Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking Crawfish for LMB Forage?

Here's my experience with crawfish. First, up north, they call them 'crabs.' Don't ask me why. Crawfish are great forage, but can't survive long term without perfect habitat and plentiful food. You can stock them over and over, but without those key items, crawfish won't survive long enough to establish. Look at crawfish/crayfish/mudbugs/crabs as a supplemental forage fish, or even as a minor seasonal player in a diverse food chain. By the way, in a pond rich with bass and bluegill, expect crawfish to hide in tight areas, such as riprap rocks, heavy brush or timber. They eat decaying vegetation, flesh if they can get it, and burrow into heavy clay soils to reproduce. While they are nice nuggets which bass readily inhale, don't expect them to be a major player in any bass pond.