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03-31-2004, 08:07 AM

"I am relating this article not as a final word on crawfish but to show the many varied activities of them and perhaps help explain why the crawfish population may increase or decrease depending on each different year."

Nice article -- thanks for posting it.

For decades, we used to search the shoreline rocks for bait crawfish. Over a short period of years, they practically disappeared from the shore and the traps -- and haven't returned in the last thirty years. (Not a temporary decrease on a different year). Insect larvae appear to be a far more common find under those very same rocks today.

An occasional crawfish can be seen here drunkenly moving along the shoreline, flipped about by the (now) season-long wave action.

Anecdotal posts on this forum indicate that crawfish are diminished from Winnipesaukee's southern habitat, but are "abundant" in Winnipesaukee's northern habitats.

Is there a connection with the basketball-sized mounds of lake "suds" that appear after strong September winds blow in from Meredith-direction?

Is it shoreline silting-in from season-long wave action?

Is water quality better (for crawfish) in northern Winnipesaukee?

03-31-2004, 08:07 AM	#3
madrasahs Guest Posts: n/a	Re: More on Crawfish "I am relating this article not as a final word on crawfish but to show the many varied activities of them and perhaps help explain why the crawfish population may increase or decrease depending on each different year." Nice article -- thanks for posting it. For decades, we used to search the shoreline rocks for bait crawfish. Over a short period of years, they practically disappeared from the shore and the traps -- and haven't returned in the last thirty years. (Not a temporary decrease on a different year). Insect larvae appear to be a far more common find under those very same rocks today. An occasional crawfish can be seen here drunkenly moving along the shoreline, flipped about by the (now) season-long wave action. Anecdotal posts on this forum indicate that crawfish are diminished from Winnipesaukee's southern habitat, but are "abundant" in Winnipesaukee's northern habitats. Is there a connection with the basketball-sized mounds of lake "suds" that appear after strong September winds blow in from Meredith-direction? Is it shoreline silting-in from season-long wave action? Is water quality better (for crawfish) in northern Winnipesaukee?