Dads on the Rocks

[Tyme2fish]

My bad, thought the post was about Old Grandad's on the rocks.

[Bonefish]

Good one, Tyme.

[RoadToad]

Thanks, Bonefish. I've been to lots of places where dads were plentiful, and I'd always heard they were real good bait, but I never really knew how to fish one.

[DMurphy]

Great info; if you have a place to keep them from freezing (garage, shed, etc) and use them this time of year and into winter you will have great sucess too. One of my favorite things to fish with this time of year; the problem I have is getting the soft shell ones that your talking about.

[Bonefish]

Good point on keeping them for late fall fishing. The trick is to keep the water fresh to filter out the by-products of metabolism. I have a backyard fish pond and I can keep them an inclosure for future use. The water in the pond is recirculated every hour.

[birdstrike]

I've seen some in the green river that could give a lobster a run for it's $!

I've also gutted rainbow trout with bellies full of craw parts, so don't underestimate the usefulness of the "dad".

[HURRICANEBOB]

Tip of the month on storing crawdads:

DO NOT STORE THEM IN A SUMP PUMP TUB. TRU ST ME......I KNOW.

[wkerber]

Tip of the month on storing crawdads:

DO NOT STORE THEM IN A SUMP PUMP TUB. TRU ST ME......I KNOW.

Oh, come on! You have got to give us the details of that story!