Crawfishin'

[Cottontop74]

I bet you have a fine cooter stew to commemorate Appomattox every year.

Good one.

[Mergie Master]

I bet you have a fine cooter stew to commemorate Appomattox every year.

That probably went over his head. I bet he's googling "Appomattox" as we type.

[Mergie Master]

Good one.

Maybe you should change your handle to Wooltop or Felttop.

[Griffin]

Maybe you should change your handle to Wooltop or Felttop.

or carpet bagger

[BOGSTER]

Ok...now it's time to separate the men from the boys...country folk from city slickers. I'm not eatin no catfish bait but I catch four or five cooters each year for a cooter stew. I bet don't none of you guys on here do that! I got a whole wall in my shop covered with cooler shells from small to large! That is obviously more country than catching shad or crawdads.

Last year I was just outside of Spartanburg on my way to the school for the deaf and blind. I rounded a curve in the road and there was a big snapping turtle on the center line. I pulled over to drag him to the other side so he wouldn't get hit.
A beat up old Ford truck came along from the other direction and stopped. Two rough lookin guys got out and asked what I was doing.
I told them. One said "ye ain't gone eat hizass?" I replied "umm no."
The driver said "get hizass Tommy, he goin in the damn pot right now...we gone stand around the yard and drink beer today."

He assured me that it was the best tasting meat in the country...I assured him that chicken is 2.99 at the grocery store.

I've had turtle. It was turtle. It wasn't awesome. It was turtle.


Crawfish are a delicacy son. Get with the program.

[Griffin]

Crawfish are a delicacy son. Get with the program.

Even bog and I see eye to eye on this one.

[Mergie Master]

I used to run turtle hooks. I've sold a shit ton of snappers to people for stews and even to fry. I always kept the elephant nose (softshell) turtles cause they were a lot easier to clean. You ain't got to scald them. A bonus was a big sow full of eggs. My kids and I ate the eggs for breakfast.

[Mergie Master]

Here's a question for Feltop.

Do you eat squirrel brains?

I've eaten them many times when my grandfather was alive. I don't fool with them now, too much hassle. But my grandfather would skin a squirrel right down to his nose, cut the heads off and throw them in a pot. Grandma would boil them down with salt and whatever else she added to the water. Then she'd serve them on a big platter.

My grandfather would lay one in the palm of his hand and whack the skull with a big spoon, he used the flat handle of the spoon to pry the skull open. Add a little pepper and hot sauce, scoop the brain out and eat it. He loved them and used to get them out for me to eat when I was a kid. I've shared a many a squirrel brain with him. Good times, good eats.

[BOGSTER]

I used to run turtle hooks. I've sold a shit ton of snappers to people for stews and even to fry. I always kept the elephant nose (softshell) turtles cause they were a lot easier to clean. You ain't got to scald them. A bonus was a big sow full of eggs. My kids and I ate the eggs for breakfast.

Those things are fast as lightning on land.
I was at a friend's on Lake Murray years ago and saw one (about the size of a herbie curby lid) walk up into a neighboring yard and start to dig to lay eggs.
Being the way that I am, and bit drunk I decided I wanted to catch it.
She was about 50ft from the shoreline and hard at work, but still mindful of her surroundings. I crept down to the waters edge and belly crawled down in front of the sea wall that allowed me to hide to get close enough. When the wall ran out I ran to put myself between her and the water.
"Got her ass now." I walked towards her, she stretched out her dinosaur neck and gave me a good look over.
Then she darted for the water at an angle away from me. I'm pretty fast. I was at an all out dash as fast as I could run and wound up diving on her in a foot of water. Out of breath and half drunk, I picked her heavy ass up and brought her to the house.
Snapped a few photos and set her loose.

Damn they are fast.

[Cottontop74]

I knew it! Just did a little research and found out that those red crawdads yall are catching are an invasive species to sc. No wonder none of the old timers in my family have ever mentioned catching or eating them. Yall must be catching them in an area near where they were imported and farmed. The are no red crawdads in the broad river north of Columbia, saluda north of Murray, lake wateree, lake Wylie, Clarks hill, Catawba river, etc.

[Cottontop74]

To Mergie....you've definitely got me on that one....never eaten squirrel brains. I used to hunt squirrels but they are just too damn aggravating to clean! Too many little bones too. I like rabbit. Hide peels off like paper...unlike squirrel.My grandmother used to tell me that her father used to eat possum. Ain't no way I'd eat one!

[Whaler_Dave]

Bigbrother is the possum specialist around here....he loves them damn things.

He won't pass up some fresh road kill!

[BigBrother]

Sharp as a tack, this guy.

[BOGSTER]

I knew it! Just did a little research and found out that those red crawdads yall are catching are an invasive species to sc. No wonder none of the old timers in my family have ever mentioned catching or eating them. Yall must be catching them in an area near where they were imported and farmed. The are no red crawdads in the broad river north of Columbia, saluda north of Murray, lake wateree, lake We, Clarks hill, Catawba river, etc.

Sorry you live in the shitty part of the state man.

Come visit sometime. Try our crawfish. You'll probably love em.

[Goin Coastal]

I knew it! Just did a little research and found out that those red crawdads yall are catching are an invasive species to sc. No wonder none of the old timers in my family have ever mentioned catching or eating them. Yall must be catching them in an area near where they were imported and farmed. The are no red crawdads in the broad river north of Columbia, saluda north of Murray, lake wateree, lake Wylie, Clarks hill, Catawba river, etc.

So you have no idea where Indigo Flats is. Even better. If I new where they were farmed, a tennis shoe trip would be in order.

[Highstrung]

Let me get a hold of some soft shell crawdads, and put together a sauce I have down pat. I'll change your mind and anybody else's.

[Clemsonwoodie]

Let me get a hold of some soft shell crawdads, and put together a sauce I have down pat. I'll change your mind and anybody else's.

You bring the sauce and ill get the crawdads, bc I know if you cooked it it's going to be good.

[Pcole]

Nope. Both sides of my family were born and raised in upstate sc! Nobody up here would ever dream of eating craawdads not have I ever heard of anybody setting traps for them. What are you from the bayou or something?

Ummm... huh? What part of the upstate are you from? We get down with some mud bugs round here!

[walt4dun]

Bout time for some Royal Reds & Crawfish here!

[dukhuntr]

I knew it! Just did a little research and found out that those red crawdads yall are catching are an invasive species to sc. No wonder none of the old timers in my family have ever mentioned catching or eating them. Yall must be catching them in an area near where they were imported and farmed. The are no red crawdads in the broad river north of Columbia, saluda north of Murray, lake wateree, lake Wylie, Clarks hill, Catawba river, etc.

I have caught them in the Catawba river as well as Wylie.

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