Don't forget to offer the proper habitat. A bag full of crawdads won't last long without plenty of hiding places. The northern virile crawdads that I have seem to be doing very good. I placed about a total of 100 foot long run of 3 to 4 feet wide 4 to 8" rip-rap along the shore and well into the water. My pond is about 1/4 acre.

I suppose that all crawdads that live in water like rock piles, but determine the species you can find and legally loose in your BOW and research what habitat suits them.

There is also a balance between crawdad populations and aquatic plant life. To many crawdads and the veggies get eaten down, maybe to extinction. Don't ask me how to determine what's appropriate...I'm sure each pond is different. I have started to notice the arrowhead in my pond is getting "cut down". Could be deer, beaver, otter, Channing (my dog), or crawdads. It's likely the dog, but crawdads would be my second guess.

Fish on!,
Noel