NJ CRAW FISH ???

[hunt1940]

I'm sure this has been asked but has anyone trapped craw fish and eaten them from NJ ???  IF so was it worth the effort ?

[Axiom]

I don't know why anyone would... craw fish suck.. doesn't matter were they're from..

[Buck154]

I never ate them but have seen a lot here.

[Rusty]

I'm sure this has been asked but has anyone trapped craw fish and eaten them from NJ ???  IF so was it worth the effort ?

 

When out daughter was young she would catch them in the stream alongside our house and ask if she could eat them.  Finally one day we caught a bunch and made a meal of it.  It was fun and the crayfish weren't bad.  

Edited April 30, 2017 by Rusty

[Rusty]

There's a huge Crawfish Festival at the Sussex Fairgrounds in June.

 

http://www.crawfishfest.com/

[82ndAbnRVN]

There's a huge Crawfish Festival at the Sussex Fairgrounds in June.

 

http://www.crawfishfest.com/

Went last year ... awesone! Authentic food, live bands, line dancing. Have to bring lawn chairs next time for the bands that play in the field.

[BothBarrels]

I don't know why anyone would... craw fish suck.. doesn't matter were they're from..

 

Mmmmm .... thinking of a heavy pot of hot Cajun (not Creole/New Orleans) crawfish etouffee right now.

[Bill from NJ]

Never used an actual or formal "Trap" to catch them.

Used a small hand net.

Catch about 50 to 100 of them and have a little party.

Cook em' up like shrimp, crabs, etc. (Boil or steam).

I like using my crab recipe spices.

Craw dads & beer.

Good stuff.

 

Enjoy the day out catching them, well worth it.

[jerseyhunter]

When I was younger, back in the 70's,  a family moved next to a park with a brook and they always waded and scooped them up and leave with enough for dinner for a family of 5.  What takes the cake about 10 years ago I was down the hook and a family were seining for spearing. I asked if it was for bait, he said no they fry them. The kicker was they were letting jumbo blue claws go. To each their own.

[Axiom]

 

Mmmmm .... thinking of a heavy pot of hot Cajun (not Creole/New Orleans) crawfish etouffee right now.

 

 

Had that in a Cajun restaurant in Louisiana a few weeks ago.. It was good.. But it wasn't the crawfish that made it good..

[Kype]

I have caught a few years back and I put them on my charcoal grill with just a little salt and pepper. I thought they were good.

[82ndAbnRVN]

Had that in a Cajun restaurant in Louisiana a few weeks ago.. It was good.. But it wasn't the crawfish that made it good..

Driving down to LA/MS/TX on the 20th for 2-3 weeks of eating crawfish, fresh oysters, redfish, shrimp ... and fishing the Gulf and hunting hogs.Trying to get the wife to move down there ...

[Kype]

Driving down to LA/MS/TX on the 20th for 2-3 weeks of eating crawfish, fresh oysters, redfish, shrimp ... and fishing the Gulf and hunting hogs.Trying to get the wife to move down there ...

 

way to hot for me down there. I hate the summer and I absolutely hate the humidity lol. plus the skeeters are the size of volleyballs lol. 

 

I am planning an alligator hunt next year though. but I will only be staying a week, not rest of my life lol. I love my winters and hot wood burning fires

[68Ioweu1]

Nothing better than fried spearing, end of summer into October the jumbo spearing are in...dredge in flour and fry. Amazing!!

[bwd172]

We would catch them in Canada as a kid. As a young adult, my friends and I would catch them in the Adirondacks. Tasty creatures, but a lot of effort for the amount of meat.