MUDBUGGIN 2019. My best 2 day catch ever. Trapping Crayfish/Crawfish.

The first time trapping Crayfish in Minnesota this year was a success. I had my best 2 day 4 trap catch ever. My Cajun Fiance has not enjoyed a Crawfish boil since we left Louisiana. I was really hoping I would trap enough to help out that craving. I did well. The boil video will be on the Northern Seclusion channel. I hope you enjoy the first 2019 Mudbuggin Minnesota video. More to come.

[@eddietoast4991]

Haven’t watched your videos in months maybe even years, good to see you’re still doing good and mud buggin

[@onewiththestone]

Greatest Crayfish episode yet Joe! Wow! You really dialed in.

[@ArtGardenFoodExpressions]

I am always stopped dead in my tracks when you post something. I had to literally force myself to GET UP and put laundry in, first. RESUMING: This went so fast. Nooooo, Joe, I hated to see it end. Your videos are just so satisfying>>>>watching you do everyday stuff. See you at the boil. thanks for the upload.

[@kevjo13]

I have been waiting patiently all weekend for a vid to pop up! Lol, looks like ur gonna have a feast...

[@carldeshazer7946]

I love the mud bug video's Joe, thank you for posting.

[@TrackerScout]

Hint: cover cages with dark cloth, either top or all the way around. A pro crayfish catcher left cameras underwater to wonder why he didn't get much, saw them all around his traps but wouldn't go in because they felt unsafe. Got the idea to cover traps with dark cloth, then his catch tripled. The crayfish felt safe like they are going under rocks.

[@daniellesduckheadhomestead3127]

Dang. That’s awesome. I look forward to the mudbuggin videos every year. Thanks for sharing. Take care, see ya :)

[@ValoryRansom]

I love your videos Joe ! Nature's beauty at it's best.

[@erinnkemp]

You hit the jackpot this time! Past couple times been poor catching. 😁👌

[@selms22]

It was your textbook trap tosses that made the difference joe. You must have been practicing in the offseason

[@thekodanator]

I get a special kind of excited when you go mudbuggin. Glad to see youre back at it!

[@johnr8439]

Wow! Great haul on the mud bugs Joe.

[@mimisfavorites5269]

Loved that rainbow at the beginning. Thought maybe there would be a full pot of crawdads at the end of it, LOL

[@tracycc123]

Glad someone else saw it as well!!

[@Haul84]

Oh man! I’ve been wanting to request crawdad trappin video! But, I didn’t wanna be bossy!

[@Angkhoo1]

Hey there, thank you for the crayfis video. It was very entertaining. I had to watch out of my left eye. On the 2nd July, I had a catract op on the right eye. Have to use a sheild for a few days more.Looing forward to see you enjoying your meal tomorrow. Annie Low Malaysia. Sad news, my friend who had a crayfish farm, had a stroke and he had to give up his award winning and thriving biz.He worked very hard giving lessons to students and suppying fries to all who were interested God bless him

[@americanaxetoolco2076]

Great video! Always look forward to your videos!

[@normalguy7898]

First! Congrats Joe. Love your vids, keep up the great work.

[@michaelthomas720]

Ive been waiting anxiously for this video too !! MUDBUGGIN !!

[@TheHomeDad]

Going to need a bigger bucket Joe, wonderful.

[@overtall]

It warms my heart that you call them “crawfish.”

[@grandpaj7047]

I bet that someday Xander will really enjoy helping Grandpa do this ( and vice versa )

[@scottfoss716]

Wow Joe, nice haul. Hope your next video shows how to cook and eat these little buggers. I never have tried them.

[@TboneR-jy5sp]

Its posted on his other channel

[@lindsaylittle6535]

Joe: We add the potatoes at the beginning. We just got done doing a boil and added carrots with the potatoes and have now added mushrooms to the mix. My mom is from Jennings, LA. so I had fond memories of the Cajun fish boils. (she was Cajun). Really like your videos. Greetings from the Arrowhead.

[@vc3382]

Looking good Joe! Can't wait to see how big a meal this catch makes......

[@s.pursell8901]

I ate crawfish for the 1st time last year when my son and I did Fly fishing a Boy Scout Summer camp. And I couldn't believe how good they tasted. Your making my mouth water.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

They are awesome.

[@jasonwright9524]

Congratulations..Always great crawfishing videos!!!!

[@MrLangDog]

Even looking at the live ones made me hungry!!! Awesome!!

[@michaelcoghlan5521]

Wow, what a great haul! Thanks for sharing

[@ericrosenthal7055]

Nice rainbow at the beginning of the video.

[@kimcushman1360]

Surprised how much crawfish you got! Great results hard work for really good eats!

[@marcremick7718]

Mudbugs with breakfast !! Great way to start the week !!!

[@FrugalFarmerChannel]

Glad you caught "a plenty" thanks for sharing!

[@linda7726]

Great catch Joe! Melissa will be happy! Would make some good Po Boy sandwiches! I had the best ones at K-Pauls Louisiana Kitchen! Best time in New Orleans!

[@pattiwhite9575]

Oh that makes my mouth water

[@toddjohnston4788]

Can't wait!! Great catch, I'll head on over to other channel and watch the cooking.

[@garywright5556]

The rain🌈 is looking awesome. So are the mudbugs.

[@downunderfulla6001]

That’s definitely the best I’ve seen you catch. Awesome 🍻

[@mountainviews5025]

Very Awesome I'm so hungry for bugs now yummy yummy and wow they are large great adventure thumbs up my friends

[@davidharris6581]

Joe, I thought about you this week. I was watching a program on PBS about the anniversary of going to the Moon. This program showed the early days when they were sending men to the edge of Space in balloons. The place they launched the balloons was two hours North of Minneapolis. Which sounded like pretty close to y'all s farm house. So, I thought it was cool as much as you like Star Trek, the real Space race started practically in your own back yard.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

I tried SOOOOO hard to watch that show on PBS but the channel kept pixeling out and freezing (I just have an antenna on top of the house roof, no cable or dish). I wanted to watch that show. I instead watched a show on one of the other PBS stations on a man named "Bobby Aro". I remember hearing him as an announcer on the radio station WEVE when we would go up to the folks log cabin years ago. It was still very interesting to watch but I waited all week for the space show. Two hours north of the cities puts you pretty close to the farmhouse area for sure.

[@debbiemcclure2874]

That was alot of bugs Joe!!!! Kinda jelly right now, lol. Tyfs God bless you

[@SuperOzarkian]

Really enjoy your videos Joe. I live in north Arkansas now, my wife is a Cajun from Jeanerette, La. Your boil looks like ours except I don't see any onions.

[@wnchillbilly1]

enjoyed it , , , looks like you got enough to feed the whole village lol lol : - )

[@redhauscreator146]

Wow some of those things were huge. Looks like about 20 to 30 lb of crawfish! Way to go. Hope you're going to share.

[@billywoodman60]

Why wouldn't he/they?

[@livefreefishmore1008]

This past week was great. I went from 150 in 5 traps to just about 300. I figured it was the temperatures rising, but I'm not totally sure.

[@eclipseti3]

Watching from Louisiana. Awesome job!

[@giveitaswingoutdoorswithsm2901]

What a catch 😉👍 never seen anything like it 🦞🦞🦞🦞

[@LeonRFpoa]

good haul man do us proud at the boil

[@wayneshancock2520]

Boy do you know how to spoil a Cajun girl !!!! Can’t miss with Dat Catch 👍❤️

[@maryblaylock6545]

Thanks! I've seen them up at the crick and wondered how to catch 'em.

[@goubertoutdoors1991]

Awesome video joe gotta love them crawdads

[@carldupre9865]

great day Joe!

[@channel-er1jm]

Nice Catch on the Crawfish.

[@savyourselffreedom2149]

Well done m8 have a great feed enjoy🙂

[@blackmesaoutdoors4863]

Great day catching mud bugs!! Looks like great eating!

[@chetfowlkes9894]

Nice haul man. Yum 😋

[@garyparrish9297]

never have set a crawdad trap, but had a few meals of them. Always seemed like structure was the key. Find a place with a lot of rocks or concrete in the water. They'll be hiding, waiting for some liver. Kids have had a blast catching them! Can fill a plastic shopping bag with as much as you want to carry in it, fairly fast.

[@watchmenwall1479]

That's a blessing from God I'd say, living off the land and water the way our God intended...

[@imari2305]

Hey been waiting for this one Joe :-)

[@patriciaherman6499]

All I can say is yum. 😎🇺🇸

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

What a haul!! Wish I could figure out how to catch the ones that keep drilling holes all over my property.

[@davidharris6581]

piece of bacon on a string works great.

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

@@davidharris6581 Hmm, I'll have to figure out which is more important. Catching the crayfish or eating the bacon myself. That might be a tough call! 😜

[@MichaelEugeneShaner]

Maybe I've just watched WAY to many episodes of *"Swamp People"*, but I found myself cringing each trip into and out of the river bank...and reaching into the water to retrieve your traps. LOL

[@MichaelEugeneShaner]

Joe, if you added a Bon Jovi track, you could call this "Muddiest Catch"? LOL

[@phatkid6811]

It's been asked - but can you tell us what Melissa thinks of the northern ones vs those down south??

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

They taste the same as long as I get the boil seasoning correct and this time I did. She says there is no difference.

[@fishn365]

Tastes BETTER than chicken!! Thanks for the video!

[@mmcc310]

Wow! Just wow!

[@pattiwhite9575]

What a haul! I wonder if those flooding rains help with the count taken. When you go back take your fishing pole. I bet there a good fish running in that fast current. Have you or Melissa ever heard about soaking craws and shrimp in milk. That it cleans out the digestive track and they taste better? Please let me know you info on that subject.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

I have never heard of that, I will have to look it up.

[@leannexplores3272]

I love mudbuggin!

[@northlandacres]

Thanks for the video man! Do you notice a taste difference between the crayfish here and in Louisiana? I've been wanting to try mudbuggin up north at my place. Also can you get the traps locally or just order them online? Can't wait for the boil video!

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

There is no difference, they taste the same.

[@albertorodriguez1412]

Traps u can make them yourself . Buy quarter inch metal netting

[@colehit5196]

Hello, keep up the great content! I have some question about regulations for trapping crayfish, do you have to buy a tag for the trap or mark your trap in any way ???

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

You have to have your name and phone number tagged to the trap yes. I use duct tape and write it on there. Not sure that is legal but it works.

[@tomas6451]

Nice haul but looks creepy as hell in the bucket 😃

[@ruthiewrangler9864]

Is that the Rum River? I think I should try catching some. They look great.

[@loiskilgore2118]

Great catch!!!! Good eat's..

[@BuddyCastille]

Much more satisfying when you catch, and cook your own... Awesome job Man!!..

[@dawnlindgron5570]

Was waiting for this video,wish we had some up here like that . North of Brainerd they all seem to have disappeared from the lakes years ago..?

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

I am not sure. I will be doing some "Crayfishing the north" later this season.

[@RunsWithKnives]

Nice, if you were out there yesterday or today you'll be catching heat stroke, lol

[@gwenmoody8323]

Great haul.

[@wayneschnare4019]

Enjoy that catch !!!!!

[@curtislackner3286]

Looks that is the best load u have got weather in north or south dinner time

[@corystokes9549]

Please tell me what you use for bait? I’m just now getting into this and setting my first traps tomorrow with bacon.

[@Uulargh]

Is this on the Rum? 😶 Have you ever gone after any of the Northern Watershed bugs? It would be cool to do a side-by-side taste test. Also, maybe, take Melissa Smelting, now that they’ve got a season again. 👍🏻❤️

[@klhayes7094]

Great video and good haul. What type of fish are you using for bait and are you doing anything to prep them for better results?

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

I mainly used deer and chicken liver this time. I had some old cooked fish in the mix also. I just kept putting stuff in bags all winter so it was a variety in each trap.

[@NghiaNguyen-qq7yx]

you should let us watch dumping the crayfish in the bucket more.... its so soothing... and relaxing.. i dont know why...

[@CodGamerThe]

Where would you reccomend to try if I love by the St. Cloud area?

[@donniehauge9288]

Awesome, maybe someone had been helping you check them last year, LOL

[@btwarner2124]

Joe do you purge them for a day or two to clean them out??

[@pattiwhite9575]

Oh is that what it is called. I saw many years ago some old timer taking about soaking/purging in milk for a spell. He said it made them even better for eating.

[@btwarner2124]

@@pattiwhite9575 fresh water first day...fresh water with salt the second. They are called mud bugs for a reason 😂

[@johnny4899]

hows the ticks there joe ? im from mass and we're loaded with them .. btw good luck with the mudbugs, their good bait for smallmouth bass also ...

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

I have yet to get one on me this year.

[@tommygunz8692]

You did better in minn. than Down south....You guys are gonna have a good boil....Better invite friends to help you eat all them....🦞🦞

[@WekaDigitalMediaNZ]

Great catch, well worth the effort!!

[@peterstean2138]

I think that you must have accidentally placed the traps at the end of the rainbow Joe ;)

[@pamyoder6163]

The rainbow is trying to get into your video 0:40 on the right

[@deanflint2239]

Joe, I hope these are as delicious as those I've eaten in Louisiana at Easter!!!

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Melissa said they were every bit as good as the ones she has eaten down there.

[@deanflint2239]

@@JoeandZachSurvival Joe, Happy to hear that...

[@matthewjohnson3910]

Great video joe

[@sherriedixon3889]

Would love to see now how u clean, cook and eat the crawdads. Video on this coming on boil day?

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

The boil video will be public and ready to watch in 17 minutes my other computer that is uploading it says. I am posting that on the Northern Seclusion channel. It is not real in depth because I have done the in depth videos on boiling here on this channel in the past. You do see what I add and how much etc. As far as eating them, we do eat them but I do not show how to eat them.

[@algigirl]

Joe why not keep in container with fresh water and cover the lid. Normally these sort of fresh alive shellfish.. they can last few days in the water. In fact soak in a fresh water help to purge the muddy taste ... In far east they normally let the river fishes etc in a fresh clean water.. for few days to remove earthy taste. Thanks

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

They die if you keep them in water for any period of time unless you have an aerator and a big tank. I had to transport these up to the farmhouse and I needed them put to sleep. When you order live crawfish online to be delivered, they basically do just what you saw me do for transporting. Watch the follow up video I am uploading now on the Northern Seclusion channel. You will see that they made it very well. I think I only had 2 dead ones.

[@photokid29]

Mudbugging 2019 wohoo!!

[@Bbque79]

Those mud bugs make good fishing bait also.We use them to catch big small mouth here in Ky.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Using them on any other lake or river besides the one I caught them in is illegal here in Minnesota. They are evasive.

[@marygordon3032]

Awesome!!! 👍👍👍😎

[@ladamaschke1246]

Yum Yum Yum Let's enjoy !

[@mikenawrocki1837]

Great catch

[@tnoel374]

You sir have it made.

[@naihtaw3782]

This is Lucky year for you Joe

[@kerrypitt9789]

Your mudbuggin videos are my favorite! Some of those things were the size of small Lobsters!! What a haul! Can you fish Yo-yo rigs there? Was thinking fish that eat Crawfish may hang around the traps??

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

They are illegal here, that is why I like my trips to Louisiana. Anything goes down there.