I decided to trap some Crayfish a little closer to home so I decided I would throw some traps into North Creek with my daughter; this location is really close to my house and the habitat is correct. In this particular spot the water is a bit deeper than in most parts of the creek. As we were walking over to the spot I met an older gentleman walking his dog who was curious to what we were doing. I explained and he said there were some kids actually collecting them further down the creek. This worried me as it is quite easy to take a trap from a creek. As we approached the spot we could hear the kids leaving, they actually walked by us and didn’t even notice us in the woods. We set our traps and I told my daughter I wouldn’t be surprised if the traps were missing in the morning.

We returned around 7:30 am. We had set two traps one was a little more difficult to get to so we decided to retrieve this one first. As I pulled it up I could see a lot of net and not a lot of crayfish. This net totaled three crayfish and two very large Sculpin. Disheartened we went to the second trap as I began to pull it up I could see like what look like seaweed or something on the trap. As I pulled it onto the bank I realized it was just a lot of Crayfish, all Signal. This net totaled a tick over 3.5lbs and we had to throw back around 10+ or so because they were just a little too small and just a little like 1/8-2/8 to small.

I cooked these bad boys up and gave them to a co-worker of mine. I had picures but my camera is malfunctioning.