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12/20/2018 11:26AM
old_salt: "Suggest reading the fishing regs. I’m thinking there’s a law about that somewhere."
I'll do that. I'm not going to use them to fish but you are right, this issue may be covered in there as well.
12/29/2018 09:43AM
I don't know the answer to this, but it appears there is an invasive crayfish, the rusty crayfish, around Basswood Lake area. I think the invasive smallies maybe like to eat them... Probably someone brought them in for bait or in a boat at some point... Rusty crayfish
12/29/2018 01:37PM
rtallent: "I don't know the answer to this, but it appears there is an invasive crayfish, the rusty crayfish, around Basswood Lake area. I think the invasive smallies maybe like to eat them... Probably someone brought them in for bait or in a boat at some point... Rusty crayfish "
I would imagine that is how they got there and is the main reason Canada doesn't want live bait brought in.
One thing I'll have to find out is if we can catch bait once there. My original question was to eat crayfish but I'd also like to know if they (and worms, minnows) can be caught for bait.
I'll find out for sure.
01/05/2019 10:04AM
a little off topic, but quite a few years ago we were trout fishing at yellow river forest and proceeded to collect crawdads and had a great feed. they were yummy. we were not aware of any regulations regarding harvesting them. they were abundant.
trout and crawdads, made for a great meal.
trout and crawdads, made for a great meal.
01/06/2019 10:15PM
We ate buckets of them on one of our first trips in the 1970s while chaperoning a youth group. Poorly stocked provisions from our outfitter. Hungry teenaged boys. These critters saved the day. Boil them a bit and they turn red just like lobsters. Tasty with butter, too.
Pretty sure it was Iron Lake.
Pretty sure it was Iron Lake.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra
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