Crawdad question

[maghunter]

I prefer to keep them on ice while transporting them. If you keep them in water they will use up the oxygen in the water and quickly drown. Once I get them home I turn a garden hose on them for a good half hour to rinse them off and revive them. We have also heard never eat a dead crawfish. One thing we do that a lot of people don't do is devein them. If you notice on the tail there is 5 plates grab the middle plate and twist it 90 degrees then gently pull on it and out comes the mud vein. They die a few minutes after you do this so have the water boiling before you devein them. Next time I go crawfish diving I'll video the deveining and post it. Nothing better than fresh Idaho lobster.
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