I set a minnow trap baited with chicken breast to see if it could attract and catch crawfish. Now it’s time to check the trap and see what showed up. Sometimes the simplest bait can bring surprising ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daniel Valenzuela shows off a crawfish during a catch at Bayou Best Crawfish Farm in Sour Lake. Cold snaps, rain and fog can ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Move over, Christmas – crawfish season has arrived. It’s here much earlier than usual, as harvesting operations across the state usually begin around January. This is great ...

As tired light filtered through the fog on a recent Monday morning, Daniel Valenzuela sloshed shin-deep into a flooded rice paddy in Southeast Texas. He shoved a scoop-shaped sled along the ground in ...