Recent shows/crawfish

[3dkicker]

Just got done with the last show of the year. Orange Co. High School (not the same Orange Co. as the TV show) has an annual outdoor show to raise money for their Jr. Fed club. Good show with plenty of vendors but slow on the sales . Only sold a limited amount of stuff but with the season winding down I was happy with what I sold. I did, however, find a jig maker who makes some nice 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 oz jigs for punching grass . I got a few to try this spring/summer and he's making more . C-Bird, some potentially good news coming your way, IM is being sent.

Here's a photo of the super sized crawfish found here in VA. It was on display at the Roanoke show. I'd pulled one up a bunch of years ago on the Potomac that was bigger but hadn't seen one since. I was told that they were not native but were an invasive species. All I know is that I'd love to grow a couple dozen and have a little craw bake!!!! Not the greatest photo, the color is off, but it was pumpkin in color and had green pumpkin claws.

[bamabassman]

WOW!! looks like a little lobster. bet the bass would love to have him.

[Bob Smith]

MMMmmmMMM
Good!!
Get me a big ol pot and put it on a propane burner outside, fill it with water and crab boil seasoning, throw in a few "new potatoes" and corn on the cob, some onion and a little bit of cayenne pepper. Bring that concoction to a rolling boil then throw them crawfish in there and cook it till the taters are fork soft. It's making my mouth water just thinking about it!

[Cranebird]

Throw in a fresh basket of Cracklin, chicken etouffe and some hush puppies followed by more cornbread and then followed by a Mississippi mud pie or creole ice cream finally rounding her off with a small dish of Bourbon bread pudding.Hell yeah I am hungry for some food you don't get round here.Throw in a 2 litre of peach ne hi since we anit got that here neither. C-Bird Warble.

[pignjig]

Hot boudin! Cold cush-cush! Come on, Crawfish- Push, push, push!!

[MississippiBoy]

All right, y'all quit...It's still an hour and a half till I get my lunch break...
Killin' me, man, killin' me...

[bamabassman]

i don't suck any heads of any kind, lol. ya'll eat a good bass bait?!? hahaha, go for it guys.

[lunker-lander]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

i don't suck any heads of any kind, lol.

Now that was just Wrong with a capital "W"!!!

-Lunk-

[Bob Smith]

Originally Posted by lunker-lander

Now that was just Wrong with a capital "W"!!!

-Lunk-

I'm afraid he could've been a little more descriptive on that one, the short version just won't work with the perverted minds we have on this forum!

[bamabassman]

my bad guys. no i don't want to get anything started with the perverted folks we have here, hahaha. but i DO NOT EAT CRAWFISH!! NASTY TO ME, LOL. and why eat bait? rather use the dad for catching that big ol bass.

[lunker-lander]

That is a HAWG craw!

Have you ever encountered a bass with a tummy-full of 'em?

-Lunk-

[BigBassin144]

Nope, but We filleted (anyone know how to speel the Past tense of "Fillet") a big ole perch with a couple in him.

BB

[Bob Smith]

Originally Posted by lunker-lander

That is a HAWG craw!

Have you ever encountered a bass with a tummy-full of 'em?

-Lunk-

Years ago when we used to keep everything we caught! More recently I have had them regurgitrate the claws in my livewell quite often.

[Cranebird]

Bama you pinch or bite the heads off and then suck the guts out of them.Most people don't like the word guts so they say suck the juice out of them but whatever.1984 about the 30th day into Ranger school I learned that from a guy from louisiana.I ate the whole damned crayfish, the heck with sucking the guts out of it.I'm not sure if it was the handful of crayfish I ate or the tree lizard I ate but one of them made me a bit ill. C-Bird Least Tern

[bamabassman]

i know crane, married a mobilian...beach bum,lol. she don't suck the juice either! lol and you are right, the "juice" is the guts. that's why i don't eat em. if i don't know what is in there i ain't eating it! hahaha. and i don't eat gumbo either, they put EVERYTHING IN THAT CHIT!! smells bad...i ain't touching it, lol.

[zooker]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

i don't eat gumbo either, they put EVERYTHING IN THAT CHIT!!

dat right der is the truth.dem dam coonies wil et near on any dern thang. why else do you all thank dey inventer hot sauce?? dat crap will even kill da flava of road kill..

seriously mud bugs are good eatin kind of remind me of eatin blue crabs just less work involved..

kicker
they had to have keep that critter in regular clean water.. put them in any release aid and they will turn white or REAL pale brown..

zooker

[bamabassman]

hey zook.. saw a bowl of gumbo once and i swear it had eyeballs in it!!! lol.

[3dkicker]

Zook,
They had a bunch of them, as different types, in the tub. This was the only one with rubber bands around the pinchers. Don't know if they added anything to the water but you could play with them if you wanted to. Only they requested that you wash your hands after . I didn't know mudbugs carried infectious disease . Probably should have known that before catching thousands of them out of the creek behind the house while I was a kid . Might explain the hair loss.