How to catch a burrowing crayfish.

[epb471]

Great video and congratulations on the catch at the end!

[epb471]

Have you ever caught the blue burrowing crayfish - Cambarus monongalensis? I saw a burrow for the first time in Missouri. Wish I had seen this video before - I would have went after it!

[pivotman412]

Cool but at 3:08 he moaned

[96soldgerboyz96]

2:18 sounds like deep throuting then go to 3:07 sounds like it all paid off :) lol

[TheAppalachianMan]

@DICKINYOMOUTH1 Don't use language like that on my channel, besides you are wrong. The common name of Cambarus thomai is the little brown mudbug

[nooc90]

so much work for a bug

[num1ubernacht]

why would someone want to catch one of these ?

[DrewWasHere007]

@num1ubernacht you can eat em

[num1ubernacht]

@DrewWasHere007 are they nice to eat ?

[evileye5689]

close your eyes and tell me he's not having sex!

[IEatCray0ns]

I thought it would be funny if, after all that work, he'd pull a dinky little creature. It WAS funny.

[aikerz07]

but sometimes snakes digs hole like that....

[TheAppalachianMan]

@aikerz07 I have dug thousands of crays and only got a snake twice :)

[The2Anglers]

Very attractive sound at 2:15

[gohan3672000]

where is that place at

[TheAppalachianMan]

@gohan3672000 it is on St. Rt. 79 in front of the Union Elementary School in Coshocton Co., Ohio

[JungleBorys]

thats lame.. better to buy crayfish container and get them over night

[XxWendlingxX]

skip to 1:10 :] then skip to 3:18

[XxWendlingxX]

skip to 1:10 :]

[wolfpackflt670]

I just put a mouse trap in front of the hole, works every time......

[toober222]

Calories expended doing this outstrips calories gained in just a lil' bite. Okay, for science, who cares...

[AyshLoundou]

Get it done Whitney!

[MrDjC5]

Mmmmhmmmmm!!!! Lol

[dirtdrag]

are there any way to set a trap for them on the surface? i have probably over 100 of these holes in my front and back yard im kind of skiddish of digging them cause i have seen more than a few snakes in my yard please respond.

[TheAppalachianMan]

@dirtdrag I have seen traps made out of pipes but I have never had any luck with them. I have heard of people laying netting over the burrow and they get tangled in them.

[dirtdrag]

@TheAppalachianMan after i watched this video i waited till it was light out i took fishing line and a piece of deer meat and dropped it in a crawdad hole and not even a minute later i felt a tug so i just slowly pulled the line in i caught 2 of them today this way. i got another one to take the bait but i cant seem to get this one to come out i got it almost to the surface of the hole and he let go. this one is not small just his pinchers are bigger than the other 2 i caught the other 2 were 4'

[ViLexCaLi]

I was at a pond and saw a mudd coney shape on the ground and I could tell it wasnt wet because the water because the water was like 3 feet away, do you think he just now made that burrow or do you think its been there awhile but fresh mudd was set on it? If that made any since please reply.

[TheAppalachianMan]

@ViLexCaLi they will push mud out when excavating. remember there is always water down in the burrow no matter how dry it looks around it

[flanksteak2]

Something about knowing those are there gives me the creeps.

[johnburton799]

I did't know land cray fish existed.



[MTGseth]

very cool guide.

[asianshadow87]

he did it the hard way

[joshuaejackson]

very very cool. Science is amazing

[ogerduck9876]

You've gotta wonder if at 2:24 that tha would bite him?

[Jenult]

Woah I never knew there were crayfish underground like that in muddy areas. This is quite a discovery

[VccTristenccV]

how do you detirmin the sex of a crayfish

[Gamecreator916]

i tried this in a hole where i saw one and dug for about 2 hours and found about four different underground tunnels

[TheAppalachianMan]

@Gamecreator916 some species dig huge complex burrows and it takes a lot of work to get them out. Some go way beyond reach too. The record I know of is 17 feet!

[Celler2]

@Gamecreator916 Dude, 2 hours? lol....You were AT IT FOR 2 HOURS?

[rdf7777]

all that work for a small crawfish whats the scientific name again i like to know it.NOT

[capps4242]

3:09 haha WTF holy crap thats his sex sound

[bassfishermn95]

2:17 wtf haha

[TheBigCheez365]

Very interesting but that seems like a lot of work for a ew little crayfish...

[Flomounier1]

all that work for a tiny crawfish?

[TheAppalachianMan]

@Flomounier1 I am into the science, this is how you get the little known species. There are many crayfish out there that are still unknown to science.

[s121425]

does it hurt to get pinched



[TheAppalachianMan]

@s121425 depends where they get a hold of you at

[parker7308]

@s121425 it doesnt tickle

[skiie]

@s121425 With smaller ones like that, not really. But that dosn't mean you should try it, i've seen ones that are a little bit bigger than that cut open skin. You should only try this technique if you are seasoned around crawfish.

[rpm1096]

@s121425 Yes unless they get you above your fingernail then youre fine, but some do have some unimagnible power.

[elenbja]

@s121425 yes it does i got it pinched on my thumb!

[Legendace2]

@TheAppalachianMan, Do Crayfish live in the mud mounds (almost looking like volcano, going upwards, hole in the top)? They seem sort of narrow, and they go in a burrowing position.

[TheAppalachianMan]

@Legendace2 yep those are crayfish burrows

[Legendace2]

@TheAppalachianMan Thanks! I live in Southern Houston, and I've found a lot of those holes...and so I'm going out tomorrow morning to dig them up!

[pearldrumsarecool]

@TheAppalachianMan Yeah those are all in my grandpas yard they live close to a pond.

[pike12345selmo]

if i look in a place that has a drain pipe going into it and has colected watter at the entrence will there be crayfish there

[crawdading]

its crawfish not crayfish ,dang

[TheAppalachianMan]

@crawdading they have lots of names, crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, mudbug, yabbie and on and on. However crayfish is the accepted name in the sciences.

[HuskerFishing]

so, dumb question. I'm from nebraska. How would you tell where they are burrowing apart from a snake. I'm big on fishing, always wanted to try crawfish.

[TheAppalachianMan]

@HuskerFishing

Well generally snakes do not burrow, but they will use holes made by other animals including crayfish. I have dug out thousands of crayfish and only got a snake twice.

[1235Brock]

@TheAppalachianMan

What happened when you reached down and found those snakes? I didnt count to see if you had all of your fingers....

[TheAppalachianMan]

@1235Brock Well the first snake, I knew exactly what it was when I felt it and immediately yanked my hand out. The second snake I thought it was a root and didn't know what it was until I had a good three feet of it out of the hole. It was a big snake! At least five feet long. Luckily the business end was still in the hole, I had it by the tail.

[Sarasirk531]

I just tie a string and hook to a stick with raw hotdog on the end. Just pull them out. (It depends on luck and timing if you get one.)

[kirklanddavis]

ive got something like these in my backyard ive caught one b4 there about double the size of a crayfish and i dug the hole out it was about 2 foot down but on top or the borrow was a 3 or 4 inch dirt mount with a hole in the middle i dont know do u?

[TheAppalachianMan]

@kirklanddavis

Some of these burrowers can be pretty large. There are some in southern Illinois that make holes so big you can drop a baseball down.

[kirklanddavis]

@TheAppalachianMan i think thats what ive got here in ky

[TheAppalachianMan]

@kirklanddavis

yes I have seen them in KY across from Illinois.

[TheAppalachianMan]

@Darythd1 "Prolly"? Maybe if you educated yourself, you would know that crayfish carry their eggs on their abdomen. I didn't kill any eggs. She didn't have any.

[HonorBorther]

@Darythd1 What does it matter dumb fuck there millions of crawfish out there

[wwjesseww20]

when u were geting to the water it sounded like a monster

[dookiekong007]

@wwjesseww20 I just laughed LOL

[kcpoynter]

You daughter or whoever "mmmmhmhhhmmmmmmm" and at 3:08 your having an orgasm

[WildMikeCan69]

That seems like a hard way of doing it. We use string and hotdogs. Or catch it while it's full of water, GOOD VID THO

[skaterg807]

it looked like u were cutting ur hand off with the shovel lol

[smallblocksupercharg]

it would be funny if someone puts shit in that hole knowing you were ganna dig there

[xtopshelfx]

at 3:06 sounds like your taking a dump.......no offence its funny though

[MultiNOONGA]

Amazing!!! never knew yabbys did that O>O

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[CocoWhy]

are you by yourself?

[TheAppalachianMan]

@CocoWhy Do you mean was I alone when the video was made? My daughter was working the camera.

[jpoprock]

What is the difference between Cambarus thomi and Orconectes immunis?

[TheAppalachianMan]

@jpoprock Many differences since they are different genera. Cambarus have a gonopod that is curved at a 90 degree angle and Orconectes is mostly straight. Thomai has a closed areola, no cervical spines, many rows of tubercles on palm and has no marginal spines on rostrum and immunis the areola is very open, has cervical spines, two rows of tuibercles on palm and has marginal spines on rostrum.

[jpoprock]

I'd like to know where these come from... such as do they travel across land from a water source then borrow into the ground? Or do the eggs get into the water tables somehow, hatch, then as they get bigger make their way to the surface? Pardon my ignorance, but do they come from eggs like frog, or are they born "alive"? Also, since these are scavengers, I'm assuming they do not taste like a river crayfish tastes and that you don't want to eat these?

[TheAppalachianMan]

@jpoprock The eggs are held on the abdomen of the female, they then hatch and stay attched to the momk. They eventually leave the mom and stay in the burrow with her for some time. They have to have water to burrow, be it a puddle or water in a ditch. They can't dig in dry dirt.

[jpoprock]

Nice video. I have about 25 of these in my back yard. One of them actually sits at opening of it's burrow during the day time! He's the most tame of the ones I've seen as he will hang around and let you take pix of him. I'm surprised there is water under the ground where he's at. In my backyard, I KNOW there is water a few down. I'm trying to devise a way to catch them without digging but only if they are sitting at the edge, which is usually at night.... for no other reason but the challenge!

[TheAppalachianMan]

@jpoprock You canh catch them if they sit at the top of the burrow by cutting off their burrow with a shovel, but you have to be quick and make sure the shovel is angled right.

[jpoprock]

Nice video. I have about 25 of these in my back yard. One of them actually sits at opening of it's burrow during the day time! He's the most tame of the ones I've seen as he will hang around and let you take pix of him. I'm surprised there is water under the ground where he's at. In my backyard, I KNOW there is water a few down. I'm trying to devise a way to catch them without digging but only if they are sitting at the edge, which is usually at night.... for no other reason but the challenge!

[jgsnipe1]

does it hurt if u get pinched by a big crayfish?

[TheAppalachianMan]

@jgsnipe1 Depends where they get you. :)

[FlamingFury5]

awesome, i never knew u can catch them underground

[Tiger15432]

all that time for 1 :( i use these for fishing bait and i usually catch them in a menow trap.. but i always wanted to digg for them.

[stip27]

do they pinch you when ur hand is in the hole?

[TheAppalachianMan]

@stip27 sometimes

[isiah180]

geez 3 mins just to get one crayfish dang it take me 10 sec just to get on in a small creek

[TheQuan1231]

so how do u know that the ditch has water in it ? is it near like a pond or river or is it just a random ditch

[TheAppalachianMan]

@TheQuan1231 If there are crayfish in the ditch, then there is ground water near (3-10feet) the surface

[f2pGTA]

@TheAppalachianMan how do u know if there are crayfish in the ditch?

because at my old elementary school there is a long ditch with a stream that runs nearby to collect rain water. could i find crayfish there?

[MixxiePixxie]

don't water moccasins live in burrows like that? how do you keep from grabbing hold of a cotton mouth, or having a snake grab hold of you? seems kind of dangerous to me.

[TheAppalachianMan]

@MixxiePixxie I have grabbed a snake twice. Didn't know what kind it was. That is why I only dig out burrows that have fresh mud pushed out of it.

[bigbuggas]

so there is like running water where you are digging or not.

[TheAppalachianMan]

@bigbuggas Just ground water

[mistaunbeatabl]

to much dirty work for me... ill just buy crawfish at the store

[Puterdad]

Thats a lot of work for a Crawdad that isnt even a bite LOL

[13lael]

In louisiana those are call thunder storm crawfish . they don't get as big as pond crawfish and have lobster type claws for building chimneys in the yard !

[swis19]

OH man, I'm glad I came up on this video. I know what Im doing this summer. Which months are good for this? I live in nebraska.

[dxgmaster]

@swis19 ive found in just about anything with moving water in nebraska theres just TON of crawdads i live in nebraska two

[helpas345]

all that work for somthing small?? rofl! you got to be out of your mind!

[roisu]

May I ask the C. Sp stocker is develope by you?

Thanks!!!

[TheAppalachianMan]

@roisu not sure what you are saying? If I have a undescribed or unknown species, I call it C.sp

[TheAppalachianMan]

@spiritseeker4 the site is 30 miles from any suburb

[TheAppalachianMan]

@spiritseeker4 that is not always the case. There are actually two kinds of males, breeding and non breeding. Only breeding males have the larger claws. N. American male crayfish go through cyclic dimorphism. Each time they molt they from breeding to non breeding and then non breeding to breeding.

[nicholas9801]

can you put them in Water like a Tank?

and what places can you find them like in any damp ditch cause i have one infront my house!

and i want Crayfish

[TheAppalachianMan]

@nicholas9801 yes you can, but you have to plug all openings as they are little escape artists

[SUPERSAYENNICK]

are theese types in maryland?

[EightDaddy]

This is awesome. "You wanna know how to catch a crawfish? You wanna know?? You JAM FIST DOWN INTO ITS HOUSE AND PULL THAT SUMBITCH OUT."

This video oozes manliness.

[pjm13000]

@EightDaddy Dam right lmao

[YUI502]

@EightDaddy DAMN STRAGHT! XD



[ForbiddingDurian]

ah....what if the crayfish attack your hand?

you don't know where is the location of the crayfish and how deep will it be and won't they just do something to your hand cuz they are scare?

[TheAppalachianMan]

yes I occasionally get pinched

[roisu]

So good! I would like to catch too!

[cobraeater455]

i might be mistaken but aren't the females bigger than the males but the males have meatier claws

[NTZY1997]

how do you know which one is a male and which one is a female?

[dager925]

you look up its skirt

[kingalbert300]

Nice Catch! I'm headed eat to Milwaulkee, WI next weekend to search for Procambarus gracilis. WIsh me luck.

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Dale W.