Lauren Kremer, 11, pulls a freshly caught crayfish out of a net during a Quarry Hill Nature Center field day Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Bear Creek at Slatterly Park in Rochester. Kids participating ...

Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

As live bait goes, it’s hard to beat crawfish for trout, bass, catfish, and more—yet they are wildly underused. That’s because it’s rare to find them for sale in bait shops. There are no commercial ...

Crawfish, crawdads, crayfish, mudbugs, mountain lobsters, or whatever you choose to call them, are disgusting to some and a delicacy for others. If you can’t imagine missing a low country boil, this ...

Cajuns call them crawdads. We call them crayfish. Here’s how to catch, cook and eat our freshwater lobster. Freshwater lobsters, aka crayfish, make a tantalizing entrée for a classic summer supper ...

In our own backyard, in Caddo Parish, you will find Caddo Crawfish. The only farm in the area. Owner Smokey James said growing crawfish is more of a science than anything. “We own around 200 acres of ...

Some people in Sperry caught free dinner on Wednesday after overnight rains brought hundreds of crawfish out from the water. Ryan Rohr said he got a call from his mother-in-law and booked it over to ...

This coastal adventure turns intense fast as we search for giant crayfish hiding under rocks and in deep tide pools. Catching them by hand makes every grab feel risky and exciting, especially with the ...

For Texas rice farmers determined to hang onto their land, crawfish offer clear benefits. Omnivores and swamp creatures at heart, mudbugs thrive in the low, warm, plant-filled waters of rice paddies.