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Offline mcarey97

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crayfish as bait
« on: Dec 08, 2018, 02:48 PM »
anyone ever use crays as bait...cant believe anyone still had crays but got some of those and fatheads. going to try tmrw for perch and smallies...never used them before..worth a shot i guess
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Offline OneBucketMike

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Re: crayfish as bait
« Reply #1 on: Dec 08, 2018, 08:03 PM »
The colder temperature water puts the crayfish down in the mud for hibernation so the fish are not looking for them. But then maybe they might think of it as a gourmet meal? Supposedly fish don't reason like that but hey, why not!
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Offline bootstrap

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Re: crayfish as bait
« Reply #2 on: Dec 08, 2018, 08:05 PM »
try rubber ones. you may open up a new market. what should we call them?
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Offline Stickhick86

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Re: crayfish as bait
« Reply #3 on: Dec 08, 2018, 08:06 PM »
Quote from: bootstrap on Dec 08, 2018, 08:05 PM
try rubber ones. you may open up a new market. what should we call them?

Mini Ice Lobsters
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Re: crayfish as bait
« Reply #4 on: Dec 08, 2018, 08:10 PM »
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Offline trapper2000

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Re: crayfish as bait
« Reply #5 on: Dec 09, 2018, 09:33 AM »
as a kid we got small crawfish anf fished for perch with them on Oneida and Ontario , got pretty expensive  in later years  but big perch love crawfish
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