Live crawfish

[swampman46]

Originally Posted by southern151

You're free to go catch your own. Buy the gas, the license, the boat, the bait, the traps. Then spend 12 hours a day trying to find em and, moving trap after trap. It's a 100% profit business!

You've forgotten one crucial item...the field, the water to pump in that field. NOT something just anyone can jump into. So when you say "free to catch your own"...not exactly. But I think understand what you're saying, there is a cost in raising crawfish. But has that cost increased this much since last year? I don't remember what crawfish were going for at this time last year(maybe someone here remembers), but this has to be at least a 50% increase.

[southern151]

Originally Posted by swampman46

You've forgotten one crucial item...the field, the water to pump in that field. NOT something just anyone can jump into. So when you say "free to catch your own"...not exactly.

The spillway is plum full of them. I never caught a single crawfish from a pond. And, the water, pumps and, land are very expensive...It's a greedy business. Again, Henderson and, Pierre Part has plenty of unleased waters to fish from. It's the hardest I've ever worked but, the most fun I ever had working, with the exception of getting stung by yellow jackets on a near daily basis!

[swampman46]

Originally Posted by southern151

The spillway is plum full of them. I never caught a single crawfish from a pond. And, the water, pumps and, land are very expensive...It's a greedy business. Again, Henderson and, Pierre Part has plenty of unleased waters to fish from. It's the hardest I've ever worked but, the most fun I ever had working, with the exception of getting stung by yellow jackets on a near daily basis!

Congrats, you are one of the lucky ones. In my area it's not an option. I remember a time back in my childhood when farmers would let people go in and crawfish their ponds...and yes that was a lot of fun.