I always wondered about crawfish color. It seems we see a lot of orange clawed craws in fish gullets, regurgitated during a fight with a smallmouth bass. Fish attempts to regurgitate hook in its mouth by emptying contents of its stomach.
I have never seen an orange crawfish in the water in Indiana. Craws come in many colors.
I got to thinking how shrimp turn orange after you cook them. They are typically gray and then change color. A nice doneness test when cooking! Could it be fish's stomach acid 'cooking' the craws like we do in our pots?
Which crawdad species have you seen?
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| Sloan's Crawfish |
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| Devil Crawfish |
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| Digger Crawfish |
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| Calico Crawfish |
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| Ghost Crawfish |
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| Northern Clearwater Crawfish |
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| Rusty Crawfish |
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| White River Crawfish |
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| Prarie Crawfish |
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| Red Swamp Crawfish |
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Virile Crawfish
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Indiana Crawfish
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So I have to bring all those different color tubes or twin tail grubs next time I come fish Indiana waters... :):)
ReplyDeleteInteresting. How many of those have you come across?
Not entirely sure, Kevin. After studying it a little, I'll pay closer attention from now on.
ReplyDeleteI see a lot of Devil, Prarie, or Calico. Reddish with blue and light pale green under. Don't know which one for sure.
Virile Craw looks very familiar.
Indiana and Rusty look like a craw ought to in my mind. Don't know whether it is because I have seen them though.
Promise to take a better look...
I know this is 8 years later but when fishing Northern Indiana waters, the Rusty Craw is by far the most catching of them all! I always use pictures such as these to build my jigs upon.
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