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Crayfish Wrangling
Have you caught a crayfish or has the crayfish caught you? To keep from getting pinched by the crayfish’s pincers, grab your mudbug by the hard shell on its back, just behind its claws. When you’re done looking, put it down beside its chimney and watch it scoot back inside.
What You Need
- 3 feet of sturdy string
- 1 metal nut (the kind you put on a bolt)
- 1 piece of bacon
What You Do
- Roll up a piece of bacon, and tie it to the end of the string.
- Tie the nut just above the bacon.
- Look in soggy areas near ditches, ponds and marshes for crayfish chimneys. They look like towers built with blobs of mud.
- Lower the bacon into a chimney.
- If you feel a tiny tug on the string, carefully pull it up. There might be a crayfish clutching the other end!
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This Issue's Staff
David Besenger
Bonnie Chasteen
Chris Cloyd
Peg Craft
Brett Dufur
Les Fortenberry
Chris Haefke
Karen Hudson
Regina Knauer
Kevin Lanahan
Kevin Muenks
Noppadol Paothong
Marci Porter
Mark Raithel
Laura Scheuler
Matt Seek
Tim Smith
David Stonner
Nichole LeClair Terrill
Stephanie Thurber
Cliff White
Kipp Woods
Bonnie Chasteen
Chris Cloyd
Peg Craft
Brett Dufur
Les Fortenberry
Chris Haefke
Karen Hudson
Regina Knauer
Kevin Lanahan
Kevin Muenks
Noppadol Paothong
Marci Porter
Mark Raithel
Laura Scheuler
Matt Seek
Tim Smith
David Stonner
Nichole LeClair Terrill
Stephanie Thurber
Cliff White
Kipp Woods