1 hour ago, MickD said:

Try Tom's suggestion.  I believe that the crayfish in the chimneys on shore are terrestrial crayfish, and bass have probably never seen them.  Neither have I, but I've tried.  The lake crayfish are often easily seen at boat launches at night.  Ask local fishermen what colors they find most effective on that lake, and use a crayfish trailer in that color.  

Thanks! However, it's not a 'lake'. It's a pond. No boat launches, and I've only ever seen one other person fish it. He told me that he'd fished it 10 or 15 times and never caught a fish out of it. I didn't mention to him that I fished it at least 4 times a month and had caught everything from crappie to my PB. Just thanked him and moved along.

On December 6, 2017 at 7:52 AM, geo g said:

 I doubt the color would matter that much.  Throw any craw into the mix and if a hungry bass is there, it will grab it.

For some anglers all they need is black or white or black back with white belly. life is simple and they will catch bass.

Tom

On ‎12‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 2:41 PM, Scott F said:

IMHO, If a bass is in the mood to eat, and sees a crayfish, he will not pass it up because it is not the right color. Even if the bass has never seen a crayfish before, if he thinks it's edible, he'll eat it. One of the most popular bass baits of all time is a worm. How often have you ever seen worms swimming in your local waters?

Correct answer.

 

To find out the colors of your local crawfish call your state game and fisheries and ask for the individual who knows about crawfish.

 

They will love to speak with you and they will give you a lot of great crawfish information.

 

And for starters at the pond, go with a 1/2 ounce brown and orange jig with a Root Beer Zoom chunk.  If no bites, scale down to a smaller jig.

 

If still no bites, go with a hair jig.

 

If still no bites, go home.

 

Just some suggestions.

 

Good luck and Merry Christmas.

36 minutes ago, Sam said:

And for starters at the pond, go with a 1/2 ounce brown and orange jig with a Root Beer Zoom chunk.  If no bites, scale down to a smaller jig.

 

If still no bites, go with a hair jig.

 

If still no bites, go home.

 

Just some suggestions.

 

Good luck and Merry Christmas.

 

Throw a craw worm ?

One winter day I noticed  some crawdads beside a culvert with water running through it . They were predominately purple .  Until that point I thought crawdads were brown . I have seined darters that were as brilliantly colored  as aquarium fish . Colors that one might think are unnatural may be not be so . 

On 12/2/2017 at 1:41 PM, Scott F said:

IMHO, If a bass is in the mood to eat, and sees a crayfish, he will not pass it up because it is not the right color. Even if the bass has never seen a crayfish before, if he thinks it's edible, he'll eat it. One of the most popular bass baits of all time is a worm. How often have you ever seen worms swimming in your local waters?

 

On 12/2/2017 at 2:02 PM, Smokinal said:

Tequila Sunrise worms at that

Wow, you guys are totally wrong.  Look at this pic.  We just had a big rain the other day and these fellas were crawling around on my sidewalk.  I admit, the Illinois Albino worms are pretty rare, but the Blue Flake worms are all over my yard.  And our trees are chock full of Rage Bugs.  d**n things are noisy at night...

 

51 minutes ago, BigAngus752 said:

 

Wow, you guys are totally wrong.  Look at this pic.  We just had a big rain the other day and these fellas were crawling around on my sidewalk.  I admit, the Illinois Albino worms are pretty rare, but the Blue Flake worms are all over my yard.  And our trees are chock full of Rage Bugs.  d**n things are noisy at night...

 

If I’m so wrong, shouldn’t those things be in a lake and not your driveway?

1 hour ago, BigAngus752 said:

 

Wow, you guys are totally wrong.  Look at this pic.  We just had a big rain the other day and these fellas were crawling around on my sidewalk.  I admit, the Illinois Albino worms are pretty rare, but the Blue Flake worms are all over my yard.  And our trees are chock full of Rage Bugs.  d**n things are noisy at night...

 

Is your lawn artificial turf ?

On 12/4/2017 at 1:09 PM, Munkin said:

http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/country_pages/species_by_state.htm

 

This map shows what crayfish live in the US.

 

Allen

That’s interesting. Doesn’t seem to line up with Maryland DNR’s map of species and their ranges. 

3 hours ago, BrackishBassin said:

That’s interesting. Doesn’t seem to line up with Maryland DNR’s map of species and their ranges. 

Here in western maryland most of the crayfish I come across are Spiney or Viral craws. Both change color when they are molting which is good to keep in mind.  When they are molting their shell is softer which is why I think bass target certain colored jigs. 

 

Allen 

I heard Gerald Swindle say that you only need a couple colors of jigs. Green pumpkin with a little purple in it, and black/blue. Now I have a few more colors than that, but in my experience if they're on a jig, you can't really go wrong with those two. Depending on water clarity and weather. I experiment with different trailer colors though.

When the water is clear my crawfish are green pumpkin when it's stained they are black and blue, It's got to be the colors of them at that time because that's what color jigs they eat.

According to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, per the link above, there are 57 species of crawfish in Florida. Some are bight blue, many are very dark, some are white. It seems Alabama has the most species, 74, which is astounding. Alaska has none. Maryland has ten species.