Crawfish Trapping Report - Goldwater Lake

Crawfish 1

Last weekend Bobby & Sabrina took Crawfish 1 out for it's madden trapping voyage to one of our favorite Arizona lakes to trap, Goldwater Lake in Prescott. This is the earliest in the year we have ever trapped and the first time we have trapped crawfish in Arizona still hosting eggs. We posted a picture Sunday on Facebook; of the comments we received "redneck caviar" was the winner in our book.

Now without further ado, here is the first Arizona Crawfish Trapping report of 2015!

Crawfish eggs

Date: March 14th & 15th, 2015
Bait: Processed Crawfish Bait
Traps: 10 Promar 502 crawfish traps.
Trap Depth: 10-20 feet
Water Temperature: Unknown
Average Time In Water: Overnight /  Noon Saturday - 10:00AM Sunday
Trapping Results: 20 lbs.

Additional Notes: We don't mind when people find our traps and pull them up to inspect out of curiosity and we always appreciate when you have the character to not steal them. However, we do ask you have the courtesy of returned the taps to the water instead of leaving them toss on the bank. Merci!

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Crawfish Trapping Report - Rim Lakes

This week's crawfish trapping report is a little different and holds a little more significance than usual. Generally we highlight one specific location and the trapping time is generally in the range of six - eight hours...but that's recreational trapping. The trapping this week is for the 2013 Arizona Crawfish Festival at Bison Ranch on Saturday August 10th and lots of folks are counting on a taste of these crawfish! They are free to festival attendees on a "first come, first served" basis in an effort to education Arizona outdoor conservationists on the destructive damage these critters can have to our natural waterways. If you're of the Cajun decent, or a crawfish connoisseur, and you would like a little more than a "taste" at the festival, you can pre-purchase festival tickets to reserve a minimum of 3 pounds of boiled crawfish through Thursday, August 8th online at ArizonaCrawfishCompany.com/events.

It's the belief of Arizona Crawfish Company that with a little education on the culinary delight of crawfish and a little help getting set up to trap in Arizona, lake goers, fisherman and people just looking for a little family fun, we can put a significant reduction on the population of crawfish in Arizona!

Date: August 5th - 6th, 2013
Location: Willow Spring Lake
Bait: Processed Crawfish Bait
Traps: Trap Type: Combination of fifty Promar 501 & Promar 502 traps.
Trap Depth: 8 - 15 foot average
Water Temperature: Unknown.
Average Time In Water: 9 hours between morning and evening pick up. 15 hours on overnight pick up.
Trapping Results: Estimated pounds per pick up: 1 - 3 per trap.
Lagniappe: Total number of beers consumed - All of them.

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Crawfish Trapping Report - Whiteriver, Az.

Trace of Quality Fuel Propane, who is supplying all the propane for the crawfish boil at this years festival, took his son out to the woods this weekend for a little crawfish catching. They went old school with a cane pole and bacon, which is an entertaining learning experience for kids, and bagged about 30 crawfish in just about an hour. Crawfish, Bon Temps...and a Father Son day in the woods!!


Date: July 13th, 2013
Bait: Bacon
Traps: Cane Pole
Trap Type: NA
Trap Depth: 1-3 foot average
Average Time In Water: One hour
Trapping Results: Estimated pounds 1-2 pounds

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Crawfish Trapping Report - East Verde River

How do you judge a successful crawfish trapping trip? When you have a supper table that looks like the one pictured here! Below are the details from the Sharp Family's day of crawfish trapping.

Date: June 19th, 2013

Bait: Sardines & turkey bacon

Traps: Four

Trap Type: Promar 501

Trap Depth: 3-7 foot range.

Average Time In Water: Four hours / 240 minutes. 10:00AM - 2:00PM.

Trapping Results: Estimated pounds 12-15 pounds.

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