Catch and Eat Crayfish to help your trout fishing...

Catch and Eat Crayfish to help your trout fishing...

Since I know fly fisherman are a group that like to look after their environment, I thought I'd post this interesting tip about crayfish.

Can anyone comment about how the crayfish affect our streams? I haven't had crayfish since I was a kid.

-Michael

PS: You can also find a bunch of Arizona Fly Fishing Tips in this weekly report about where to go fishing in Arizona.

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Arizona weekly fishing report -- July 18

By Arizona Game and Fish

Rory’s Tip: This is a great time to hit the high country lakes for . . . bet you thought I was going to say trout; wrong. It’s a great time to take the youngsters and try for crayfish in our mountain lakes. Kids love catching crayfish. Kind of fun for us adults too.

Crayfish are simple. All you needs is a stick, some string, and some meat, such as bacon fat, hot dog or whatever. In fact, string soaked in bacon grease will do nicely. Bring a bucket to hold your crayfish. In fact, a good rule of thumb is one bucket for every two children.

Crayfish are also easy to fix. Bring the water to a rolling boil, take the water off the heat, put in the crayfish (leave them off the heat). When the crayfish turn bright red, they are done. If you want to get fancy, get a packet of crab boil to put in the boiling water. Then eat the crayfish tails, just like you would lobster tails. It’s easy, simple and fun camping fare.

By the way, crayfish are not native to Arizona. In fact, in the high country, crayfish can devastate our trout streams. So please, help the environment by catching and eating all the crayfish you can.

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