Cecil - Argh - I can feel your pain. When I used to do 2 weeks of survival camp/canoe fishing in the BWCA and Quetico we used to trap crayfish for an additional source protein and bait it with Walleye innards. I would think beef/chicken/turkey livers would do the trick for your traps. You'd probably have to bait a heckuva lot of traps to control them - but I think it would be possible....not to mention a lot of fun seeing what you caught everyday.

I must say though that I like Adirondack's advice [as always], and it accomplishes the additional goal of precooking a nice snack for yourself. Anyone who's enjoyed a crayfish boil knows what I mean. Don't forget the red beans and rice...or you could make a nice gumbo. The possiblities are endless!

Sorry, but that's all I could come up with also.

TJ

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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