For Texas rice farmers determined to hang onto their land, crawfish offer clear benefits. Omnivores and swamp creatures at heart, mudbugs thrive in the low, warm, plant-filled waters of rice paddies.

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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 ...

Something definitely went wrong with the trap. Now I need your help deciding what crawfish or minnow trap I should buy next. Drop your suggestions in the comments and let me know which traps work best ...

Jody Meche of Henderson runs his crawfish traps on March 14 in the Atchafalaya Basin. Unlike his father, who was also a fisherman, Meche has had to battle the low controlled water releases into the ...

WINNIE, TX (KTRK) -- It's the peak of crawfish season, and it's become a big business in Texas. Chances are you've had a pound or two, or 10. But have you ever wondered what it takes to get them from ...

KAPLAN, La. — Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones. For ...