A few years back I threw some crawdads from one of my ponds into another pond 2/3 acre I am trying to get sealed up. Been putting in some crawdad traps now and then to see how they were doing - but never caught a thing. Last week I went out to the pond and there were crawdad parts strewn everywhere a short distance from the pond (yes- raccoons are in the area)) and so I set a trap and started catching fair numbers of large crawdads....... really ?
Went out this AM and there were visible crawdads swimming around in the shallows and even a couple walking up the bank a little ways ......... so what has caused going from seeing and catching nothing to this ?? Is this a dying ritual ? Looking for food ? There should be adequate Fish Chow on the bottom of the pond from what the minnows don't eat to keep them happy. I have had crawdads in two other ponds for years and never seen anything like this.
