Fish like salmon herring carp perch walleye and trout all work well as crawfish bait but things like sardines squid clams sole and eel will not. The best bait to use for crawfishing is widely debated however most sources will agree that you cant go wrong with the heads tails and guts of oily fish which are native to the local area.
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