VERMILION PARISH — Freezing temperatures across the region are having an impact on crawfish ponds, making it more difficult for fishermen to catch their haul. As a result, higher prices could be on ...

Warm weather is shaping this year’s crawfish season, with a local farmer saying strong production and steady demand are ...

For Texas rice farmers determined to hang onto their land, crawfish offer clear benefits. Omnivores and swamp creatures at heart, mudbugs thrive in the low, warm, plant-filled waters of rice paddies.

The blue crawfish is one of the rarest freshwater creatures in Florida, and finding it means going deep into Everglades swamp water that most people have no reason to enter. This trip involved gators ...

I set a minnow trap baited with chicken breast to see if it could attract and catch crawfish. Now it’s time to check the trap and see what showed up. Sometimes the simplest bait can bring surprising ...

As live bait goes, it’s hard to beat crawfish for trout, bass, catfish, and more—yet they are wildly underused. That’s because it’s rare to find them for sale in bait shops. There are no commercial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays ...

CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) – Things are returning to normal now that the ice has melted away from last week’s blizzard. Many people are wondering what that means for crawfish season. Scott Broussard, a ...