The Quest to Commercial Crawfish Lake Tahoe - Wild crawfish Restaurant Catch and Cook!

Mike from Crayster travels to Lake Tahoe, Nevada to meet up with John an aspiring commercial craw fisherman. They crawfish the lake and end up at two amazing restaurants where they get served their catch. Come along on this amazing crawfishing adventure!

[@MarkdaShark191]

Man is John looking to hire a deck hand? If I was local I'd be bugging that guy for a job in a heartbeat. Catching crawfish on Tahoe sounds like an amazing way to make a living.

[@frisbynathan]

Very cool. Congratulations John.

[@markharvey6625]

Now that's a crayster video!!! Pretty impressive what John has got going on there!! Thanks for sharing guys!!

[@doittoday1]

Excellent video and I think it awesome what John is attempting , I’m sure he will have great success.

[@ForWildsSake]

Great video guys and looks like some awesome grub, can’t ask for much more

[@sillyseppy7095]

Killer video guys !!!!

[@tommy1620]

Great video! Thanks!

[@lizblevins1]

Love that double trap rig setup

[@yeamariko]

awesome video!

[@danasampson818]

When I was in college, circa 1987, I worked a summer dealing cards at a casino in South Lake Tahoe. One guy was from New Orleans. He had caught a bunch of crawdads snorkeling in Lake Tahoe, and had a crawdad boil for a bunch of us. I still remember that as one of my most memorable eating experiences.

[@crayster3926]

Sounds like great memories!

[@Team-Mc-Fishing]

Crayster Baby! I might have to grab a few traps and make a visit to Lake Tahoe too.

[@MrKaido93]

Awesome Crayster hunting and catching adventure! Mike Burrell and Team Crayster have opened up a positive whole slew of Pandoras Boxes with their excellent Crayster Crayfish traps. From offering the best designs and quality materials in production of the Crayster traps, which are the right tool for the job of catching the largest sizes and amounts of Crayfish. There is no doubt that John, the Commercial Crayfisherman has the right tools for the job he has undertaken! Where John, the Commercial Crayfisher is able to haul in those large sized and large numbers of Signal and other Crayfish species to be able to start to making a living where the Signal Crayfish are becoming a Restaurant stable. This has led to a win-win situation for everyone. For Crayster, the Professional Commercial Crayfisherman John to the Restaurant to the Environment with a positive impact balance improvement on water quality simply put, outstanding! Best Wishes to John, the Commercial Crayfisherman for much success!

[@donnygfpv7548]

I saw him drive by stateline in South Lake Tahoe this last summer with all the traps on deck and I knew they were crayster traps, unfortunately I was working and had guest in my vehicle, I wanted to chase him down and see what he was up too. Been crawfishing Lake Tahoe the last five years but on a way smaller scale and doing boils for friends. Can’t wait for this coming season! Usually catch around 20lbs after sorting out the peelers/small with 10 traps on a 12-15hr over night soak which is plenty for my small gatherings! If you guys are ever back in the area let me know would love to do a boil with y’all!

[@WesleyEnglish-ru4me]

Where do you drop your traps? I used to get a bunch right off the shore in zephyr . But not much luck the past two years. I’m planning on going out on a boat this year but am worried about people stealing them

[@mikef.2316]

Good times for sure

[@josephhutchinson428]

Last time we were there is got really windy with some rain. We stopped at a spot on the CA side and big crawdads were all over the place out of the water. We could have filled a 5-gallon bucket in probably 5 minutes of big crayfish

[@timothydeaton7258]

Hey there! Was wondering if you guys ever did any crayfishing in lower Michigan? New sub!

[@robbietrigg8400]

I sent you a email wanting to buy a bunch of traps from you. I commercial crawfish on the Columbia River and looking to purchase 500 plus traps. Love your channel brother😎🍩🤙🏻

[@bryanlim973]

This looks so much fun. I have question though, I would like to visit lake tahoe this week and the weather would be between 35s to 60s , are crayfish still active at this point? what month is too late for crawfishing?

[@JohnSteude]

Activity is currently about 50 percent compared with summer time activity.

[@lcclower]

Fighting off the invasive species one boil at a time... Questions, as clear as Tahoe water is, what differences does clear water make compared to Louisiana water?

[@crayster3926]

You don't need to purge them to start. They don't come out muddy.

[@andrewhedger3872]

That was the first thing I noticed when you guys pulled the 1st trap. Those crawfish are as clean as the water. That makes it so much easier to go directly from the cooler to the pot.

[@user-gi6sv5sr3w]

Hello to you guys i own lake tahoe crawfish llc i have 400 traps in carson city nv in a storage unit and have always wanted to fish them them the same way we should be in contact

[@WesleyEnglish-ru4me]

Interested in selling off some traps? I’m up at the lake I only need like 10

[@robbietrigg8400]

I never did get a response from you on your website BTW

[@crayster3926]

Hi Rob, I didn't get your email. Send me a message at [e-mail] Thanks man!

[@davesbackyardchickensandou3905]

75 feet? Wow i thought they only went like 20 feet

[@crayster3926]

Me to, and they are talking about crawfishing deeper!

[@andrewhedger3872]

What is the name of John's business?

[@JohnSteude]

Sorry for the delayed response. The company is Sierra Lobster, Inc. A Nevada corporation.

[@andrewhedger3872]

@JohnSteude Do you ever let anybody come run traps with you? Free labor. That's a cool operation you have going, John. I'm impressed. I'm from south central Indiana. We have crawfish, but nowhere near the kind of numbers you have out there.

[@JohnSteude]

I am currently talking with a local fishing guide operation to add crawfishing to their business. The prospects look good for next summer.