wacky or texas rig senko --NO WAIT-- Carolina rigged blue ribbon bacon THATS THE TICKET !

Catslayer Ive caught hundreds of craw dads w that simple technique. Get about 6'-8' of string, and a pea sized rock. Wrap a quarter sized piece of bacon maybe a little strip hanging off to entice them more. Ok so again wrap the small piece of bacon around the little rock, then tie ur string around the rock. Its SO SO simple. they don't latch on and u boat flip them out of the water like fish.. lol. You let them trap it and slowly pull them to you and try not to let them see you. They DART! Something I will never forget doing w m,y brother when we were kids. Again we caught HUGE craw dads right on the side of 157 in front of trinity high school in that big drainage ditch that ran along side of road. I don't think its there now. I couldn't believe how many craw dads there were when u be still and start looking around.

It works. rock, nut, bolt, whatever, but its not hard to do, I can tell you that. You must be like me trying to bass fish, can't figure it out and probably make it about 15 times harder than it is. lol

We even pulled them out of their holes with this.

Yep it's real. And never fails. The trick is grabbing them before they let go.

Crawfish net with a chicken neck or leg quarter. You can buy nets out of La for less than $10. Just drop it down and let it soak for a couple of hours. I'd drop it in a swampy area if there are any around. http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/tournament-choice-19-x-19-crawfish-fishing-nets-12-pack

fiesta sells them

$3/lb! Wow. Better than paying $7-$8/pound in restaurants around here. Boil'em with some cajun seasoning, corn on the cob and potatoes.

My granny told me how to crawfish when I was just a kid and she always filled any container full we had including multiple 30 gal garbage cans and 48 qt coolers. We would go to this creek that fed into the marsh and set up about 6 lines tied off to a stick on the bank. The we tied off a piece of bait to the other end and tossed it into the creek. Wait a few minutes, pull up the line and scoop the ball of crawfish at the end with a small holed dip net. Some of the 'balled' up crawfish on the bait will be larger than a basketball sometimes. The action is fast paced if you are on them. Watch for snakes.

The secret bait that beats ALL other baits is called 'pork melt'. This is the spleen of pigs. Many supermarkets carry it. Ask a butcher if you cannot find it.

UPDATE: I have tried several times to catch crawfish with my crawfish trap, and have used a myriad of baits such as bread, tortillas, cut sunfish, chicken, and shrimp, and have only managed to catch a small bullhead and many sunfish. I have also tried 2 different creeks, placing the trap in rocky, muddy, stillwater,water with slight current, and have let it sit anywhere from 45 minutes to 24 hours.