09-05-2001, 05:18 AM
Greetings Darryl.<br><br>I have heard that either cat or dog food is pretty good for baiting crayfish although I will be the first to amit that I have no experience "baiting them" with either one of your choices. However, I have used dead fish like minnows or other fishing bait and had some pretty good results. <br><br>Most of the time however, I usually opt to go get the crayfish by hand with a long handled minnow net at night with a head flashlight. i usually target sandy areas immediately next to the rockiest areas I can find. The crayfish come out of the rocks and scatter across the flats looking for food and are pretty easy to catch . <br><br>One note of caution though, be sure you are very familiar with an area if you try this alternate method. nothing like hitting a deep hole in the water at night to scare the bejeebers out of you. <br><br>As crayfish seem to be scavengers so to speak, I think your choices of dog or cat food would be ok. If they don't work, try the dead fish bait or even old leftover meat. let me know how this works for you. I am pretty interested in hearing your results. In the mean time, I willbe asking around to see if there are any other options available to you.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Daniel C. Nielsen<br><br><br><br>keep those lines wet <br><br>Daniel C. Nielsen<br>http://www.nebraskafishing.com/index.html