How to Catch Crawfish (UNDERWATER GoPro View!)

This is a step by step video on how to catch crawfish/crayfish (and what to do once you get them home)! Tons of people love crawfish for bait or for eating, but you have to catch them first! I hope this was a helpful guide on how to trap them! Let me know in the comments below!
The Gee's G-40 Minnow traps can be bought on Amazon or at Walmart and they cost about $15 each. For the average person they should work great. If you want to find out if crawfish can escape traps check out this video I made:
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[@livefreefishmore1008]

There is an Amazon affiliate link to purchase the traps I used in this video in the description or right here: amzn.to/2yA8QzG Do you want to see more trapping videos? Shiners? Crayfish? Let me know down below! Thanks for watching!

[@user-hi1lt9sl8u]

What was the background music in the beginning? Im thinking of starting a fishing channel and it sound decent. Good vid btw

[@guccipitts]

Snapping turtle! Lol also how long do you wait before returning to the same spot?

[@tru47agent]

Stick bait works better let fish sit in sun for few hours

[@HPDrifter2]

Finally! A quick-moving fishing video that doesn't feature a shot of some guy standing and talking. Slowly. Droning on and on and on... Very well done.

[@Huntress308]

Great video! Straight to the point and very well explained. I've never done this, but maybe now I can :)

[@nateitscake88]

Finally someone who knows how to properly clean and purge mudbugs. I cringe every time i hear or see somebody use salt to make them throw up.

[@93tjfresh]

why is that not a good idea? i am about to attempt to trap some for the first time and eat them

[@nateitscake88]

@@93tjfresh It pre-maturely kills the crawfish and it serves no purpose. You do not need salt to purge/clean them. All you need is a big kiddie pool or a big cooler. I prefer the kiddie pool because the crawfish will not stack up on each other as much, the weight of the crawfish stacking up on each other kills the ones on bottom plus it displaces oxygen. Just get yourself a bi kiddie pool and fill it up with some tap water. Let soak for and hour and drain the water... Do this 2-3X and they will be clean!

[@93tjfresh]

Thanks man , I’m gonna try my hand at this in a couple weeks .

[@nateitscake88]

@@93tjfresh You got this!Just make sure you throw out all the dead ones prior to cooking. And if they feel mushy after cooking don't eat them.

[@93tjfresh]

I got you , I was gonna try my hand in my dads pond In South Carolina . Is it just tougher to catch them out of season ?

[@jamiebaynes9488]

Great video: I wish you still made more like these with the crawfish and underwater activity.

[@Kwiyagat]

I have this bird cage looks like those traps, I got a idea.

[@joeyhalbrook9818]

Same question

[@anastasiaprica1219]

You mean an idea right?

[@mariokart7358]

Wow!! Great video ,I'm going crayfish fishing soon and this video has some great ideas! Thx.

[@chriskorzen5561]

Great video sir! Simple, informative but definitely watchable! I’m a subscriber!

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Thanks Chris!

[@brap242818]

your two go pro videos on crawfish are great. Good detailed narration.

[@livefreefishmore1008]

I'm glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for checking them out! More videos on the way!

[@bigton5938]

Crazy how much gunk comes off and inside them. Thanks for the info

[@dougimlach1037]

Wow soo many that's a really good example of a healthy fishery in your own back yard ! I wish I was a kid growing up in your part of the world I'd love it .

[@willgardam3984]

watched your squid video and absolutely loved it, the channels like this deserve more recognition! Keep up the good work - from Australia

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Thanks Will! That means a lot. Editing another video now. I appreciate the kind words and I'll keep the videos coming. Thanks again!

[@lelandfaircloth6026]

I literally did the exact same thing and yeah you do deserve more recognition, your videos are super cool👍🏻😁

[@NoahTheNoble13]

Same.

[@VirginiaWolf88]

Nice video!!! Awesome how you got them cleaned up with the fresh water.

[@saltlifegull4091]

WOW, that was exciting as heck to watch! I want some for my outdoor ponds. Thanks! Subscriber from Florida.

[@caseycool101]

Wow this was the best video I’ve seen on here... I love learning and seeing how things are done and this was perfect. My one question is... when you go through the process of cleaning them for that long does that kill off more of them?

[@johnpawlak7484]

A great presentation. Thank you.

[@kylehoward4979]

Really good info thanks man.

[@williambranham6249]

Really good video. I want to see how well they do for trout. The infor on cleaning your catch was very interesting. I would never have considered that on my own.

[@davejalenderki]

Thank you for the interesting and informative video.

[@benjaminhawthorne1969]

Excellent video! I ordered a trap on Amazon. When I was a boy, I would get barefoot, walk through the creek in my neighborhood and hurt grab crayfish with my bare hands. I could have the bottom of a bucket covered in an hour, but a trap is going to save me a lot of walking. I am going to get a pet cat and I love sardines. So, I think the first baits I will try in my Crawdad trap are semi- moist cat food (that comes in a pouch) and sardines in oil. I want the crayfish for a "natural" fish tank that I am creating that will not have the typical "tropical fish," but fish representative of the lakes around me, here in Northern Illinois. In college, I caught a small bluegill on a rod and reel and kept it in a 10 gal. tank in my apt. for years. This tank will have a pea gravel bottom, rocks from the beaches of Lake Michigan, live freshwater plants, crayfish, plecostomus, Google eyed goldfish and minnows. I am interested in eating some of the larger Crawdads that I catch. I'm assuming that you only eat the tail. Could you post your favorite recipe. We have a New Orleans style restaurant here in Chicago land called "Crawdaddy Bayou." I had the crowded tails in white sauce with cheese over linguine and it was fantastic. That with some garlic bread and a panettone Ribbon beer = heaven! 😉

[@beetelgeuse9938]

Used to catch em using a bucket and a stick.....put the bucket behind a rock turn rock over and stab the stick into the ground on the opposite site and they will swim right into the bucket

[@emrefifty5281]

Beetelgeuse99 make a video on that for all of us

[@Daniel-oh7wy]

Thanks! Learning little by little

[@glennpierce5993]

Thanks, I really enjoyed the video!

[@mczig1679]

Thanks for all the help!

[@elifishingtv7125]

Beautiful, nice vid bro

[@Skidly_Finley5879]

Wow thanks brother. Just stumbled on this video. I've been dying to try crawfish. Didnt realize the amount of stuff that comes off and out of them. Thanks for the great tip. I'm heading out tomorrow. Folks from canada / southern Ontario say thank you.

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Welcome! Hope you did well!

[@Skidly_Finley5879]

@@livefreefishmore1008 well we went out with my 7yr old and caught about 25 in about 2 hrs. Not bad for a first run. We used 4 gal water jugs and 1 gal

[@UnoriginalEscobar]

Great video, keep em comin!

[@juanvaldez8736]

Thank you soooo much for this video, i recently went to a creek on some mountain in Santa Cruz and there was sooo many craw fish i dint know how to catch them so your video help me alot, thank you 🙏🏽

[@jola6944]

Would you share the location. My kids love cradad fishing. Thanks

[@Thumbbb]

Great video! 👍🏽

[@meezdooz5179]

Its like Christmas!!😋😋 Nice vid brotha!!👍👍

[@petebradt]

I never knew to use an aquarium aerator to purge them. GREAT IDEA!!!

[@kiffd9662]

This is a very interesting video! Like it

[@davidstorton910]

I have the same traps here in the UK, only bought them about a couple of months ago, going to give them a go this summer

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Don't you have invasive crayfish over there? If so, I bet you could fill the trap!

[@david.b9508]

Your videos are so entertaining!

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy them!

[@matteotamberini2152]

Great video mate Thanks

[@TWilliams205]

I held my promise I loved this video

[@larrywuzhere3866]

Great vid thank you for sharing

[@takeemoutdoors3489]

Nice video! If you think that's alot of purge from them crawfish.... I put 2 cups of salt too 100 bugs. It will clean them out even further for ya!

[@karenmilano2607]

Good job, good vid; you are are a true sportsman/survialist big bro.

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Thanks Karen!

[@robertdean8102]

Great video

[@narekzakaryan]

Good stuff mate.

[@dickfitswell3437]

Cool vid. You should try half a slab of bacon in there. You'll catch millions. In my area on the gulf, Bacon is the Heroin for Crawdaddys.

[@chadstelk3957]

Fantastic video bro. You made me hungry.

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Thanks for watching! Go trap some!!

[@willknoblock275]

John gualding in Hamshire Tx have a craw fish farm between Houston and Beaumont on interstate ten.

[@bee_wild]

love the video man! do you put anything in the water to purge them?

[@lonniepassoff4239]

Not just awesome...Awesomeness!

[@kathylewis7543]

Thanks for a great broadcast I'm in upstate NY I'm a new bee to survival. Do you need to have to coolers in a cold spot if you are leaving the crawfish in there for 48 hrs???

[@MurakumoVance]

If you are one of the people responsible for the glorious supply of crawfish at my local store here in NY, I just want to say god bless you sir! I never really ate them because my entire family in Arkansas couldn't get over their bug like appearance. Despite that, I just kept hearing people say they tasted so good! So after trying some "Long John Silvers" and finding out that I absolutely LOVE shrimp, and also finding out that I love sushi, I figured I may like crawfish too. I must admit that I was originally put off by their look just like the rest of my family, but after I tore into my first few (very messy with no sense of technique) WOW the feast I was missing all that time. I regularly purchase these things now from my local store and even include them in my weight gain diet. They are absolutely superb!

[@johnrfranklin9072]

Good video

[@TruongLe-eo8kh]

My new area has crawlfish in the creek. I just place my trap in thr water and seeing some . I will pull it up tonight

[@MegaCableDude]

nice go pro views!

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Bro this is epic

[@andrewhedger3872]

Great video! Have you tried any of the Crayster traps? They are made in Idaho. Nice traps. I bought two of the Crayster lake traps last spring.

[@ymirishere7108]

Louisiana alrady does this, but I think more places should look at crawfish as a source of food.

[@jimmypeters6339]

I was planning on stocking my pond with crawfish this summer for the bass. It’s a rocky pond. I was wondering how often you pull up invasive craws because rusty craws are invasive in Michigan. Thanks for the video

[@livefreefishmore1008]

I've never seen one. Our fish and game department says they are not here yet!

[@roberthodge2771]

Found some sandy bottom areas to have plenty of them; depends of food availability.

[@j.walker3498]

I usually just grab them out of the creek, i have some diy traps i use when i need a bunch of them, i use raw bacon. suspend the bait in the middle of the trap.

[@markstaten9526]

good video

[@countrydirtkid4451]

I put a wire loop on the top of my southbend trap so that a little tension on the rope makes the trap land right side up. Good channel btw I plan on watching all of your vids. You have good content and watchable videos but low views unfortunately. Keep up the good work. A lot of people watch this stuff they just don’t know this channel

[@livefreefishmore1008]

That's a good tip. I didn't think to try and make the southbend work better from shore. Thanks for checking my channel out I appreciate the compliments! What type of content do you enjoy the most? Anything particular you'd like to see in the future? Thanks again for watching!

[@countrydirtkid4451]

The best fishing videos are the ones that follow a story line where the person shows the scenery and atmosphere of the place as well as the technique with decent results. The striper video that you did was exactly that.

[@livefreefishmore1008]

@@countrydirtkid4451 Thank you for letting me know!! I'm trying to find the style that works for me and everyone watching! Love the input!

[@maxteel2u271]

Sup brother. Gave the thumbs up. Forgot one tip. Dropping some corn meal or anything in the cooler to flush them out. Like clams. They will eat it and dispense all the last yuck... Before eating. Till next time be well. Hit me up for b.s. and notes

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Thanks for the tip Justin!

[@JizzMasterTheZeroth]

I hate when people use them for bait. They're too damn good for that.

[@logracer2241]

Guess what I’m using crawdads for tomorrow night

[@Thicbladi]

Liza small ones taste better and you can catch a bunch relatively easy just go for a body of water with mostly small ones and then you have bait and tasty food

[@versedxxx8805]

Log Racer your from Louisiana r u me too I never seen anybody use them from bait

[@cheesejam1373]

@@foobarmaximus3506 rich people are weird, they eat bird spit nests

[@Mayhem2019]

@@foobarmaximus3506 I feel sorry for your mother, POOR lady that had to push out a turd like you.

[@HomeRudeGirlz]

Thanks for this awesome video! I have a few questions that maybe a pro like you can answer. I just purchased three traps and I placed them overnight a couple times with chicken tided in his bait. It's super oily so I know which should be a good bait. I live in Upstate NY and catching hasn't been good so far. I noticed you talked about temp changing their behavior a little. What air temp is a good one to look out for for setting trap? It's been a bit chilly this year and it's only May. Is there a month that they're better to catch in? Also, I have tanks to keep them in before Ive gathered enough for a boil, how long do they last in a well aerated tank? Is there a point that I should feed them while waiting for a large enough batch, like a week?

[@livefreefishmore1008]

It's still a little early for them up here. June and July it really starts to turn up. I usually don't lose any for 3 days or so with just clean cold water in a cooler (with aeration). After 3 days you can start to lose them if your water gets to warm.

[@raymondbriscoe9467]

innards. In holding, I add cornmeal to help clean them out before eating.

[@FATHERSOFBASS]

Dope subbed

[@spacejuicer]

Great video! Can you provide info on the aerator you use?

[@saigeconnolly]

They sell those at pet stores with aquarium supplies

[@tomvandenwassenberg7260]

How do you make the hole entrances on your homemade crawfish trap, been trying it for ages but cant come up with a good sollution

[@tylercrozier2809]

Do you just use water from the spicket for the holding tank/cooler? Also what state is this?

[@SupperLB]

Did you dechlorinate the water or did you use tap water for the cooler you kept them in?

[@Housedelarue22]

Subbed !

[@stevenlawson9460]

Great info thank you God Bless

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vcpitcher18]

Nice video! Will you be doing a video on how to cook up crawfish?

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Yes, but hopefully more than just catch and cook! You'll see in the coming weeks. Thanks for watching!

[@elislifestyle3600]

I catch these in my back yard lolol caught 8 and kept three and they are awesome

[@valerienelson9918]

I watch this video all the time. where are you fishing?

[@ryanmac8829]

Use a camo pattern paracord in the future. None of my traps have been found while using it.

[@howleh]

Great video. Is that just tap water you are allowing them to purge in?

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Yes, well water.

[@alexboael25]

Thanks!!!

[@Circle1Auditing]

Can they live in that water in the ice chest? You have to treat it is that just water hose water there’s no problem with a little bit of chlorine. Just curious.

[@davidmedinabarajas4961]

Awesome

[@gregpopovice4670]

Hi Matt. I may be wrong but it looks as though your snap has been replaced with a snap from another trap? It looks longer than my Gee's G-40 snap. Let me know. If you have replaced any snaps with imported snaps please let me know and I will replace them for you. The imported snaps are not the same wire thickness and the hook bends are inconsistent causing the snap to be faulty.

[@64marine]

Looked for a bag like that; where and who makes it? Use of removable ties will ensure the 2 halves stay together in the cast and water.

[@xanderthedragon2826]

In my lake there are mussel and crawfish and with the mussel open, upside down you can pinch them and sometimes you'll find a crawfish.

[@Horizon344]

Well made informative film, thx. That's quite a bit of good fish yr using to catch something that doesn't give you as much food in return without a lot of work. Does it make sense in terms of money?

[@livefreefishmore1008]

The fish were free to me. And i guess it depends on what you value. Thanks for watching!

[@DennisVeilleux-ll8im]

Using to get the crawdads out of our small pond so we can relocate them to a drainage stream. It gets little ones and jumbos.

[@raymondbriscoe9467]

I add cornmeal TO HOLDING crawdads, helps purge their innerds.

[@williambranham6249]

ex lax?

[@LT-gz2ds]

My man just changed my life I had no idea you had to let me clean out for a few days I can’t wait to taste the difference

[@rogerrathbun7856]

I live in southern Michigan. Is there a certain temperature that is ideal for trapping crawfish ??

[@landri5280]

I just caught five with my small net and a clear plastic cup :D

[@livefreefishmore1008]

That works!

[@alexrrr1887]

Nice

[@johnnypants1215]

I caught my crayfish in tide pools, near the shore and under rocks. I usually find newborns there since they always go to the shore

[@lucasstamey2288]

Did you do some more videos about crawfish

[@mallorybybee6560]

This is really helpful. Sadly where I live you cannot transport live crayfish.

[@aaronisveryawesome]

As a Louisianan, I approve.

[@winnaingoo5793]

great!

[@livefreefishmore1008]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@brandonruthnam9508]

Nice video I wonder if we have crawfish in south Africa just chilling lol

[@livefreefishmore1008]

There must be!!

[@ZachGood]

I want this guy as my neighbor when all the grids get shut down

[@steveinky816]

That's really neat. What water source are you using when you change out the water in the cooler? Tap water, creek water, or what? I would guess that the chlorine in tap water would kill them.

[@livefreefishmore1008]

Well water! Thanks for watching!

[@MrDillaKilla]

@@livefreefishmore1008 explains the cloudiness! Thank you!

[@bleach3044]

Those are some hefty sized crawfish

[@user-ch7hf4zv1d]

The only spot I'm trying right now is a river... I'll get 6 at most... Are lakes better?

[@TinyToastandJam]

Always used fried chicken as bait so I can agree that oily baits are the best to attract them.

[@trxa5023]

How should I make the holes on the trap bigger

[@haydenpowellmountainman]

What are you using them for?