Last Call for Crawdads...

[Saba Slayer]

Last Call for Crawdads...We'll be leaving L.A. Saturday morning and staying at Silver Lake till Thursday...come on up for some delicious Crawdads and Trout!
They are so big they look like mini Maine Lobsters...!

[tunaseeker]

WOW! That's amazing!

[slobound]

Awesome! I really want to head up there soon.


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[deltadelta]

Confirming I will be there! I'm leaving Saturday morning as well but leaving tuesday afternoon. Got my traps ready and a pot for boiling, hopefully I am successful with my first crawdad boil!

[Denis_Ruso]

I'm so jealous. Are you guys doing this near Mammoth right??

[GregAndrew]

Shouldn't that be Last Crawl for Crawdads?

[Saba Slayer]

Originally Posted by deltadelta

Confirming I will be there! I'm leaving Saturday morning as well but leaving tuesday afternoon. Got my traps ready and a pot for boiling, hopefully I am successful with my first crawdad boil!

Delta...please email me and we'll trade phone numbers and make it easier to get in touch Saturday...jim@sabaslayer.com

[paddle man]

ARE THE CRITTERS ALSO IN GRANT AND GULL LAKE AND IS THERE A SEASEN ?

[Yellfever11]

Hi Jim-
How many traps can you set? Do u usually set them in the day time or night?

Would love to join but can't this weekend. I'm heading up there mid June. It'll be my first time at silver lake. Any recommendations on what to do and what not to do would be appreciated.

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[Dave Legacy]

Originally Posted by paddle man

ARE THE CRITTERS ALSO IN GRANT AND GULL LAKE AND IS THERE A SEASEN ?

I have caught them by mistake in Gull before, so I can confirm they are there.

[Dave Legacy]

Originally Posted by Yellfever11

Hi Jim-
How many traps can you set? Do u usually set them in the day time or night?

Would love to join but can't this weekend. I'm heading up there mid June. It'll be my first time at silver lake. Any recommendations on what to do and what not to do would be appreciated.

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Bug repellent if you're fishing near the tree-lined bank!

[Saba Slayer]

Originally Posted by Yellfever11

How many traps can you set? Do u usually set them in the day time or night?
Any recommendations on what to do and what not to do would be appreciated.

The Crawdads are in all the bodies of water in the June Lake loop. All 4 lakes have them as well as Reverse Creek and Rush Creek.
There is no limit on Crawdads and no limit on the number of traps you can set. There are so many we usually bring back a bunch for a boil party at home. They are super easy to keep alive...a cooler and a little ice and a wet towel over them and you're good to go.



You can catch them during the day but we usually set the traps before sunset and then pick them up the next day.
There were some really big ones walking around in the daylight on the bottom of Rush Creek where it empties into Silver Lake and we were able to net them from the Hobies.
The best spots seem to be along the tree covered sides of the lakes or at June along the rocky structure on the south side of the lake by the road into town...Gull seemed best along the trees near the campground and Silver was best across the lake from the campground along the cabins over there were the bottom drops off....we haven't tried Grant Lake yet but the locals say it has a lots of big Bugs too.



We set most of the traps in about 15' of water. We use chicken as bait because it lasts a long time along with a can of cat food with a bunch of holes punched in it. The cat food works as an attractant and it really makes a difference in your catch.
It's so easy...anybody can do it...LOL!
In this photo PAL is using my favorite trap from Promar...they have two sizes...12"x36" (TR-502) and 12"x24"
(TR-503)...They both collapse down to a very small size (sorta like an accordion)...they both have a small zippered pocket for the bait and another larger zipper to get the Crawdads out of the trap....the traps also have a small piece of mesh that the critters have to crawl through to get into the trap so it has great retention of anything that goes in there. They come with a cheap length of string which I usually cut off and use camo or black para cord to make a new main line...I usually put about 20' of line on them and a small float like we use for the bridle float on the lobster hoop nets...although sometimes if we want to be stealthy we use a piece of wood branch as a float.



Along with the crawdad boil my other favorite meal up there is to wrap a nice big Trout with some of Bishop's Meadow Farms double smoked bacon and stuff it with some onions and garlic and veggies...I usually stop at Meadow Farms on the way up and also get some smoked hot Louisianna links to add to the boil!
OH Yea...I'm ready to go....!!!

[Yellfever11]

Jim-
I didn't make any reservation, would this be a problem? Is there enough first come first serve camping areas there? Planning to leave Thursday to beat the friday rush.

Thx- mike


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