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Tell me about transporting live crawfish and how to keep them alive for a couple days
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:35 am
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:35 am
I did a search and found a thread from 2011 or so, figured I'd see if the recommendations had changed. Basically I'd like to buy crawfish Thursday afternoon and take them with me out of town to boil on Saturday evening.
The thread mentioned keeping them in the sacks and keeping them in an ice chest and occasionally misting them. Will that work? Better options?
The thread mentioned keeping them in the sacks and keeping them in an ice chest and occasionally misting them. Will that work? Better options?
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Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:37 am to LNCHBOX
Thursday to Saturday is a long time. Keep them cool/cold and wet.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:40 am to LNCHBOX
Here is my set-up whenever I bring them anywhere for a couple of days:
(1) Keep them in the sack
(2) put sack in ice chest (use a towel or something to keep the ice chest open -- not wide open, but not cracked. Just need good constant air flow)
(3) put ice all around the crawfish
(4) put ice chest on a tilt (a brick will suffice)
(5) pull the plug (don't want crawfish drowning)
(6) keep ice chest in a cool, shaded area (never hit by sun)
(7) replenish ice on the crawfish a couple times (no real time limit)
ETA: for your drive don't worry about the ice as much if you're driving ~5 hours. Just have your AC blowing cool air on them. As soon as you get to your destination, your first move should be to set them up (above)
(1) Keep them in the sack
(2) put sack in ice chest (use a towel or something to keep the ice chest open -- not wide open, but not cracked. Just need good constant air flow)
(3) put ice all around the crawfish
(4) put ice chest on a tilt (a brick will suffice)
(5) pull the plug (don't want crawfish drowning)
(6) keep ice chest in a cool, shaded area (never hit by sun)
(7) replenish ice on the crawfish a couple times (no real time limit)
ETA: for your drive don't worry about the ice as much if you're driving ~5 hours. Just have your AC blowing cool air on them. As soon as you get to your destination, your first move should be to set them up (above)
This post was edited on 3/14/18 at 8:43 am
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:42 am to Fonzarelli
Keeping Live Crawfish Techniques:
Crawfish season is from late February to mid-May. You must keep the live Crawfish fresh and healthy. Keep them in a cool place and out of the heat. Your garage is the perfect spot until you're ready to boil.
When you receive your sacks of crawfish, simply take your sack of crawfish, hose them down, and place them back in a cooler (or the box the sacks arrived in) with a bag of ice. Do not take the crawfish out of the sack, leave them in the sack and hose the entire sack with fresh water.
If you use ice, be sure to drain them frequently. DO NOT let them sit in cold water for a long time or they will die! Keep live crawfish at 36 to 46 degrees F. for approximately 3 days with wet burlap sacks, towels, etc. on top. Let crawfish return to room temperature before using. Do not leave the crawfish outside if the temperature is freezing level or below!
When traveling with crawfish, a few of them will die naturally due to stress of being moved, etc.
Crawfish season is from late February to mid-May. You must keep the live Crawfish fresh and healthy. Keep them in a cool place and out of the heat. Your garage is the perfect spot until you're ready to boil.
When you receive your sacks of crawfish, simply take your sack of crawfish, hose them down, and place them back in a cooler (or the box the sacks arrived in) with a bag of ice. Do not take the crawfish out of the sack, leave them in the sack and hose the entire sack with fresh water.
If you use ice, be sure to drain them frequently. DO NOT let them sit in cold water for a long time or they will die! Keep live crawfish at 36 to 46 degrees F. for approximately 3 days with wet burlap sacks, towels, etc. on top. Let crawfish return to room temperature before using. Do not leave the crawfish outside if the temperature is freezing level or below!
When traveling with crawfish, a few of them will die naturally due to stress of being moved, etc.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:47 am to LSUvegasbombed
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Let crawfish return to room temperature before using
Like with a steak?
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:49 am to LNCHBOX
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Thursday afternoon and take them with me out of town to boil on Saturday evening.
Damn that's a long time. No way to buy them closer to Saturday?
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:51 am to malvin
i got that off the webz
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:54 am to TH03
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Damn that's a long time. No way to buy them closer to Saturday?
Looking into the costs, just wanting to have a backup plan in case the additional cost is too much. The other thread made it seem like 2 days was nothing, but I don't really feel like wasting 2 sacks
Posted on 3/14/18 at 9:52 am to LNCHBOX
Crawfish like cool, dark, moist places. I think in the sack, in the ice chest, with some ice, in the garage would work best. Every few hours or so, spray them down a bit.
Key is, you don't want them out in the sun for extended periods of time.
Key is, you don't want them out in the sun for extended periods of time.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 10:04 am to LNCHBOX
Went down to Orlando last year and this is what I did.
Placed bagged ice in bottom of large ice chest.
Placed damp towel(s) over bagged ice.
Placed sacked crawfish on top of damp towel(s).
Covered sacked crawfish with damp towel(s), but did not restrict airflow. Damp burlap would be better but I did not have this option at the time.
Closed lid on ice chest but left it a few inches open to allow airflow.
Placed ice chest in trunk of car.
When stopping for gas, food, or other break, I removed the crawfish, drained any water, rehydrated crawfish with a jug of water and repeated and replenished ice as needed.
Boiled the following day, and had a few dead ones to cull through. Nonetheless, the FL fiends were extremely happy and all was good!
Don't forget to take spaces with you because of availability where you may be heading.
Placed bagged ice in bottom of large ice chest.
Placed damp towel(s) over bagged ice.
Placed sacked crawfish on top of damp towel(s).
Covered sacked crawfish with damp towel(s), but did not restrict airflow. Damp burlap would be better but I did not have this option at the time.
Closed lid on ice chest but left it a few inches open to allow airflow.
Placed ice chest in trunk of car.
When stopping for gas, food, or other break, I removed the crawfish, drained any water, rehydrated crawfish with a jug of water and repeated and replenished ice as needed.
Boiled the following day, and had a few dead ones to cull through. Nonetheless, the FL fiends were extremely happy and all was good!
Don't forget to take spaces with you because of availability where you may be heading.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 11:18 am to LNCHBOX
Open drain plug and leave it open, prop up one end so water drains. Ice on the bottom, then a layer of wet towels, then the sack of crawfish, then another layer of wet towels, then another thin layer of ice. I've kept crawfish and crabs alive like that for 3 days.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 11:22 am to TH03
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Damn that's a long time.
Not really, you think every crawfish a coonass eats on Friday is caught that day or the day before. The week of good Friday fisherman start on the Mon-Tue before and they still fine 4-5 days later.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 11:25 am to CHEDBALLZ
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every crawfish a coonass eats on Friday is caught that day or the day before. The week of good Friday fisherman start on the Mon-Tue before and they still fine 4-5 days later.
But that's before you get them. And they have better means of storage.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:57 pm to TH03
Transported 4 sacks to North Carolina a few years ago and they lasted 3 days. Two pieces of 2x4 cut to fit in bottom of the ice chest, crawfish sack on that, cool towels on top of sack, bags of ice on that, plug and lid cracked open...all in the back of my truck. Every gas stop I replenished the ice. The key I think, is to buy them as fresh as possible. Talk to your dealer.
3 days is not long to keep them if you get freshly harvested bugs.
3 days is not long to keep them if you get freshly harvested bugs.
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