!st try catching crawdads at DVL

[Geraldlim]

I guess I better get salmon heads and guts then.
Is that the regulation- no freshwater fish as bait?

[cutbait]

For what its worth Gerald... look into setting your traps in dirt canals, ponds, reservoirs... I see you fish the coachella canal.. try it and its off shoots..

I will add that I believe its still too early in spring. Crawdads mud up in winter and I usually don't start seeing them till summer Im no crawdad expert by any means but I work with and around their environmet daily. I do know I haven't seen one since nov..

I am also skeptical of a nig crawdad population in a lake such as dvl.. stripers and lmb I've seen you guys catch would massacre them

[TopwaterTony]

I say +1 to bacon, and add hot dog chunks to the list

[ToonaTangler]

Are you allowed to bring in your own crawdads at DVL?

[gletemfeelsteelgary]

Surprised that you got Nill ...


Location location location....


shuldn't be a big deal with what ur baiting....although striper is not real oily but still should work (not sure of legality ?)


Bacon seems like a good choice but chicken would be my pick..


Rocky locations are a MUST and don't go extremely deep would be my thoughts...

Try an entire different region till you find them....

[TrouTracker]

There is a population of crawdads in DVL. Striper stomach contents have shown that they are preying on them. Be careful about bringing them in from other waters, as DF&G won't allow that. Gerald's right about Big Bear, which is a much more mature lake than DVL. There's a ton of them in there. At the old Gray's Landing, we used to catch them as we were fishing for trout. Those were the "good ole" days...........

[smokehound]

As I said before crayfish are secretive.
The opening of your trap must be right against the rocks. Fresh bait is. Best.

[DarkShadow]

As I said before crayfish are secretive.

Very secretive.

They'll never tell.

[ushone]

Hahaha darkshadow. Heading out sunday ill give it a shot and drop the trap at a spot first thing out, ill let you guys know how it goes.

[Geraldlim]

Never even considered the legality issue for the bait; always thought that would be a finfish bait issue. But you're right. Next time it will be something that won't get me in trouble.