Crawfish Trapping Report - Black Canyon Lake

Bobby and Sabrina got out this weekend for a little crawfish scouting prior to the trapping contest August 7th. They had a very successful overnight trap at one of the few lakes on the rim that's south of highway 260, Black Canyon Lake. Below are the trapping details.




Date: July 20th & 21at, 2013

Bait: Processed Crawfish Bait
Traps: Eight Trap Type: Promar 501 & Promar 502
Trap Depth: 7-10 foot average
Water Temperature: Unknown.
Average Time In Water: Overnight / 4:00PM - 9:00AM
Trapping Results: Estimated pounds 10-12 pounds
Lagniappe. Total number of beers consumed: All of them.

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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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Crawfish Trapping Report-Goldwater Lake

The water level at Goldwater Lake is lower than we have ever seen, which is interested because the near by Granite Basin Lake is completely full. Our local resource attributes this low level to seepage between the concrete damn and where it's tied into the rock cliffs. Regardless of the low water level and our favorite trapping at the lake currently dried up (pictured below), Goldwater Lake is still as much of a honey hole for crawfish as it's ever been! 

The following are Monday's trapping results...

 

Date: June 17th, 2013

Bait: Processed Crawfish Bait

Traps: Seven

Trap Type: Four Pillow, Two Promar Collapsible, One Trapper Arne.

Trap Depth: Ten foot average.

Average Time In Water: Two hours / 120 minutes. 

Trapping Results: Average of ten crawfish per trap resulting in 70 crawfish or 4.5 pounds of crawfish.

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2013 Arizona Crawfish Festival: Officially, the OFFICIAL DAY---come hurricanes and high water!

Our sincere apologies for changing the date of this year's Crawfish Festival on y'all twice already. But third time is the charm come hurricanes and high water...which we don't expect at 6,500 feet above sea level in Overgaard, Arizona. Mark in your calendar one last time and come pass some good ole' fashion Cajun BON TEMPS with the whole family in the cool Arizona Mountains on August 10th, 2013!

Lend a hand getting the Arizona crawfish population reduced by forming a trapping team: just send us an email at arizonacrawfishco@gmail.com and we'll send you the entry form - no cover charge for trappers and cash prize for the winning team!!