Crawfish Days….Boil & Lemon Cream Pasta…..

[clifish]

When I had my fish tanks running. I bought what the store called a blue lobster. I'm pretty sure it was just a crawfish injected with a blue dye, and your right. It could escape with ease.

Chris

No they are a real variant. I had one that I bought with eggs on the female and the babies where blue. There are also red and orange out there.

 

[lilhef]

awesome post! would eat 10/10

 

[civilsmoker]

yeah none down here, only place I can get them is the aquarium section of the pet stores. I have kept them over the years, but they are escape artists in the tank, then the cat gets them...lol

Now that says it all…..the cat wanting its surf! The secret to keeping them in the trap is a bunch of bait…..have food they will have a party, no food the party is over!

When I had my fish tanks running. I bought what the store called a blue lobster. I'm pretty sure it was just a crawfish injected with a blue dye, and you’re right. It could escape with ease.

Chris

I didn’t realize people put them in fish tanks…… yea they can just about get out of anything once the decide to!

No they are a real variant. I had one that I bought with eggs on the female and the babies were blue. There are also red and orange out there.
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That blue one is really cool!!!!!!!

 

[civilsmoker]

awesome post! would eat 10/10

Thanks hef! 10 crawlers make a nice meal too!

 

[indaswamp]

When I had my fish tanks running. I bought what the store called a blue lobster. I'm pretty sure it was just a crawfish injected with a blue dye, and your right. It could escape with ease.

Chris

Actually, blue crawfish are 1 in a million....it is a genetic recessive color change. We see them from time to time in crawfish sacks..

 

[kelbro]

Wow. I've been through thousands of crawfish and never saw any meat come out of the claws! Nice looking traps. Our traps were much simpler and shallower.

 

[kelbro]

Actually, blue crawfish are 1 in a million....it is a genetic recessive color change. We see them from time to time in crawfish sacks..

We used to see a lot of blues in N.E.Texas. Quite a few in Northern AZ as well.

 

[ifitsdeadsmokeit]

Awesome meal. Where did you get the plans for making the traps?

 

[gmc2003]

Actually, blue crawfish are 1 in a million....it is a genetic recessive color change. We see them from time to time in crawfish sacks..

Same with blue full size lobsters. They're supposed to be super rare, but it seems like I've been reading about at least one being caught for the last few years.

 

[civilsmoker]

Actually, blue crawfish are 1 in a million....it is a genetic recessive color change. We see them from time to time in crawfish sacks..

Well you learn something every day!!!!!!

Wow. I've been through thousands of crawfish and never saw any meat come out of the claws! Nice looking traps. Our traps were much simpler and shallower.

These are Signal crawfish and known for large claws. We get meat out of about 80% of them. The combo of tails and claws is magic. When we want them this way I let them cool overnight in the fridge and then pull them cold. The boy wants to do a crawfish cocktail salad……I think that will happen in the future!

We used to see a lot of blues in N.E.Texas. Quite a few in Northern AZ as well.

Crazy, never seen one other than a pic!

 

[civilsmoker]

Awesome meal. Where did you get the plans for making the traps?

Thanks, and no plans I just made them up…..they are modeled after the Procrasyster.com traps. I have two of them and would recommend them as the best made crawfish traps on the market. Their square trap is patented they make them about 20 mins up the road from my house…..I took their gate design and then blended it with the crab pot designs with multiple entrances. Ie crawls are aggressive so a large one can block others from getting in the trap. The other thing I did is put 1/2x1/2 mesh between the entrances points which are 1x1/2 so those points are more inviting for them…..

Same with blue full size lobsters. They're supposed to be super rare, but it seems like I've been reading about at least one being caught for the last few years.

I’ve seen pics of lobsters that are blue….just a cool thing and not sure I could eat it……….but I might get over it if it was butter/cream poached in front of me…..

 

[JLinza]

That all looks incredible

 

[civilsmoker]

That all looks incredible

Many thanks JL!

 

[SmokinAl]

That is one fine looking meal there Civil!
Especially when you caught them!
Al

 

[civilsmoker]

That is one fine looking meal there Civil!
Especially when you caught them!
Al

Many thanks Al, and yes being able to self-harvest them is a privilege we honor....I sure does up the satisfaction for sure!