Crawfish boils may start a little earlier than usual across south Louisiana next year—and the mudbugs may be bigger than consumers are used to seeing early in the season.
The warmer weather thus far this winter is leading to bigger and better crawfish, crawfisherman Clint Frith tells KLFY-TV in Lafayette.
“Crawfish are generally a little smaller right now, but they looking promising because the weather has been warmer and the growth of the crawfish have been really nice so far,” says Frith, who farms about 30 acres and runs up to 450 cages a day.
Frith takes his boat out on the water about three times a week and says he’s catching anywhere between 11 and 45 sacks each outing.
“Overall, it’s been really nice as far as size and everything else and a lot of people are catching a lot more crawfish this year than normally,” he says.
LSU AgCenter crawfish researcher Ray McClain says it’s still a little early to definitively say what the crawfish crop will be like early next year. As KPLC-TV in Lake Charles reports, McClain recently gave crawfish producers tips for successful growing and harvesting.
“We have more acreage in production this year, we’ve got probably more early crawfish being harvested than we’ve had in several years,” he says. “We’ve got a good, young recruitment class coming on. It’s shaping up to be a very good season in terms of crawfish supply.”
