Are there really crawdads in lake mead?

[lvfishingdude]

When i cleaned a couple stripers that were caught up near echo bay last weekend 2 of them were full of crawdads.

I have never seen one in the lake before, or in a fish up there. Anyone know?
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[BigE]

[cool]Yeah. I have seen plenty since I started fishing mead. I have also caught stripers that had them in their bellies. Occasionally you will find some washed up on th shore in the winter. Also you can use craw colored lures to catch lmb,smb and stripers.
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[playa702]

Yeah Iv seen my friend catch them out at GovWash, griil them and eat them, he got them at night with a flashlight right next to the shore. Some were pretty big.
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[lvfishingdude]

i have never seen one in the overton arm
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[redstripe]

It seems like every time I clean stripers during live bait season (shad season) I find at least one with a crawfish in him.
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[stripercraze]

I have caught many fish up at echo with crawdads in their stomaches. Mostly by rocky areas. would like to try a trap and use them live.

Stripercraze
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[Erawk]

Yup. I used to catch them as a kid. We'd see them at night in rocky areas. I've never see one in a fish's belly but I'm sure they eat them. I have caught fish on craw patterns at mead.
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[syncityangler]

[cool] yes there are quite a few in there, I guess they were introduced as an "extra" forage species some years ago and they flourished. I hand picked a mess of them out at hemminway a couple years ago and me a crawdad boil. yum[fishon]
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[TheWhizzle]

For sure - crawdads inhabit the lake from end to end. Not a giant population, but they are an important forage for bass, stripers and catfish. Apparently carp eat 'em too.
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[lvfishingdude]

i had no clue... only seen them up in cave lake but they were all the size of small lobsters. guess i understand why there is a crawdad cove on the lake now
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[Troylee]

I seen tons of them in hole 33 my boy always catches them and plays with them lol...
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[wolfs4evr]

Chartreuse rootbeer is the color you want from Strike King [] Pretty dam close to some of the craws I have pulled out of Stripers bellies up in Echo.

Shhhh, this color combination is awesome for catching Smallies...


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