Breeding Crayfish

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I think breeding crayfish for food for fish is a great waste of time. They take way too long to grow to a decent size to even put a dent in your fish' belly. It's easier to just go to your LFS and look for the small crayfish that get mixed in with the feeders
 
go to your locAL BAIT AND TACKLE FISHING STORES ones around me in so cal have crayfish for cheap. they sell them as bait for bass and cats. cheap enough to buy 6 to 12 at a time and use them as feeders as needed. i agree with trust. takes way too long to breed them and get them to an edible size.
 
Can they sell live bait in Ma.? I know in Wa. and Or. they can't except worms,etc, or smelt for sw. The wusses.
 
The bait stores in the Boston area all seem to be strictly worms, I don't know if it's legal or what. If any fellow M*******s know of a baitshop that does, let me know.

The LFS crayfish are pretty pricey ($5.99ea): they're priced as pets not food.

I definitely hear the logic of the argument that breeding feeders is inefficient. When it comes livebearers, I agree. But some crayfish species have ~300 young at a go. I have time. They are low maintenace (to keep, again I know very little about breeding). Weighed against $5.99ea, I feel it's an option worth looking into.
 
IdiOT just put this site in aother thread for the blue spotted sunfish but I noticed these guys also carry small crayfish at $19.95 for 20. The site is www.aquaculturestore.com
 
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