MUDBUGGIN 2013. Trapping Crayfish, Crawfish, Mudbugs, Crawdads.

This should have been called "MUDBUGGIN 2013 The Movie" its so long. In an almost 3 day period I nailed the Mudbugs and it was amazing. Please enjoy the long awaited by myself chance to get out and trap some Crayfish.

[@Subpilot57]

I'm in Idaho. Here we call them crawdads - seems to be the common term, but I have heard crayfish used too. The river you were fishing looks just like our river here flowing through town, the water is high in the spring due to mountain snow run-off and evens out as summer drags on. I am going to try your traps here, it looks more productive than my method which is simply wading out into the river with a pair of salad tongs and a bucket and just snatching them up, which does work - but work is the key word - its a lot of it. But then, so is fixing up a batch too. The way I fix them is as follows. Boil your catch. Set them out to cool somewhat. Shell the tails - pull the vein and lay them out on a well buttered cookie sheet. Then brush the meat with garlic butter and lemon. (Lemon optional). Then light-to-moderately sprinkle them with powdered ranch dressing mix - just the powder - don't mix up a batch of dressing - just sprinkle the powder on them. You want enough butter on them so the powder gets wet with butter. Then you stick them in the oven and broil @ 350 until the tops turn just a little bit golden and pull them out. While they're hot sprinkle Parmesan cheese on them. Serve with a personal bowl of garlic butter & lemon. - Try it sometime. Its really good. Me, I am going to try your traps! Thanks for the great videos.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

+Subpilot57 I am going to have to try that, that sounds super delicious. Good luck trapping them, let me know how you do. Thank you. Joe

[@dilliondicker2039]

Almost 8 years since I’ve watched all your catching videos and I still go back and watch them because I’m jealous haha

[@1sirom]

Look fun plus there so big 👏👏 i guess i need to come down there and trap some crayfish

[@-Infernex]

Wow I loved this

[@ToonTownMania1]

Wow that's awesome!

[@WillBuryU]

Great Video thanks

[@be_like_a_bird]

Love this video thanks for sharing

[@ClutchEastwood]

I really like these "homespun adventure" type videos. That was fun to watch. If ya ever make it down here to the Gulf, visit the FloraBama lounge near Perdido. Best Crawfish within 150 miles.

[@rocheese9]

Greetings from Latvia! I love crayfish fishing. Here in Latvia we usually are trapping them by night so I'm quite surprised seeing you catching them by day, Depending on the place 200 crayfish are like maximum quantity in one catching time. It would be like a miracle for me to catch two hundred crayfish just in about an hour! Sadly our crayfish has poor size, not like yours.

[@ctophercs]

I enjoyed watching your videos thank you for sharing.

[@bellesaban]

Enjoyed, thanks for sharing...

[@melissa70817]

Well, you did VERY good! Nice job!!! Can't wait to see the boil

[@mikegrey9557]

I absolutely love all of your videos. Your very informative and multi talented.

[@whoaitsmylene]

i seriously watched the whole thing. this was so entertaining! lol. i appreciate you filming this, especially on the day that you were alone.

[@chrystalmcphee9058]

trapping crayfish is on my bucket list

[@englishsupport]

Hi from Southern Germany! Excellent video! I look forward to more.

[@GarnettM]

Joe I have to celebrate , It took me 3 yrs of asking but they ran it thru the head office , I asked Fish and game if it would be alright if we used jugs for fishing , And if we could trap Crays ,Nope Nope Nope -- This year they said Yes Jugs no more than 30 Meters away from the boat , And we can finally catch crays using a seign , fish trap , by hand , or on the hook . I love it now we get to taste what you guys get to enjoy , I just made my first trap I think I did pretty good too .

[@hancocklifts2690]

Thanks Joe and Zach

[@emilyvang831]

These guys who are stealing his crawfish are lucky that he is nice.

[@skyym3629]

Craw fish are mainly nocturnal and if you get fortunate enough to catch them in the day, it is either overcast or you put your pot in a shaded area. This is why you didn't catch many when you came back 7 hours later to check your traps and it was done in the middle of the day. The times you caught the most is when you left the traps out overnight. Thanks for the video and info. God Bless

[@MylesNicholas]

We just use feed pellets for chickens in a nylon stocking, tied to the centre of the net. Cast out and left for ten minutes and retrieved full of freshwater crayfish. Typical size is 1ft to 2ft. I did enjoy your adventure out to the river. Cooking here is boiling water with a tablespoon of 'brown sugar'

[@zube6996]

Awesome catch Joe. Great to see the kids get involved too. Love all your vids. Can't wait to see the boil.

[@BlazinBrazen]

So awesome that you live in a place where the rivers are unspoiled and have life in them. Here in MD we used to have crawfish/crayfish but due to poultry farm and regular farm run-offs our waterways are ruined. :( Awesome videos, keep up the good work!

[@alistairclark6814]

There seems to be a common correlation between crayfishermen and half finished houses.

[@redscynder]

I enjoy the mudbuggin vids. Good catch!! I do hope whoever messed with your traps were hungry and really needed them, but thrilled you ended up with so many in the end.

[@HopskysLounge]

Nice video. Nice crayfish. And nice northern pike. That pike would've taste good if you could've kept it. I would love to try crayfish and i think i would love it because i like to eat crab

[@LadyJoJoDmn]

Looking good Joe. I really like your helpers too. You know me..never like to see an animal/fish parts wasted. Thanks for finding a use for those livers. Thanks for sharing with us my friend. Peace.

[@thegoatman62]

I love the Crawfish Videos

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Thanks TJ. I purge them with salt and clean water, I have a video on how to purge and boil them, or I should say how I do it, I have had many comments on differerent methods and I appreciate them so thank you for telling me how you do it. They are very delicious once cooked up. Thanks again. Joe

[@IamDuckAf]

Wow! I love your videos! So exciting!!!

[@boogiedownforever]

So much fun. I used to do this for hours when I was a kid at my dads camp in PA. I still do it ever spring during trout season. Love it.

[@TheBiddlerontheroof]

I'm really enjoying these videos. Hopefully I can gather the material and give this a shot. Thanks for posting!

[@xXAzNGirl952Xx]

It's interesting seeing different ways people catch Crayfish/Crawfish.

[@lotzoso]

Wow, excellent 3 days, especially with the high water. I never even thought of using deer liver before. I usually give mine away as I don't care for the taste. I imagine it would make good catfish bait too. I can't wait to see the boil. Jeff

[@taneilman]

Nice. I used to use a string when I was a kid. Loved it.

[@masonwayerski7534]

In the PNW I bait with canned salmon and check my traps every hour or so. Usually get a good 15 or so every pull but ours are quite a big bigger (especially the claws.) Good video!

[@davidbales5139]

I really enjoyed watching your adventures. We actually have these mud bugs in Albuquerque. AND, I have actually seen a couple young teenagers scooping these things out of a canal. They EASILY had half a bucket-full.

[@BacktotheBasics101]

I had a great time watching this video thanks for keeping it clean.

[@Big20walken]

I always use dark chord and keep it hidden very well. You can still tag it but make sure everything is hidden from plain sight. Goodluck from Louisiana!!

[@bdkbasket1]

i do not know why...but this is very satisfying...

[@countryboy87654]

607?? Sounds like a fish story... lol great haul... making me wish more that may 5th will hurry n get here so I can get mud buggin..

[@peelmeone]

Those rabbit entrails would have been some nice bait as well.

[@detectingrodsandreels2445]

Love your video's I'm gonna start trapping minnows this year may trap crayfish too

[@huntman413]

hey Joe, I am very excited to see more Mudbuggin vids. I actually went crawfishin about a week ago again and didn't do to bad. But unfortunately, one time when I went to check them, one trap was already pulled onto the bank too. I was pretty mad but nextime I hid the rope a little better. so yeah, Great video.

[@souberleet]

Got a quick question for you mate, if you have the time or still monitor these; about the shells after you've done your partial boil. Do you keep them for creating broths or soup bases, or just get rid of them?

[@roberthodge2771]

Maternal Grandad dried shells and ground them and soaked violin wood and guitar wood in crab, crawfish boiled wter after grinding fine; made his woods sing better on instruments; he patterned that on Stradivarius violin making.

[@taradavis3985]

Now I want to catch the crawfish too. Do you eat these?

[@lcook0825]

Great video. Being a northerner from upstate New York I haven’t eaten crawfish but they looked good.

[@ezrablankenship3213]

You should put a ruck in there so it doesn't come to the shallow water. Great video.

[@irenec8361]

Great video =)

[@teargardens]

Thank you for all the tips & tricks! Godspeed gentlemen.

[@hectorcoria3650]

Very nice and thanks for sharing!

[@RGutz81]

i hate people who pouch on others traps, ty for the video

[@robbiefishing]

Great video. Here in Australia we call them yabbies. Our freshwater Murray Crayfish are enormous. Now I know why people always comment asking what yabbies are on my videos. Hahaha

[@alexisfishinhuntinandfarmi2923]

robbiefishing we call em craw daddies in Kentucky

[@itsjussjerry]

Wow, awesome catch! Can't wait to see the boil! I had my first louisiana boil last weekend and it was DELICIOUS!

[@wscott1950]

Thanks for this video. enjoyed it and I can go get some mudbugs now.

[@JanetWilham]

every prepper should make one of these traps....thank you for video!

[@briankunert6624]

You may be a yankee but brother - I like your style and tenaciousness. If there were more like you that made the laws I might move up north / east. (might) your still in the cool book bro!

[@TheCustomEverythingChannel]

Videos are great I like the tips and tricks

[@MrBuck1955]

Great 3 day catch looking forward to your first mudbug boil an feast of 2013 !!!

[@owenrush5874]

You're the best youtuber ever.

[@gocolts82]

Anyone else think that pike had a belly full of crawdads?

[@danofiremano]

+Herb Stimple I was thinking it probably did too!

[@bandccoresohio]

Chuck Fletcher only reason i could imagine it would wriggle in there lol

[@minizt]

great video, thanks for sharing. had a great time watching

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

+Evan Lei Thank you for the nice comment. Joe

[@masitahadenan1076]

good effort.good income.good things to be serve on the table too.thanks for sharing.we enjoy watching very much since iam just like you over here in malaysia.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

+masitah adenan Thank you for the nice comment. Joe

[@OvhanDevos]

+JoeandZachSurvival Just a thought, I know this is old, but an idea I just had was: get some business cards made with the info for the tags, they are cheap, and will fit perfectly on the back of the duct tape.

[@MrSIXGUNZ]

what great info from good hearted people !! happy new year !!

[@BornRandy62]

do you think maybe night cat fishermen are snagging the wire trap. pulling it while they are fishing and throwing it back? you would assume that people just messing with it to mess with it would damage the trap too.

[@maritesbaradas5985]

Mahirap huliyin ,masarap kainin salamat sa video.

[@epicdrakefishing8114]

I use #12 trot line twine for my rope on my craw traps. It is very thin but strong, and it's a dark color. I tie it twards the bottom of the tree so no one can see it. Take that to consideration when I've never had a trap pulled, or stolen on the highly populated lake I'm on. :)

[@roberthodge2771]

I do the same; just maybe add a bit of colored yard on a twig near it; 8-10 ft away; keep your tieoff near the ground out of ishgt as honor is all too minimal anymore.

[@lefthandedarcher2126]

How do you store them over the few days of trapping

[@EPIKREAPERNIGHTMARE]

Waiting for you to do this again was very suspenful by the way n was very nice video including ur crawdad boil yummy

[@kateymateymusic1]

This was so fun to watch :-) reminds me of catching Yabbies in Australia or fresh water crayfish!

[@mrbluenun]

Just wondering in case a couple have gotten pulled, maybe it would be better to weave so twigs over the tops of the traps and use thick fishing line rather than the very obvious string? Just a thought.

[@Hellfire76]

Nice looking crayfish can't eat around spokane supposed to not eat due to chemicals in river over the years.I miss the great ones as a kid around Elko nevada.

[@cdk2678]

people really need to leave others stuff alone

[@pingary214]

Random Acts yep 👍

[@ShawnAndera]

Awesome. Wish I could have caught just 1 crayfish in the 2 trips I've gone out. But I think it's due to the opening size I'm restricted to have. Nicely done, and length of the MOVIE doesn't matter. lol. Keep it up and can't wait to see the boil.

[@ramiroquirozjr.6264]

What kind of bait you Use for your traps

[@H3art5]

8:31 LOL @ that crawfish trying to grab on to the trap

[@alexcarter5447]

awesome video thanks for this

[@donb3557]

Great to see you get rewarded for your efforts, did you make the traps yourself if so do you know of a video clip that shows them being made?

[@lazybear83]

very cool. Thanks for sharing

[@bjames321]

I haven't watched a video of yours that I didn't like! Watching this put me in the spring/summer mood i am going to put some traps together soon.

[@camanojim]

at this rate Joe you are going to double last years total.

[@LoneCedarOutdoors]

Such a cool video, love trapping craws.

[@htn1986]

You got the bug for mudbugs :) great videos, thank you!

[@drmichaelgaylor331]

I love catching cray fish it is so fun dude

[@zumbamomma4]

I do too

[@travslife4488]

Try putting your bait in garlic juice and salt for 24 hours before going out and using. that salt will also give flavor when cooking.

[@Larryd1001]

Liver is great crayfish bait because it is full of blood and the blood diffuses through the water attracting the crayfish from all around.

[@MrTruemassa]

nice movie joe and zach ;)

[@ConnerPlainLiving]

What a good haul. Waiting for the boil video and wishing I could share.

[@moz7973]

Great video, thanks! I'm in Pa, and I'm going to start exploring some of our creeks for crawfish. I remember finding them all the time as a kid.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

+Moz79 More than likely there are lots of them and not many people trapping them. You could have some good eating. Thank you. Joe

[@roberthodge2771]

Oregon has 2 invasive and a daily limit of 100; 300 in possession. Say what? Too few of them with maybe 200 people going after them? Cannot put invasives back; too small and you want to bet they go back anyway?

[@xviper03]

awesome joe..you did better this year than last year..now I want eat some..

[@robertunversaw]

Yeah what everett said. I always hide my lines as best as possible

[@larrycresse753]

Looks like fun

[@padah513]

That was awesome dude. Sorry about the thieves but it looks like you made out okay considering. Do you think the venison liver made a difference or would any kind of liver do?

[@Dudus108]

Cannot wait for ur next video!

[@artvelcro]

In south louisiana, these are so small we throw them back.

[@levipearson6919]

Nice videos. I live in Arkansas and love crawdad fishing and love to eat them more than catching them. We purge (soak in salt water) ours also but when we do we use an entire salt jug for 20-25 lbs. For those that want to know why we do this, it's to clean the insides out of the muddy taste and....well....poop from their tails. They ingest the salty water and it makes them sick and they are cleaned internally this way. I noticed that y'all didn't squeeze and suck the heads. That's where the boil water is and tastes so good. I can eat about 10 lbs by my self.

[@enriquewilliamsteeny]

Levi Pearson what part of Arkansas

[@Nemesii15]

WOW! nice haul on that third check! GRATS! too bad your best haul was without company.

[@MrPaulluma]

At least the people that pulled your traps just left em and didn’t damage or steal them yuh know!!! And that pike in the trap was pretty wild lol bet you never set that again.

[@GarnettM]

You got some serious Hogging out to do , Lucky nice catch .

[@nancysims7106]

what river where you on? Reminds me of the Wisconsin River near Wisconsin Rapids

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

The Rum River just north of the twin cities here in Minnesota.