In early spring we siene crawdads out of bar ditches with a long handled small mesh dip net, for bait.
I've thought about trying to establish them in my ponds. We have lots of limestone rocks lining the banks with lots of places for them to hide; but our soil is sandy, they are supposed to prefer clay. I have seen chimneys on the property a time or two, during wet conditions.
Also , I have heard that placing hay bales along the shore can better help them to establish.
