Why learn how to catch crawfish? Well, whether you call them crawdads, crayfish, or mudbugs, crawfish are one of the most lethal live bait you can put on a fishing hook. Any decent smallmouth angler ...

After countless summers pulling up traps on his family farm, which harvests 300,000 pounds of crawfish a day, David Vercher knows full well how unforgiving the work can be. Crawfishers operate boats ...

Harvesting crawfish is hard work, but an LSU senior from Crowley is part of a team that has designed a robotic arm that helps. Crawfish harvesting is a way of life that goes back to the late 1800s in ...

It's Crawfish Week at Chron! For five days, the food team will be dropping fun stories about Houston's favorite crustacean. Read all our crawfish coverage here. One morning in late January, Garrett ...