MUDBUGGIN Minnesota. 2014. It Begins! How to catch crayfish, crawfish..

The Mudbuggin 2014 season starts here for me in Minnesota with a 3 day soak with 4 traps in the river. Almost 5 inches of rain fell during this time raising the river level and making it challenging but I did manage to get some bugs. Pictures of the boil at the end of the video.

[@ryanfranck5494]

Awesome 1st catch joe! Looking forward to more videos!

[@ethanfrench7433]

Man o man! Your videos keep getting better and better, your the #1 guy that I watch on how to catch and cook crawfish!! Love your channel all-around too. Keep up the good work man!!

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

ethan french The MN season is maybe a month or 2 away, I am excited to get the traps in the water and get me some boilin going on lol. Thanks Ethan. Joe

[@ShawnAndera]

Good job Joe. I was about to say you caught all the Rusty's and now the Northern's are moving in. But you ended up finding a few in the pail. lol

[@sgtpavlov]

nice fishing Joe! i love this series of episodes

[@terrypalagyi282]

Finally! I've been waiting for this video for months!

[@backcountrypipe]

Great video, must be nice to get out and not worry about gators and snakes. LOL Wish we had those here, man those pictures at the end look good. Regards Mark

[@yoopersurvival]

looks like a blast, you got me pumped again. I wish I had time

[@SSanf]

Nice start. :) Don't know why I like the mudbuggin videos so much but I do.

[@pentaz1980]

Back to the good old tree, was a good spot last time with your son👍

[@dterice8767]

Nice video, I ended up with 70 on 6/2/14,but I didn't use my traps. I used just stick,and chicken liver. I'm put out my traps soon.

[@simonngeth]

Thanks for this video, I never know how crawfish get caught! This really good experience to see !

[@MrDstapleton77]

It looks like you had better luck in Minn. Than in LA. Keep up the good work Joe.

[@tazmanmn]

Gonna have to watch for a string of dry weather and start three days before are next amazon rain fall lol looks like a great dinner to me.

[@denisportarescu7067]

Great video !!! Guys I want to ask somebody now how many traps can one person use ? in Minnesota?

[@PREPFORIT]

Fun with a meal at the end? Sounds great. (Crayfish) are not as plentiful up here in Canada but I have caught many using a similar trap.

[@terryrhuebottom]

Could you do a video or explain on how are you finding the spots to place your traps. I built a few traps similar to yours but my only catch was a bird the while I was getting ready to place them, I know the buggers are around cause when we get tons of rain I can scoop them out of the grass in the yard.

[@teannakaabua868]

Here in california we catch them with our hands and rope, i love crawfishing! Cant wait for next year :) I enjoyed watching all if your vids good job.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Teanna kaabua I cant wait to get down to Louisiana this winter to catch some more. The lakes here are now all froze over and thhe rivers will be shortly. I hear your state is getting drenched with rain today. Thank you. Joe

[@dschephigh1]

Your right the mosquitos are really bad this year. And up where we are the dragon fly hatch is way down so that don't help.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Dragon flies and bats are out friends. Natures bug spray, they eat tons of them. Thank you. Joe

[@rabbitfarmhobby7161]

Very nice video. Enjoyed it Have fun

[@Gamecreator916]

Numbers are looking alright so far! If you don't mind shoveling up about $60, crawfish are pretty cool pets & are super easy to take care of

[@collinalcalay122]

Going tonight after I finished watching this one! Haha Collin, Wisconsin

[@Coldwarlego]

I know the exact bridge and tree you trapped from! I'm right up the road XD

[@cbluebeard]

SO awesome! I love tagging along on your mudbuggin outings! do you have ticks up there? here in S. Illinois, the ticks are terrible and carry disease. I stay out of the woods in the summer now. Watching your outdoor adventures is a great substitute for me. Thanks!

[@ryanfranck5494]

They are terrible up here in NW Illinois as well! I peeled a bunch off of me morel hunting. I never remembered having such a problem with them

[@buckeyebug8203]

Are you going to try the pillow traps you used in Louisiana in Minnesota??

[@aaronalto3034]

Joe: Do you like your homemade traps better than the ones you bought in LA? I bought some wire mesh to make some soon, and wondered which one you liked best after using both. Gonna be trying the Mississippi R here in Grand Rapids, MN soon. We had a meal of crays last yr; my trap design stunk, so I put on snorkel gear and neoprene gloves and hand picked a bunch. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

I like these the best and they are legal in MN. Thank You. kzbin.info/www/bejne/apS2kJt5g7x8hLM

[@montanagold59635]

Ya!!! More crayfish vids. I've been waiting on them. I've only watched all your crayfish vids like 5 times each.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Thank you, more to come as soon as the flooding goes down a bit.

[@Mandroid1997]

I love these vid.

[@MrCntryjoe]

catching a few yeah, do you put them in clean water for a spell to flush them out. how we do turtles and some fish. I cheat and use a seine. 50lb trawls. we camped out as kids and had coffee can crayfish boils, eating like kings. thanks great channel

[@omniXenderman]

these guys make fun pets too, if u mix up shrimp pellets and grapes and put it into a nylon stock, it works wonders, u can find shrimp pellets in the fish food area at your local supermarket

[@Cinnamon12345]

Nice. what do you use for bait. i live in Missouri set traps last week dint get one. Do you put in just rivers or ponds to.

[@marythompson9222]

It sure did rain like it was not going to stop. And wow are the ticks crazy here. I find garlic... to keep away ticks and mosquitoes.

[@marythompson9222]

waving hi doug hope yall are well and happy

[@kevinburns5131]

All you got is some real good bass bait. Thanks kb

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Well that bait tasted pretty damn good LOL.

[@tonyrubner6231]

Not bad. I know this spot. It's about 2 miles from my home water level was very high. great spot.

[@Aolen75]

great start to the season

[@oothoudtoutdoors279]

Joe I mean do you put it in a lake pond or a river. Me and my brother think you are amazing.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Thank you. I am putting it in the river now but in Louisiana it was in bayous with no moving water but shallow. I have tried about everything but here in MN I tend to stay in the rivers with rocky bottoms. Thanks again. Joe

[@jaygooding6187]

I am from north central MN and I would love to try this. any tips?

[@mschmidtTX]

I had a coworker who grew up in Minnesota. I remember him saying Minnesota was the land of ten thousand lakes, but there are also ten million mosquitoes per lake.

[@uHAVkrAbz]

is this in the cannon?

[@joshuakang5461]

how much rope do you use for each trap?

[@hakurouxavier8560]

I live near the Minneapolis area in Minnesota. I have a little pond next to my house. Any chance there would be crayfish? There's turtles and toads there.

[@juliosdiy3206]

I bet there is!

[@whitneyhott331]

Yay its time for some crayfishing! :-)

[@ericmastenbrook9020]

Hit me up if you guys ever come over to Michigan. I have some property on the Muskegon River that you could try out. I've never tried right there (I will this summer) but I know there are a ton in that river.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Sounds like fun, thank you. If I ever get over that way I would really love to try that. Thank you. Joe

[@longshot520]

do u guys go up to the tent during the summer at all?

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Im dieing to get there, I have not been there since the third week in November... I am self employed in construction and it is so freaking busy right now I just Have not felt I could pull away yet. I may.... MAY go this weekend but as this week is progressing and with Monday ending up being a rain day I can not even be close to certain. I have even bought my plants for the northern garden and they are sitting in pots waiting to go up so it will be soon. Thank you. Joe

[@Ruralmn]

Albert Lea area?

[@brandonroberts9827]

I have a little trick I use and it works best in bush lake good bass and muskie lake if you end up in the area.anyways I use leeches a lot and they are not cheap.so what I do is I use a woman's nylon stocking and put whatever you like.i use beef heart or pig guts let it sit out for a day or so the longer and nastier the better.i tie my braided line on and throw a few of these out come back check em with a five gallon bucket pull the line in and leeches and crawfish just scrape them of into the bucket.works good.

[@supermario606]

Hey Joe! Quick question for ya. At what temperature are crawfish active? I just tried today here in Idaho and caught nothing. Last year I was catching them a lot. But today's temperature here was 70 degrees, and yesterday was in the high 50s. So should I wait till it's late May or early June? When do I know when they are going to be active? Thanks!

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

***** Water temp needs to be around 70 for them to really get active. I cant wait for it to start here. Thank You.

[@supermario606]

Thanks, Joe! Can't wait either! These videos make me get hyped. Haha.

[@oothoudtoutdoors279]

I have a one question Where do you put your traps

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Chase, I have over 30 Mudbugging videos in the Crayfish/Crawfish playlist. In those videos you can see exactly where I put the traps... Nice one Mountnman lol.

[@hamsterloverforever1]

can you do updates on the rabbits?

[@BrittanynShane]

The bugs are horrible in Minnesota and what kind of wire are you using

[@johnnymiller4313]

what river is this off of??

[@FowlHunter3]

I don't mean to sound dumb but which river?

[@KD0RVY]

Im dropping traps in the rum this weekend for the first time ever. Im stoked. I cant wait to see what I get. :)

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

What part of the Rum? closest town? Down here it is flooded horribly now so I can not get the traps out this weekend. Thank you. Joe

[@KD0RVY]

JoeandZachSurvival I'm up in St. Francis. The Rum is only a few miles from my house. It is also flooded up here. I did get traps in. I got a total of 20 crayfish with just two traps. A few of them were quite big too. I am planning on building 2-3 more round traps asap. Hopefully you will be able to get your traps out soon. :)

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Did you set them by the bridge by St Francis Hardware? I walked down there last year and on the south side of the bridge there were a couple places that might be good if the water was the right depth.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Nice job on your first 20.

[@KD0RVY]

JoeandZachSurvival that's exactly where I set them. On the east side of the river and just north a touch from the bridge. There is a parking lot on that side of river walking distance from the bridge and that's the area I dropped them. I may go further north even towards Isanti and try that also.

[@nateleblanc9585]

What do you use for bait?

[@adventchild5150]

Deer liver he said

[@yusu3054]

where is this place？

[@stevelewis8919]

I wonder if I can do this in Pennsylvania?

[@gman77gas]

Ah Oh! Man on a Northern Mission! 86 degrees last week and humid here in Northern Wisconsin...Wow what a shock! 4 weeks ago we still had some ice on lakes! We too have a bumper crop of "skeeters"! The worst I have ever seen!

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Mosquitoes are simply freakin horrible this year. I bought 3 cans of 40% deet.

[@gman77gas]

there is a product by Colman in a spray for around $7.00 that is 98%deet...Liver cancer later....no West Nile now! I can't go outside without a spary down! I built some Bat Boxes and in a few weeks the dragon flys hatch...all skeeter eaters

[@teannakaabua868]

How I catch mines is I go in the water or wheel the bait in then pull it up with a net :)

[@flamedrag18]

why do you make your line so short? it seems to limit how far out you can cast your trap out to....

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

If I ever need it longer I do add line. If you get out very far your in the current and its no good so I have just the right amount of string. In one of the Louisiana mudbuggin videos from a few months back I added string because I had to get farther out. Thank you. Joe

[@rickyyang3357]

What waters do you go for crayfish?

[@tracemartin9092]

Ricky Yang not crayfish it's crawfish

[@rickyyang3357]

​@tracemartin9092 it's either or 😂

[@HopskysLounge]

makes me itchy thinking about the bugs

[@TomsMods]

could u do more crayfish vids this year thxs

[@clydeng87]

well done

[@beth-rg8bm]

You might want to fix that ding in your windshield before it freezes!

[@ADayInLisasLife3947]

You know the mosquitoes are bad when you can hear them whining on the video. I don't see any tags on your traps. Is that not required in MN, and if it's not, how do you prove it's your trap?

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

The tag is on the string. I will be making bigger ones once the season gets moving and the flooding stops. Its raining like crazy out there today so it will be a bit before I get back out there. Most parks are closed because of flooding around that area now. Thank you. Joe

[@jrawrataa07]

Do you guys have a problem with ticks in Minnesota?

[@tazmanmn]

Yes! There really bad in some parts of the state.

[@jrawrataa07]

Went for a 10 minute walk in the woods the other day and got 28 ticks on me! 10 minutes no joke. I live in southern maine.

[@luremakingforfun4190]

jrawrataa07 yeah if you get up around the Brainerd Lakes area that can happen allot and its also a cronic area for Deer ticks

[@marythompson9222]

Lure Making For Fun bummer, I just moved north of there. Ticks are out in droves and they are all after me.

[@willwagner7212]

I am from Minnesota

[@MrSki146]

im going to try this in the netherlands!

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

MrSki146 Do you call them Yabbies there? They are fun to catch and great to eat no matter what they are called. Thank you. Joe

[@MrSki146]

JoeandZachSurvival​ i don't reconize the name Yabbies whe call rivier kreeft translated its river lobster and it's not eaten mutch over here i believe i search a bit if its legal to catch em and it is so i'm gnna make me a trap tommorow and try it soon but i have one question do crawfish also live in lakes? Great video btw Rick

[@collinalcalay122]

Could not wait for this video so happy! I'm going out again after the rain tomorrow. - Collin, Wisconsin

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Anything in your traps?

[@collinalcalay122]

Never went.. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm trying to get em' soaked when I get out of here!

[@6thStreetKidz]

Have you ever tried raw bacon as bait

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

I never have and many have talked about how well it works. Bacon is so damned expensive though that I hate to waste it on something like this but I may have to give it a try just so I can say I did try it

[@6thStreetKidz]

JoeandZachSurvival I got 1 more question I have 2 minnow traps that I bought and the crayfish kind of have a hard time going in them I made the holes bigger but still doesn't work that good any tips? I used chicken liver as bait

[@vh04863]

You should fix your windshield :)

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Oh Cmon VH, it gives you something to watch when I am chatting and driving. LOL LOL. Thank you. Joe

[@CODFan180]

in Wisconsin there is a decent amount but can get mine by hand :/

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

CODFan180 Zachary and I have caught them by hand before but by using the traps I can just set and walk away and come back and have quite a few without having to spend hours at the river. Thank you. Joe.

[@CODFan180]

I know I have traps out, If you had looked at my channel you would've realized that I have 2 videos from about 2 years ago from crayfish trapping.

[@RLSgardener]

Man I got crawfish in my yard every time it rains they make their mud piles grrr. Love to eat crawfish but hate them in the yard. Wish I could get rid of them.

[@shotgun161]

Anyone ever trap mud bugs in Iowa?

[@veraforsworn6593]

i plan on crossbreeding allot of crayfish to make a giant one XD i shall name it grawcray the destroyer of worlds

[@louisemissouri4410]

YUM :)

[@dirtdetector7117]

I just found out in Niagara on the Lake they have crawfish. I seen one crawling into the freezing lake and thought it was a baby lobster.

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Dirt Detector Make some traps and go catch some. They are delicious.

[@dirtdetector7117]

JoeandZachSurvival I will try. But most of it's public and private areas. Meaning tourists and such.

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

FIRST!! LOL! First time ever! :D

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Nice job LOL. I am glad you commented. Joe

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

JoeandZachSurvival Your welcome! Wasn't it a very "inspirational" comment? LOL :D

[@willwagner7212]

CRAWFISH HAVE LEFT THE CHAT.

[@crayster3926]

Love all your videos especially your crayfishing videos! Be sure to check out our crayfishing videos. Keep catching-em... Mike, Jake and Ash

[@beth-rg8bm]

14....better than a poke in the nose with a sharp stick!

[@BENTICK1974]

Joe don't put meat, go to the fisch market, bring some fisch heads and the inside, and then tell me the results. Toni

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

I have used fish before Toni and it works great but you have to be careful here because some of it is illegal to use. I had my best catch ever using fish. I have that video posted from I believe the 2012 season. Its in the playlist somewhere lol. Thank you. Joe

[@BENTICK1974]

Thank you, for the reply Joe, Please cary on your Great work . Toni

[@MAnnielow]

How envious I am of you, wish we had some in our rivers in Malaysia. maybe I should buy some and set them free in our rivers, lol. Then go catch them in a few months time, what say you?

[@dagvikings5340]

cool vid we should have more people doing this! rustys are taking over time to trap and eat!

[@Harley13411]

No Gators lol.

[@jorisvd37]

these animals arent supposed to be here in the netherlands and people are encouraged by the goverment to catch and eat so ik checking up on how to do it so ill get me some good crawfish this summer

[@Stas6131]

раки с пивом это здорово )))

[@oothoudtoutdoors279]

Joe it's not working

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

Thats my email, make sure your typing it in right, its a long email addy.

[@oothoudtoutdoors279]

Joe I'll just ask my questions over the comments it's ok

[@oothoudtoutdoors279]

Joe I'll just ask my questions over the comments it's ok

[@ethanlassen9615]

I sell my crawfish to the town bait shack and they give me 6 bucks a pound

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

+TrickShot Bros Thats a great price for them. Unless you have a license to do that from the DNR (here in Minnesota) its highly illegal but your getting good money like I said. Right now you can buy them already boiled down in Louisiana at Reno and Hope seafood in Sorrento for 2.99 a pound.

[@jamesyang3041]

+JoeandZachSurvival HI, I am Taiwanese. I am interested in Euastacus armatus, it is kind of freshwater crayfish at the Murray river (www.arkive.org/murray-river-crayfish/euastacus-armatus/) . Could you please send it to my friend Chris, he lives Ballater st. Sunnybank hills. I need 5~10 pair at first. If the crayfish is ok, I will order 50~100 pcs next time. I need the size is 5~8cm, how much is it?

[@ethanlassen9615]

Thanks but I can't send crayfish I am not licensed I do it as like a small business and sell them to my local store

[@jamesyang3041]

my friend live at Ballater st. Sunnybank hills. could you send it?

[@ethanlassen9615]

Dude I can't like I told u

[@1975Jdonov]

From what I understand the Rusty Crayfish is a invasive species. So perhaps on that particular body of water you and your fellow fishermen are putting a dent in the population.

[@oothoudtoutdoors279]

Joe what is your email. I'm asking because so I can send you private messages. without having to use the comment section all the time. please get back to us as soon as possible

[@JoeandZachSurvival]

[e-mail]

[@terryleblanc749]

Yawn ... you need Louisiana bugs for an the enterprise ... ask the Chinese... la. bug imported in1940

[@MrCntryjoe]

catching a few yeah, do you put them in clean water for a spell to flush them out. how we do turtles and some fish. I cheat and use a seine. 50lb trawls. we camped out as kids and had coffee can crayfish boils, eating like kings. thanks great channel