(02-09-2022 12:24 PM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 12:07 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 11:33 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 11:06 AM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:39 AM)theATLDawg Wrote:  Until you have pulled up that triangle net with a broom stick in a flooded rice field to find a water moccasin you have not crawfished. Running like a screaming girl in hip boots is not easy.

Don't come to WV if you are afraid of snakes LOL

I disagree... Any snake you got, we got in MS/LA thensome

Probably true. This map shows snakebite incidents half the ones in WV are likely due to dumb*** snake handler preachers.

Like Virginia doesn't have any Snake Handling churches LOL

Oh we do. But we’re not telling folks to not come to Virginia if they’re afraid of snakes.

(02-09-2022 01:45 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:16 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 12:27 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  No I do not do snakes and I grew up in Vernilion Parish. I fished along canals. I duck hunted in the marsh. I still am terrified of snakes.

I wouldn't say I'm terrified of them.. Just not a fan..

Nothing like being in Venice, LA.. Smoking a Marlboro Red, walking floating pipe in the MS River and on one side a gator pops up and as your turning around a Cotton Mouth pops his head up and tries to get on the pipe.. Good f'n times

Spent my elementary years in Port Sulpher. Played a lot of Pee wee football at the fort in Boothville- Venice. Now I think they all go to South Plaquemine.

The last time I left Plaquemine Parish I was pulled over for speeding. Doing 45 in an unposted 25. Got the ticket, wasn't allowed to protest it, and had to send the money via Western Union. Shady.

(02-09-2022 01:53 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:45 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:16 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 12:27 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  No I do not do snakes and I grew up in Vernilion Parish. I fished along canals. I duck hunted in the marsh. I still am terrified of snakes.

I wouldn't say I'm terrified of them.. Just not a fan..

Nothing like being in Venice, LA.. Smoking a Marlboro Red, walking floating pipe in the MS River and on one side a gator pops up and as your turning around a Cotton Mouth pops his head up and tries to get on the pipe.. Good f'n times

Spent my elementary years in Port Sulpher. Played a lot of Pee wee football at the fort in Boothville- Venice. Now I think they all go to South Plaquemine.

The last time I left Plaquemine Parish I was pulled over for speeding. Doing 45 in an unposted 25. Got the ticket, wasn't allowed to protest it, and had to send the money via Western Union. Shady.

I bet his explanation was “you’re a guest here in these parts son. Know the rules before you get here.”

(02-09-2022 11:10 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:38 AM)FrankyP Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:05 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:57 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:54 AM)FrankyP Wrote:  Looking at the neat peeling tables already posted piqued my interest. There has been some real improvements made to them recently. Kinda wild, as it amazes me how popular crawfish boiling has gotten in just my lifetime. Used to be something kind of rare, and done at home. Now there are tons of restaurants everywhere serving it, etc.

Anyway, here are a few of what I think are great that I happened to find:”



There are even some cool ones you can buy on-line:



Of course, this still how many of us still do it, though it isgetting harder and harder to find paper newspaper, lol:

Thanks. I am going to reach out to this guy and get a custom USM one made. Not sure where I will put this 7' thing during the off-season.

Custom Crawfish Tables

These are pretty cool too.

Crawfish Table

Yep, they are.

I’ve actually considered getting one, but storage was the issue. Not sure it’s worth it for using it 3-4 times a year. What I wanted was one that folded, or otherwise was easy to store, but couldn’t find one that wasn’t more money than I was willing to part with, lol.

But I love that my best friend, and a couple of other family members have them, so I get lots of usage of them. Plus, most of the local restaurants now have them, so that it is nice as well.

I was talking with my wife about possibly getting a boat as we live on the Gulf. She put it in the same context as you. How many days could you possibly use it? I would never be able to go out during the week and I wouldn't bring it out when it is cold. Our kids have tons of events. We came up with we would only be able to use it about 10 days of the year and 50 or 60k purchase just wouldn't be worth. Plus they are a money pit. As of last night I am not getting a boat. Still might consider the crawfish table even with just 3 or 4 days of usage. Haha

Worst 80 grand I have ever spent and just to be on a lake around Atlanta. The two best days of your life are the day you buy and the day you sell a boat. Now I got on EBay and got a used single engine boat for 10k that treads nicely through the bays of Portsmouth NH.. gets me to all the lobster pounds where I eat dem big crawfish yeah. I never knew dem crawfish got dat big

(02-09-2022 02:31 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 11:10 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:38 AM)FrankyP Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:05 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:57 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  Thanks. I am going to reach out to this guy and get a custom USM one made. Not sure where I will put this 7' thing during the off-season.

Custom Crawfish Tables

These are pretty cool too.

Crawfish Table

Yep, they are.

I’ve actually considered getting one, but storage was the issue. Not sure it’s worth it for using it 3-4 times a year. What I wanted was one that folded, or otherwise was easy to store, but couldn’t find one that wasn’t more money than I was willing to part with, lol.

But I love that my best friend, and a couple of other family members have them, so I get lots of usage of them. Plus, most of the local restaurants now have them, so that it is nice as well.

I was talking with my wife about possibly getting a boat as we live on the Gulf. She put it in the same context as you. How many days could you possibly use it? I would never be able to go out during the week and I wouldn't bring it out when it is cold. Our kids have tons of events. We came up with we would only be able to use it about 10 days of the year and 50 or 60k purchase just wouldn't be worth. Plus they are a money pit. As of last night I am not getting a boat. Still might consider the crawfish table even with just 3 or 4 days of usage. Haha

Worst 80 grand I have ever spent and just to be on a lake around Atlanta. The two best days of your life are the day you buy and the day you sell a boat. Now I got on EBay and got a used single engine boat for 10k that treads nicely through the bays of Portsmouth NH.. gets me to all the lobster pounds where I eat dem big crawfish yeah. I never knew dem crawfish got dat big

Well that makes me feel better about the urge to get a boat. Do you ever boil the lobster like we boil everything down here or do you steam them?

(02-09-2022 02:24 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:53 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:45 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 01:16 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 12:27 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  No I do not do snakes and I grew up in Vernilion Parish. I fished along canals. I duck hunted in the marsh. I still am terrified of snakes.

I wouldn't say I'm terrified of them.. Just not a fan..

Nothing like being in Venice, LA.. Smoking a Marlboro Red, walking floating pipe in the MS River and on one side a gator pops up and as your turning around a Cotton Mouth pops his head up and tries to get on the pipe.. Good f'n times

Spent my elementary years in Port Sulpher. Played a lot of Pee wee football at the fort in Boothville- Venice. Now I think they all go to South Plaquemine.

The last time I left Plaquemine Parish I was pulled over for speeding. Doing 45 in an unposted 25. Got the ticket, wasn't allowed to protest it, and had to send the money via Western Union. Shady.

I bet his explanation was “you’re a guest here in these parts son. Know the rules before you get here.”

It was post Katrina and basically it was, there was a sign we haven't had time to put it back up. This was almost a year later. But how am I to know and you know like I do, had I been able to talk to a judge he'd thrown it out.

Whatever.. It cost $45 plus I think $20 to process through WU.

That snake bit map is obsolete. There are more snakes in Washington DC then ever before and they are biting not just people in Maryland but the whole nation. They need to be skinned for our hats and boiled for what (little) meat they have.

(02-09-2022 02:52 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 02:31 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 11:10 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:38 AM)FrankyP Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:05 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  These are pretty cool too.

Crawfish Table

Yep, they are.

I’ve actually considered getting one, but storage was the issue. Not sure it’s worth it for using it 3-4 times a year. What I wanted was one that folded, or otherwise was easy to store, but couldn’t find one that wasn’t more money than I was willing to part with, lol.

But I love that my best friend, and a couple of other family members have them, so I get lots of usage of them. Plus, most of the local restaurants now have them, so that it is nice as well.

I was talking with my wife about possibly getting a boat as we live on the Gulf. She put it in the same context as you. How many days could you possibly use it? I would never be able to go out during the week and I wouldn't bring it out when it is cold. Our kids have tons of events. We came up with we would only be able to use it about 10 days of the year and 50 or 60k purchase just wouldn't be worth. Plus they are a money pit. As of last night I am not getting a boat. Still might consider the crawfish table even with just 3 or 4 days of usage. Haha

Worst 80 grand I have ever spent and just to be on a lake around Atlanta. The two best days of your life are the day you buy and the day you sell a boat. Now I got on EBay and got a used single engine boat for 10k that treads nicely through the bays of Portsmouth NH.. gets me to all the lobster pounds where I eat dem big crawfish yeah. I never knew dem crawfish got dat big

Well that makes me feel better about the urge to get a boat. Do you ever boil the lobster like we boil everything down here or do you steam them?

I live 1 block from a lobster pound where I pick a 2-10 pound lobster brought in that day. Never go past 3 pounds. I pay the owners 5$ to boil 1 or 6. Depending on my guest count. It’s all still one 5$ price. Then we sit in my back yard and drink beer and discover the many places to find lobster meat on the lobster. Even the flair of the tail has meat.but I miss my crawfish.

It's refreshing than when this thread went off course (as they all do here) most of the OT discussion was friendly (unless you are a crayfish).

(02-10-2022 12:25 PM)Luckyshot Wrote:  It's refreshing than when this thread went off course (as they all do here) most of the OT discussion was friendly (unless you are a crayfish).

That's the best thing about Crawfish. It can unite worlds,

(02-09-2022 09:41 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 02:52 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 02:31 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 11:10 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:38 AM)FrankyP Wrote:  Yep, they are.

I’ve actually considered getting one, but storage was the issue. Not sure it’s worth it for using it 3-4 times a year. What I wanted was one that folded, or otherwise was easy to store, but couldn’t find one that wasn’t more money than I was willing to part with, lol.

But I love that my best friend, and a couple of other family members have them, so I get lots of usage of them. Plus, most of the local restaurants now have them, so that it is nice as well.

I was talking with my wife about possibly getting a boat as we live on the Gulf. She put it in the same context as you. How many days could you possibly use it? I would never be able to go out during the week and I wouldn't bring it out when it is cold. Our kids have tons of events. We came up with we would only be able to use it about 10 days of the year and 50 or 60k purchase just wouldn't be worth. Plus they are a money pit. As of last night I am not getting a boat. Still might consider the crawfish table even with just 3 or 4 days of usage. Haha

Worst 80 grand I have ever spent and just to be on a lake around Atlanta. The two best days of your life are the day you buy and the day you sell a boat. Now I got on EBay and got a used single engine boat for 10k that treads nicely through the bays of Portsmouth NH.. gets me to all the lobster pounds where I eat dem big crawfish yeah. I never knew dem crawfish got dat big

Well that makes me feel better about the urge to get a boat. Do you ever boil the lobster like we boil everything down here or do you steam them?

I live 1 block from a lobster pound where I pick a 2-10 pound lobster brought in that day. Never go past 3 pounds. I pay the owners 5$ to boil 1 or 6. Depending on my guest count. It’s all still one 5$ price. Then we sit in my back yard and drink beer and discover the many places to find lobster meat on the lobster. Even the flair of the tail has meat.but I miss my crawfish.

I went up to Kennebunkport about 7 years ago and did a lobster tour type thing with my wife. They also said over 3lbs wouldn't be good for eating. I liked it there are a lot and was surprised how much the Maine people don't like Canadians. We rented a car and drove over to Quebec City in Canada and they didn't like people from Maine. Haha

(02-09-2022 02:31 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 11:10 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:38 AM)FrankyP Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 10:05 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-09-2022 09:57 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  Thanks. I am going to reach out to this guy and get a custom USM one made. Not sure where I will put this 7' thing during the off-season.

Custom Crawfish Tables

These are pretty cool too.

Crawfish Table

Yep, they are.

I’ve actually considered getting one, but storage was the issue. Not sure it’s worth it for using it 3-4 times a year. What I wanted was one that folded, or otherwise was easy to store, but couldn’t find one that wasn’t more money than I was willing to part with, lol.

But I love that my best friend, and a couple of other family members have them, so I get lots of usage of them. Plus, most of the local restaurants now have them, so that it is nice as well.

I was talking with my wife about possibly getting a boat as we live on the Gulf. She put it in the same context as you. How many days could you possibly use it? I would never be able to go out during the week and I wouldn't bring it out when it is cold. Our kids have tons of events. We came up with we would only be able to use it about 10 days of the year and 50 or 60k purchase just wouldn't be worth. Plus they are a money pit. As of last night I am not getting a boat. Still might consider the crawfish table even with just 3 or 4 days of usage. Haha

Worst 80 grand I have ever spent and just to be on a lake around Atlanta. The two best days of your life are the day you buy and the day you sell a boat. Now I got on EBay and got a used single engine boat for 10k that treads nicely through the bays of Portsmouth NH.. gets me to all the lobster pounds where I eat dem big crawfish yeah. I never knew dem crawfish got dat big

this sounds like a good life. congrats to you.

All this talk had me looking at a weekend trip home to get some crawfish...

Then on TikTok I came across the StaleKracker doing a shrimp boil.

I need to smoke something on the smoker that's good this weekend to try and stifle this hunger.

Actually considered buying a bottle of bourbon that's not expensive, get some oak pellets, and smoke the bourbon since it's cold enough and I'd use the same method as smoking cheese.

Looks like the lawyers will be figuring out the answer to this question.

I still think it's a shame.

(02-11-2022 03:16 PM)inutech Wrote:  Looks like the lawyers will be figuring out the answer to this question.

I still think it's a shame.

It is what it is.

Good luck to you guys.

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