Where to purchase live crayfish near Portland Oregon?

[Father of four]

Me and the wife...well me, would like to cook up some crayfish. I think they may be out of season but does anyone know where I might be able to buy 10lbs or so, locally?

Thanks, Howard

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[Father of four]

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[Gunner3456]

Geez, we used to just go catch them by turning over rocks in that river behind Canby. You mean there's a season on them now?

 

[Father of four]

Well, I was trying to go the lazy-fast way, buy'em.

 

[drew]

I think ABC Seafood on Powell used to carry them.

 

[OR4X4]

not sure where to buy live local,

But, as to season - crawdads are open to catch year round, 100 per day per person, no license needed (including fishing license, anyone can go catch them).
Now best catches are certainly in the summer as the fall rain cools the river and slows 'em down. That may be the season referred to.

alot of the commercially caught 'dads are out of the tualatin river, and timothy lake.

 

[Burt Gummer]

In my early teens I made $3k-$4k a month crawfishing on the Willamette channel in my $500 boat w/ over 300 traps up and down the river. Since I was under 18 I didn't need my boat licensed. A third of my crawfish went to Jakes downtown. That was 1/2 of what they sold for three years. Their only complaint was that my catch made their other crawfish look bad. Others were frozen and a guy exported them.

That was a **** of a fun job three hours a day. Nice $$. Sure beat a paper route and made living on a houseboat very convenient.

I had a broken trap once and caught what would have been a contender for the largest crawfish caught ever; it was about 9" in the body, 13" flat. But I ignorantly put it in overnight in a holding tank where that corn/food ran out and the other little crawfish ate him .

 

[t.huynh]

Ocean king in vancouver. Give them a call and they'll let you know if they have em, or when they will get more. Awesome little store, been buying a lot of live crab from them lately.

 

[Father of four]

Thanks everyone!

Ok this is what I have so far...
ABC Seafood has probably less then 10lbs left for $3.59 per pound.
Jakes Famous Crayfish will not sell by the pound or tell where they get their crayfish from.
Ocean King Market will not have any until around May. They sell crayfish for $3.69 per pound. $3.19 per pound after 8lbs.

We are not planning on cooking crayfish until Saturday, so we are still looking. Thanks again everyone for helping.

Howard

 

[OR4X4]

Don't know if Tony's in oregon city would have them or not but might be worth a call

 

[Gunner3456]

In my early teens I made $3k-$4k a month crawfishing on the Willamette channel in my $500 boat w/ over 300 traps up and down the river. Since I was under 18 I didn't need my boat licensed. A third of my crawfish went to Jakes downtown. That was 1/2 of what they sold for three years. Their only complaint was that my catch made their other crawfish look bad. Others were frozen and a guy exported them.

That was a **** of a fun job three hours a day. Nice $$. Sure beat a paper route and made living on a houseboat very convenient.

I had a broken trap once and caught what would have been a contender for the largest crawfish caught ever; it was about 9" in the body, 13" flat. But I ignorantly put it in overnight in a holding tank where that corn/food ran out and the other little crawfish ate him .

Wow, sounds like fun. I don't even know if there are many crawfish in the Rogue River here but I have seen some while salmon and steelhead fishing. I think I'll get a couple of traps from Cabellas and try my luck.

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[Father of four]

For those interested, a useful thread....http://www.northwestfirearms.com/off-topic/15418-good-place-catch-crawdads-around-clackamas.html

 

[Father of four]

Yep. I think I will go with the catch'em and not release'em way too. Now to make the traps or buy them? Hmmmm.....

 

[drew]

For those interested, a useful thread....http://www.northwestfirearms.com/off-topic/15418-good-place-catch-crawdads-around-clackamas.html

That thread also mentioned OM Seafood. Probably worth asking them too.

 

[Father of four]

OM Seafood has crayfish for $4.29 per pound.

 

[DinhRose]

Om seafood is good. I went to college in Texas so I would go to new Orleans all the time. Crawfish are $10 for 20 lbs!!!! A couple of time I got a free turtle or baby croc in the mix too. Come back here and people look at you funny for eating crawfish

 

[Key-Hay]

Sulfur Springs Kentucky. These things were HUGE!

 

[Gunner3456]

Om seafood is good. I went to college in Texas so I would go to new Orleans all the time. Crawfish are $10 for 20 lbs!!!! A couple of time I got a free turtle or baby croc in the mix too. Come back here and people look at you funny for eating crawfish

We spent about a week in NO a few years ago, before Katrina. We sampled every kind of food we could find including crawfish pie. One of the best things about visiting different places is the different foods.

 

[DinhRose]

We spent about a week in NO a few years ago, before Katrina. We sampled every kind of food we could find including crawfish pie. One of the best things about visiting different places is the different foods.

Ironic you mentioned Katrina. I fled, or at least tried to, from NO when Katrina hit. I actually took a giant bag of crawfish back to Houston with me

 

[receo]

I get 25-30 pounds of live crawfish from pacific seafood every year.
Never had a hassle, just call up a order and pick em up.