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Thread: Flaming Gorge crawfish
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08-11-2006, 09:11 PM #1
Flaming Gorge crawfish
Crawfish, crayfish, crawdads, mudbugs.
Yum.
What ever you call 'em, I had never tasted 'em before this trip to Flaming Gorge.
Zatarains crab boil, beer, lemon. Repeat and repeat.
These pics are from Upper Firehole, great spot, way up there on the Wyoming side.
I was using tiny cans of cat food for bait, fishy flavors, you can just see the cans in the traps, in a bait pouch sewn into the side of the trap.
photobucket of my trip:
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l105/donnyh/
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08-11-2006 09:11 PM # ADS
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08-11-2006, 09:26 PM #2
Crayfish are pretty good. I've only eaten them once, at Huntington Reservoir--we caught them with some chicken drumsticks on a string.
Awesome pictures on your photobucket account! This one is especially gorgeous. Is that Dodge a diesel? And if so, what kinda fuel mileage do you get out of it?
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08-11-2006, 09:28 PM #3
Here's Upper Firehole, some 30 miles off the pavement, lotta' solitude, in three days I saw a few motorcyclists in the distance once, and a car drove through once.
I never saw anyone on the water except me.
Very plentiful wildlife: antelope, otter, cottontails, geese, herons, and hawks, I even saw some coyote.
The fishing?
I saw lots of fish, but I was skunked at Firehole, I DO suck, being a rank beginner, so that's always a factor...
Boy, did I lose some tackle in the weeds.
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08-11-2006, 09:43 PM #4Originally Posted by Udink
I can get 19+ if I baby it, and 15mpg if I drive it like I stole it.
Here is Lowes bay, further south...
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08-11-2006, 09:43 PM #5
Beautiful pictures man! A friend of mine just went up to Strawberry and caught some crawdads with his kids. They used the drumstick on a string trick. Good fun for kids and I thought about taking my boy up there. Again gorgeous pictures...
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08-11-2006, 09:54 PM #6Originally Posted by accadacca
Clearly I've watched those Discovery channel crabbing shows too many times.
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08-13-2006, 09:51 AM #7DickHeadGuest
Where's this firehole place?
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08-14-2006, 10:07 AM #8Originally Posted by JamisJockey
I-80 to Rock Springs and make a right.
Upper Firehole is off a dirt road off of a dirt road, just how I like it.
If you prefer campgrounds, Middle Firehole is the only developed rec area, there's a campground up on the bluffs, launch ramp, paved road from the highway, day use beach, trash, water, and sewer dump.
Everywhere else on the east side is dirt roads and primitive camping, until crossing back into Utah and Antelope Flats.
Great area to explore with a 4x4.
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08-14-2006, 10:17 AM #9DickHeadGuest
Very cool sounds like a fun time.
I love camping off-site. Unfortunately, my year isn't going to allow too many more adventures before I move. A fair number of day trips should round out my year nicely, though.
What's your usual catch there?
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