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JimmyFSU
10-18-2009, 11:26 AM
i was wondering if there were any rules about catching carwdads??? any ways that are illegal... i was gunna make a trap, but i didnt know if there were any rules.
jason77
10-18-2009, 02:52 PM
i think traps are illegal, not sure though.
atfish
10-19-2009, 03:24 PM
Traps are legal for crawdads, but there is a size limitation. I think 2 feet. Double check.
YakN'Surf
10-26-2009, 09:40 PM
I believe crawdads are an invasive species and a pest as far as DFG is concerned. I cant imagine they would give a rats ***** if you caught every damn one of them.
JimmyFSU
08-12-2010, 12:36 PM
just bumping this up again... any good locations for crawdads??? littlerock dam maybe?
gavin310
08-12-2010, 05:39 PM
The Kern River is loaded with them. Two times I went out there and brought my 2 crawdad traps with me. A park ranger snuck up on us and saw all my traps and a big pot of crawdads we were boiling and he didn't say anything about it not being allowed, so I'm pretty sure it's legal.
At the Kern find shallow rocky areas and get a snorkeling mask and you can grab tons of them if you're quick enough. If you use a trap you won't catch as many, but you'll still get some.
I've also heard Big Bear has nice ones.
Btw this thread should be in the Freshwater forum.
DockRat
08-12-2010, 07:08 PM
Btw this thread should be in the Freshwater forum.
Yup.
Do you want them for bait or to eat ?
DR
JimmyFSU
08-13-2010, 12:21 PM
yeah i made this thread almost a year ago. i tried moving it but you cant with this site for some reason.
anyways im catching them to eat them. i have two traps to use. i hear that there at several lakes around me but i dont wanna drive that far...i was gunna try jackson lake or the littlerock dam. i was gunna try big bear sometime also. thanks for the come back.
Sparky70
08-14-2010, 11:26 AM
They got em in the river just outside of Lone Pine (hwy 395) on the way to Bishop.
lubemanone
08-19-2010, 09:20 PM
San Gabriel river north of 210 fwy & 605 fwy. Also by the Santa Fe dam Reservoir.
gavin310
08-23-2010, 07:46 PM
Oh and another option... sometimes 99 Ranch markets have live crawdads.
CASTAWAY
08-23-2010, 08:01 PM
Oh and another option... sometimes 99 Ranch markets have live crawdads.
Only problem is he won't be able to use his traps.... Carbon Canyon has a S load of em'.