Crawfish bait

[scooled101]

I have been crawfishing for a while and would like to try some new bait this year. So I am curious what everyone uses what works best etc....

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[kibb]

Pogie or shad. Artificial when it warns up.

[jdm4x43732]

Buffalo cut up in chunks or catfish heads. Also herron, pogie, or shad.

["W"]

Sheephead

[2ndamendment]

Illinois has crawfish? Correction that is crayfish for you yanks.

[scooled101]

Big difference between crayfish and crawfish we have both.

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[kibb]

Originally Posted by scooled101

Big difference between crayfish and crawfish we have both.

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If you are serious, you are full of ****.

[southern151]

Really, water conditions dictate what type of bait used...temp, current, etc...

[flounder_smacker]

One piece of pogie and two pieces of artificial.

[Goosepond Monster]

My father-in-law put out a minnow trap last year baited with bread and a leftover chicken leg. The creek we put the trap in turned out to be a honey hole for crayfish. He put the trap in a few more times using only bread and continued to catch them until the water level in the creek was too low to cover the trap.

[scooled101]

Thanks for the info guys, now I was watchin a video and there was a guy using beef.....anyone heard of this?

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[eman]

He's probably using beef melt. I believe it is pancreas of cow.

[latravcha]

poggies with chunk bait

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by eman

He's probably using beef melt. I believe it is pancreas of cow.

Beef melt!!! That's what every one I know uses

[flounder_smacker]

Beef melt works but they eat it to fast. If you are catching a bunch u need something that will stay in the trap. I helped a old craw fisherman one season he would put one piece of fish pogie or carp the two pieces of that hard artificial. He told me if u just put fish they will eat it to quick and start eating themselves.

[scooled101]

Where is a good place to get artificial bait? I have never used it but heck I will try it
I never used catfish heads either but I will try them also
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[T and F fishing]

Where is a good place around Lafayette to get some artificiall chunks I know some good bait fish spots I'd like to run some traps and catch my own crawfish around the basin area ?

[kibb]

Chastant's

[southern151]

Originally Posted by scooled101

Where is a good place to get artificial bait? I have never used it but heck I will try it
I never used catfish heads either but I will try them also
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This bait reminds me of cattle cake really. I'm not real sure where you'd find it in ill.

[scooled101]

Well I would like to order some from la if there is a place that will ship it

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