can see on our other videos. They work amazing. We are having them manufactured so the will be available by summer with any luck. Thanks for watching!

[@bopdawg1082]

AZ law prohibits the transportation of live crawfish from the site they were caught. Fact check please!

[@crayster3926]

You are kind of right. They also let people transport them under ice. They claim they go into hibernation. This is what we did. Check it out, now you fact check!

[@mauricebrown9094]

Just a thought .. that hand net your using make it out of nylon, they wont see it as much ...

[@crayster3926]

They do want new traps. The people of Crayster are bringing them all new gear this summer. You can watch Craysters gear on our channel also. Thanks for the comment!

[@jodyreeder4820]

Hey, any info where I can go? Not to study, of course. ;)

[@seangoodman563]

Hey guys, I've been in AZ for 6 years now and haven't done much fishing. I'm wondering if you need a fishing license to harvest crawfish?

[@matthewgrigsby1154]

Sean Goodman nope, but check local regulations for limits

[@arilauriel7269]

Yes, you do. But there is no limit on your catch. They need to be dead or covered in ice to be transported.

[@crayster3926]

Yes I do believe you need a fishing license to catch them. But they are worth it, go get them. Mike

[@mangoretheogre4178]

Let me see if I got this straight, you catch crawdads, trying to make them extinct in your state, then feed the crayfish to the raccoons to train them to eat natural food, while still trying to exterminate the crayfish, and if you successfully do that then the raccoons starve in the wild? does that about sum it up?

[@crayster3926]

We are trying put a dent in the crawfish population, it would be impossible to make them extinct now they are in the water ways. And yes, Laura and Ariel do take some of the crawfish to the wildlife rehabilitation center. The rehabilitation center is very happy to get the wild food. This summer we are planning on eating a bunch also. Thanks for your comment.

[@arilauriel7269]

Well, for one thing, we will never make them extinct in our state, as much as we would like to. There will always be plenty of food in the wild for the raccoons. They got along before the crayfish were introduced in the 1940s.

[@blubastud]

Or, you could just eat them,lol. My mouth is watering, lol

[@belliott538]

The Folks at the Conservation Centerfolks prolly had a Nice Boil Up after Y'all left!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!

[@dannyvee4499]

Where in Arizona are these lakes at?

[@crayster3926]

This is a creek called East Clear Creek on the Mogollon Rim.

[@donaldb3628]

Crawfish not native to Arizona? Hell, PEOPLE are not native to Arizona!

[@crayster3926]

Very true!

[@arilauriel7269]

Thanks, Mike!

[@crayster3926]

We were glad to do it, can't wait to go fishing in Arizona!

[@southerneruk]

We have a problem with North American white claw crayfish here in the south coast of England they are slowly wiping out our native crayfish

[@crayster3926]

I know, and sorry. I know you guys also have a problem with the invasive Signal Crayfish. Thanks for watching.

[@southerneruk]

Signal more Scotland way than down here, also Rainbow Trout have been doing a lot of shellfish damage also.

[@bing259]

Where is this place please?

[@jessejohnson5444]

Great way to teach patience cool to see a kid do this instead of wasting time playing worthless video games 👍✌

[@ivanleterror9158]

Get out my stock pot and a mess of garlic butter, stand back ya all!

[@nosu376]

What camp site is this? I would be happy to take some out

[@crayster3926]

This is at East Clear Creek. It is about 50 minutes out of Flagstaff.

[@thaigers]

Where in AZ?

[@crayster3926]

This is in Barber shop canyon. Thanks for watching!

[@baconandfreemoney2473]

What lake?

[@katfe41]

If you're going to be on the Rim in July, bring a raincoat

[@jacobhoward7288]

What species of crayfish are these?

[@crayster3926]

I have not been there yet, but I have been told they have been identified as Rusty Crawfish.

[@arilauriel7269]

Zack says they are northern crayfish, Orconectes virilis.

[@pbrstreetgang2467]

All the myriad of "real" problems in Arizona...and this is the best you can do? Crawdad "infestation"? With pesky, below-the-radar, insignificant societal problems like poverty, drug abuse, homelessness...I say crap on all those. You all should be commended for battling the scourge of the ages...the dreaded Arizona Crawdad Plague...mankind owes this group an eternal debt of gratitude!

[@crayster3926]

Lol, how do you really feel. These girls are amazing. What are you doing. They made a video and got some people clear from Idaho to come help them with a problem they care about. You are talking about great very real issues. Are you armchair coaching or do any thing yourself to help issues.

[@crayster3926]

This one is to, check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/imOniXVpnNacasU

[@liamhunter071]

Those mud bugs are very tasty steamed with bay seasoning!

[@crayster3926]

That sounds good, cant wait to try some Arizona bugs!

[@antonygonzalez4398]

Are pyramid traps legal in Arizona

[@timothinking9855]

I fish the Rim all the time, when you have no luck catching fish you boil up some crawfish... sorry to say but these chicks aren't putting much of a dent in anything... it would have to be on a muuuuch grander scale and much higher production than a few traps...

[@crayster3926]

Did you watch the whole video? Team Crayster is coming up this summer to help clean the creek up. Then they are leaving professional gear to help in the future. We are with you we love boiling them up and eating them also. Thanks for the comment.

[@heathrocksla]

Lol. That's funny that they are trying to empty the creek of crawfish considering one female will produce around 300 crawfish per year. Great for us down here in Louisiana but I guess not so great for you guys.

[@arilauriel7269]

Oh, we know we won't get rid of them. We are just trying to reduce the population in the stream so the native fish can survive. There are several thousand fewer females laying eggs in there now.

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

heathrocksla, I don't think those people in Arizona know what a real blessing is. They think crawdads are "bad".

[@arilauriel7269]

They are not a blessing in Arizona. Louisiana fish evolved with crayfish. We have different species of fish here that did not evolve with crayfish. The crayfish have had a big part in damaging the native fish population in Arizona.

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

Ari Lauriel, our crawdads out on the mesa never damaged the native fish, I suppose because everyone ate the crawdads. I was surprised, very surprised to learn crawdads are considered "bad"!

[@arilauriel7269]

Where do you live, bertha yellowfinch? I'm sure you have some native species where you live.

[@tombickford3481]

If you're going to be on the Rim in July, bring a raincoat and be careful. Nine people died in a flash flood up there this summer.

[@crayster3926]

Oh man, we will be careful. Thanks for waring us. I also heard there can be wild fires. Sounds like a challenging trip.

[@arilauriel7269]

The summer rains will have started by July to put out the fires. This particular place has high enough banks that we won't flood.

[@dannilaser16]

58 pounds of crawfish? No freaking way.

[@jpruda65]

Why dont you sell the crayfish to fishermen as bait? Crayfish are great bait for bass.

[@crayster3926]

You could not be more right! Fish love crawfish. In our area it is illegal to sell wild game. All the crawfish are wild and they don't even allow commercial fishing. Great comment, thanks for watching.

[@jpruda65]

@@crayster3926 since when have crawdads become wild game? I live in Surprise, az (about 20 miles from lake pleasant) and the game wardens have listed crawdads in the same classification as zebra mussels. We used to catch crawdads out of the arizoma salt river project canals and use them as fish bait

[@crayster3926]

@@jpruda65 Good question Joe, yours crawfish are invasive or planted and a problem. Ours have been here for millions of years. Even though ours have always been here, if they get in to another ecosystem like yours it could be very damaging. If we ship them around it could run into many problems. Our fish and game does not allow us to transport live native crawfish. It is what it is.

[@glyphhunter]

You're going to go crawfishing in AZ in July? Ok, meet you there.

[@crayster3926]

Sounds good, stay tuned and we will let you know when and where.

[@nikkibaxter4500]

Can I come I live in Arizona

[@crayster3926]

You bet you can! We are planing on being there in the middle of July. We will give every one the exact dates some time spring 2018. We hope to see you there! Mike

[@arilauriel7269]

Yes!

[@nikkibaxter4500]

The crawfish we have in Arizona can get quite large

[@e.fifield9034]

crayfish lay thousands of eggs at a time ,once they are in a stream or pond its a done deal .unless you poison them out they are fish food forever

[@crayster3926]

Actually each female can lay about 300 eggs a year. Buy you my friend are pretty much right.