Pleasently surprised...

[Chris Jones]

On my way home from work, I thought I would stop in at my lake and see how the progress was going. They are in the process of doing some dam work therefore it must be drained.The first thing that caught my eye was literally thousands of crawfish crawling across the mud.
I grew up in the south so instantly my mouth began to water. I gathered up nearly 80 pounds of them in twenty minutes.
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A few good pinches made me go for a pair of gloves. The only pair I could find was my Avery gauntlet length neoprene pair. So, as it was they worked flawlessly.

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So who knows maybe there will be some lobster gloves in the future for Avery?? :D :D

[Chris Jones]

A few more...
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Hope you enjoy, I know I WILL!! :D

[Rusty Hallock]

Chris,

What time is the boil?

[Curt Wilson]

You never know when products will work for things that you would never think of. Thanks for the post and enjoy the catch.

[Goosedad24]

Dinner at Chris's place! Chris are there any fish left in that lake?

[JEDJR]

They all seem to have blue claws? I've never seen that before.. They look more like crabs than crawfish..

[Mark Brendemuehl]

Chris- Man, my mouth is watering just thinkging about all of them. I bet that lake is COVERED with smallmouth bass with crawfish like that in there??
Mark

[Chris Jones]

Dan, No we moved about 400 big fish plus ALOT of little guys a couple weeks back. We probably moved 120 bass between 3 and 8 pounds.
JEDJR I don't know if its the elevation or cold water but they are a diffrent and they grow BIG!
Mark I have never caught a smalley out of it but the Largemouth bass are healthy! If I can find some pictures of some of the bass I have hauled out of there I will post um up. The biggest one is close to 9 pounds, yes believe it or not ..in Colorado.

[Rick Frisch]

Chris,

Did I ever mention to you that I have this little out of the way hunting place in Devils Lake, ND?

They taste so good when they hit your lips.

[Tony Vandemore]

That be some good chewing!

[Travis Mueller]

Chris I bet people driving by were wondering what in the world was going on. When I was little we used to eat them, and I honestly think they taste no different than those big red ones down south.

[Brett Beinke]

Time for a Cajun Hot Tub!

[Chris Jones]

Originally posted by Travis Mueller:
Chris I bet people driving by were wondering what in the world was going on. When I was little we used to eat them, and I honestly think they taste no different than those big red ones down south.Yeah your probably right and in our area, I am sure they were thinking what a nice man he is risking his own life in knee deep mud to save the lives of swarms of countless crawfish! I will be thinking of them after every bite. :D
Rick..I ain't easy but I can be persuaded! ;)

[Nicholas Lisec]

Jones, you are "The Man" I wish I could have been there to help you out with those babies. That kind of a fry sure sounds good...its just too bad you didn't have some more help getting them picked up

Bob Out...LOL!

NICK

[Christian Curtis]

Chris,

It looks like you found another good use for an Avery product. I'll have to remember this one the next time I help run the traps!

[Mike Bard]

Chris -

Great post! Hope you enjoyed the crawfish.