One kid, a stick a string and a slice of bacon

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billym

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Equals Crawdads!

I took my friends 9yo son to catch a replacement for his deceased pet Crayfish at a muddy little pond on my local disc golf course.
We cut some twine off a ball of garden twine in the yard with my RR Yellow Cokebottle, whittled a stick to a proper length and tied it all together with the bacon on the end. We had our first one within seconds and over a dozen in a few minutes. We only needed two so we tossed the rest back.
It was fun to teach a little kid some old school skills that I picked up at his age.
He was sceptical at first and blown away when we pulled two up at one time!!


Edit, String in the title not sting.....
 
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Now that is a lot of fun! I taught my boys how to catch crayfish/crawdads in a creek by our house when they were about that age. There is a pool that a short waterfall empties into, and lots of crayfish hang out around the edge of the pool underneath the rocks.
I loved watching them catch them, though we always put them back. I wonder if they'd take a walk over with me this weekend and see if they remember...
 
My friend's kid was all the "excuse" I needed. I had seen them in the pond every time I played the course and thought I needed to catch a few just for kicks.
Once I had a kid to show it was on!
 
Great story Billy, bacon sounds like a good bait. We used to tie pieces of hotdog to the end of our line but never had a two for one. I will keep the bacon in mind if I ever get a chance to fish for some crawdads again. I am sure the kid had just as much fun as you did. Thanks for sharing.

Jeff
 
I remember my older brother showing me how to catch crayfish at the nearby creek. I also remember my mother yelling at him for taking me across the highway. I was maybe only 7 yrs old and he was about 14.
 
rockgolfer said:
Great story Billy, bacon sounds like a good bait. We used to tie pieces of hotdog to the end of our line but never had a two for one. I will keep the bacon in mind if I ever get a chance to fish for some crawdads again. I am sure the kid had just as much fun as you did. Thanks for sharing.

Jeff
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Leave it in the sun for a good 20 min it works like a charm. I only go crayfishing when I'm going for sturgeon.
 
Last time I saw a guy doing that when I was fishing he caught a 5-6 inch crawdad. No lie. Looked like a small lobster. I used to catch them that way and by hand, right on the hook, trout two minutes later. :)
 
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