02-08-2004, 04:31 AM
[cool] Well, it's good to be back. We had lightening for a few days, so the PC gets unplugged, and I go into withdrawl's.
About the Mudbugs and the "Rocky stream beds" I am sorry to inform y'all that there aint a rock in the whole state of Louisiana!
I have found from several sources that Mudbugs are Vegetarians! Wow!
Why do they eat meat then?
It's because they eat anything! (Vegetarians?, I thought that was omnivours.)
The commercial guys use any kind of stuff for bait that gives off fluid and Odor. Making up the bait is part of the 'work load' . Wading the pond is the hard part of the work load. Dumping the traps is the hard part of the work load. Then there is the sorting, and storing.
They will store for days in a Burlap bag if you keep them cold and water them once in awhile.
The Commercial ponds are 18-24" Deep. The depth keeps the Wading birds from getting into your product. The chief marauders are Raccoons, Lampry eels and Water Moccasins. (Where the heck to lampry eels come from? Can they walk?)
The Commercial ponds are drained off slowly in the Hot months. Slowly so the Egg toters can burrow into the ground beneath the pond.
Then slowly refilled again in October. The young hatch as soon as the Egg toters get back up into the water.
The pickers start harvesting in November or December.
The Mesh size of the traps willallow the smaller ones to escape.
One pond owner told me of the Bull Dozer building a fish pond, near the mudbug ponds. The Dozer began plowing into Bugs down at the 4 foot level and on down to nearly 6 feet. Those bugs had burrowed thirty feet from the bottom of the Mudbug pond.
I bought a pillow case trap yesterday. I'll be trying it out sometime this week. If the Temp ever gets up a little. I'm guessing we will be using BBQ Chicken leftovers for bait this first try.
I'll let you know, if anything interesting comes up! By the way, thanks for the note on the Recipes. I'll see what my wife says to that.
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About the Mudbugs and the "Rocky stream beds" I am sorry to inform y'all that there aint a rock in the whole state of Louisiana!
I have found from several sources that Mudbugs are Vegetarians! Wow!
Why do they eat meat then?
It's because they eat anything! (Vegetarians?, I thought that was omnivours.)
The commercial guys use any kind of stuff for bait that gives off fluid and Odor. Making up the bait is part of the 'work load' . Wading the pond is the hard part of the work load. Dumping the traps is the hard part of the work load. Then there is the sorting, and storing.
They will store for days in a Burlap bag if you keep them cold and water them once in awhile.
The Commercial ponds are 18-24" Deep. The depth keeps the Wading birds from getting into your product. The chief marauders are Raccoons, Lampry eels and Water Moccasins. (Where the heck to lampry eels come from? Can they walk?)
The Commercial ponds are drained off slowly in the Hot months. Slowly so the Egg toters can burrow into the ground beneath the pond.
Then slowly refilled again in October. The young hatch as soon as the Egg toters get back up into the water.
The pickers start harvesting in November or December.
The Mesh size of the traps willallow the smaller ones to escape.
One pond owner told me of the Bull Dozer building a fish pond, near the mudbug ponds. The Dozer began plowing into Bugs down at the 4 foot level and on down to nearly 6 feet. Those bugs had burrowed thirty feet from the bottom of the Mudbug pond.
I bought a pillow case trap yesterday. I'll be trying it out sometime this week. If the Temp ever gets up a little. I'm guessing we will be using BBQ Chicken leftovers for bait this first try.
I'll let you know, if anything interesting comes up! By the way, thanks for the note on the Recipes. I'll see what my wife says to that.
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