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Killing crawfish in your yard?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 4/24/18 at 1:38 pm
I live in a subdivision that was made on old rice field property. Certain areas of my yard (the lower areas) stay pretty thick with crawfish clods.
All that damn mud clogs up the deck on my mower.
Is there something I can spray on my yard that would kill them or keep them away?
You think Talstar would do the trick?
Thanks
All that damn mud clogs up the deck on my mower.
Is there something I can spray on my yard that would kill them or keep them away?
You think Talstar would do the trick?
Thanks
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Posted on 4/24/18 at 1:39 pm to reggo75
Just levee and flood it.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 1:42 pm to reggo75
Can I run some traps?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 1:43 pm to reggo75
Pour crawfish boil into the holes...
Posted on 4/24/18 at 1:58 pm to reggo75
Run traps and host a boil. Problem solved.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 2:23 pm to Tiger Prawn
Drop one of these down the opening...
Posted on 4/24/18 at 2:32 pm to reggo75
I have heard moth balls but never tried it myself. Just break the chimney thing off and use a straight stick to push them down the hole. Anyone else heard of doing this?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 2:54 pm to reggo75
Crawfish are sensitive to any amount of water pollutant.
So...just pour diesel in your yard...should do the trick.
ETA: in all seriousness, I think the AgCenter recommends using lye. Put about a tablespoon down the burrow, and that should do the trick.
So...just pour diesel in your yard...should do the trick.
ETA: in all seriousness, I think the AgCenter recommends using lye. Put about a tablespoon down the burrow, and that should do the trick.
This post was edited on 4/24/18 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 4/24/18 at 4:08 pm to reggo75
Bootlegger gonna shoot me cause it's not labeled for this. Mix 2 oz per gallon of permethrin, kick over mud tower, spray a squirt in hole, will work.
This post was edited on 4/24/18 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:02 pm to Geauxtiga
Google it. there was a article done on NOLA.com a while back. Dan Gill from LSU says to use Lye. Also i didnt know that the ones that make the chimneys are not the kind of crawfish we eat.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:05 pm to reggo75
Cook some rice baw
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:08 pm to reggo75
I have same exact problem. The kids like to dig them out but those suckers have holes that are 3 ft deep!
Why cant you eat them? Same crawfish. How can we catch them?
Why cant you eat them? Same crawfish. How can we catch them?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:12 pm to rattlebucket
i think the guy in the article means that they are not Red Swamp Crawfish. you can still eat them but they are not the same as you would buy from a farm. there are a bunch of types of crawfish
Posted on 4/24/18 at 8:17 pm to reggo75
Sounds like an opportunity to work on your golf swing
Posted on 4/24/18 at 8:23 pm to reggo75
Don't underestimate the intelligence of crawfish...just ice down a case of beer on your patio and then throw some corn and new potatoes around the yard....they will get the fricking message.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:41 pm to Higgysmalls
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Also i didnt know that the ones that make the chimneys are not the kind of crawfish we eat.
We have something like 20 or 30 different species of crawfish in the state, and only 2 are commercial varieties--the red swamp and white river.
There are 3 different groups of crawfish based on their propensity to burrow: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary and secondary burrowers are your typical "chimney" species. Red Swamp (the kind you typically boil) are actually primary burrowers, but can and do function in all 3 classes. The tertiary burrowers are those that live in streams and bayous, and only dig shallow burrows with no chimneys.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:17 am to reggo75
its really easy, just poor a cup of regular gasoline down the hole with a funnel, then remove mud tube and toss in a pile to dry up. the crawfish (and any eggs it might have) dies and becomes fertilizer, no grass dies, no viable evidence of what you did 
its the one 100% certain result of anything you use on them
its the one 100% certain result of anything you use on them
Posted on 4/25/18 at 7:19 am to Milescb28
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I have heard moth balls but never tried it myself. Just break the chimney thing off and use a straight stick to push them down the hole. Anyone else heard of doing this?
I tried that years ago, and all they did was push them back out. After a couple days, each hole/mound had moth balls sitting out at the entrance. Ant poison granules will work. Bleach may work as well.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 9:44 am to reggo75
All you guys talking about addressing EACH HOLE with a treatment of some kind... ummm... there are literally hundreds (maybe thousands?) of these things in my yard.
I looked up some online ideas and Lye seemed to be the consensus but it was a "treat every hole" option and had to be reapplied often.
My yard is about 2-1/2 acres.
I came to the OB to see if you guys had any other broad spectrum approaches.
Something I can spray or apply in bulk.
I looked up some online ideas and Lye seemed to be the consensus but it was a "treat every hole" option and had to be reapplied often.
My yard is about 2-1/2 acres.
I came to the OB to see if you guys had any other broad spectrum approaches.
Something I can spray or apply in bulk.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:22 pm to reggo75
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Something I can spray or apply in bulk.
As crazy as this sounds, it would have to be something that you could spray over water. At least that's the way I see it, because you are talking about crawfish. Those burrows go into the groundwater.
Probably why the only recommendation from the AgCenter is lye in every hole.
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