Crayfish

[caddisguy]

Great Videos!!! Did you film them with a GoPro?
I think I have found out the cause of my low numbers. I am pretty sure someone has been helping themselves to my trap. Time to move it else where.
Do people have more luck in deep slow water or shallow fast flowing waters??

Thanks! Filmed mostly with GoPro clones (SJ4000)

In lakes, we catch most within 20 yards from shore in 4 to 10 feet of water. For sloughs / streams, slower / deeper pockets are the ticket.

They are also more active at night and Sep-Nov are the most productive months.

Crayfishing has kind of blown up in the last 5 years or so. Probably partly my fault. One of those videos got over 1.5 millions views and then some Vancouver rags and outdoor rags piggy backed off it publishing articles that named lakes.

There's one place in part particular that I had never seen anyone else trapping and last time I went we counted about 50 traps and didn't catch very many lol

If you find lakes with good crayfish populations it's best to keep quiet and be discreet when trapping. I still point people to Harrison because it's huge and no amount of pressure will have an impact. It does take some experimenting to find good pockets though.

[Ali_G]

Thanks! Filmed mostly with GoPro clones (SJ4000)

In lakes, we catch most within 20 yards from shore in 4 to 10 feet of water. For sloughs / streams, slower / deeper pockets are the ticket.

They are also more active at night and Sep-Nov are the most productive months.

Crayfishing has kind of blown up in the last 5 years or so. Probably partly my fault. One of those videos got over 1.5 millions views and then some Vancouver rags and outdoor rags piggy backed off it publishing articles that named lakes.

There's one place in part particular that I had never seen anyone else trapping and last time I went we counted about 50 traps and didn't catch very many lol

If you find lakes with good crayfish populations it's best to keep quiet and be discreet when trapping. I still point people to Harrison because it's huge and no amount of pressure will have an impact. It does take some experimenting to find good pockets though.

That's crazy that it exploded that much. I seem to remember seeing that video a while back doing the round on social media.
Thank you for all the help and advice. Just got to keep searching for those golden spots I guess.