Well, I must admit that I just glossed over this originally as I have
forgotten the How To's of using crayfish. To try and answer your question, I
seem to remember when I was a much younger lad than I am now, that they were
hooked in the back, through the first jointed segment behind the "head/body"
section. This would allow a live crayfish the ability to move naturally.

Here in Wisconsin, none of my fishing bud's use crayfish, and it has been
about 30 years since I have used any as bait. The current reason, as shown
in the Wisconsin Fishing Regulations;
Page 6 - It is illegal to possess live crayfish while fishing or while
possessing angling equipment on any inland water, except the Mississippi
River.

I do not know how long they have had this in the regulations, but this is
the one of the reasons that I no longer think of crayfish as a bait to use.
Another being that I found them to be more of a hassle, when alive and
trying to keep them that way, than to deal with than minnows, crawlers, and
leeches. If I am going to use bait, I kinda like it to still be alive and
wiggling :-)

As a side note, Wisconsin does allow you to "hunt" them year round with no
size or bag limits, except on the Wisconsin/Minnesota boundary waters where
they close the season during March and April. There are also the (fairly)
standard laws about not introducing them to any waters without a permit to
do so.

I am wondering if these type of regulations are becoming more common around
the US. It may be that the lack of an answer is that the crayfish is falling
out of favor with many fishermen if this is so.

Cast far
Bob

"Paul" wrote in message
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Does anyone have a serious reply to this question?
I am also interested in using crawfish for bait!"Beaner"
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How do you put them onto a hook to use as bait?"Sarge"
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You can also try them in an egg omelet, stewed, fried, etouffee,
pies,
and
served with pasta.

Sarge







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