We cast our first trap on Thursday evening and were excited to go have a look the next day. We found our buoy and began to pull it up.This is a video. Click on the left play button. It takes a second for it to buffer. For best play, let it do it's thing, then start it over. In order to hear the sound, you have to unmute the music and the music will end up playing too. Oh well.
Little did we know that on Steve's 46th birthday he'd be diving down to untangle the rope. He was determined to make this happen. I don't know who was more excited Evan, or Uncle Steve getting to share this with Evan. 
Once the line was free, it was Evan's job to pull up the trap. Evan was so proud. We had 10 or so and that gave us something to experiment with! This began a routine that we would do at least twice a day while camping and became the focal point of our trip for sure!
How cute is this little kid with the buoy and crawdad trap. You will never forget this trip, Evan.
Evan caught a great one of Uncle Steve showing off one of the crawdads. We later had much fun figuring out how to cook them and better yet, how to eat them.
Here we were with our first "test" crawdad. He was used to determine how long to cook, and then how to eat them! Once Steve and I found the meat and saw that it looked like any other shellfish meat, we tried it and got the rest of the crawdads in the pot! Delicious. We felt like we were on SURVIVOR and had just made a find!Boil for 5-7 minutes for a small batch of less than 15 crawdads. They turn bright red like little lobsters. Let them cool enough to touch then twist the tail from the body and remove the meat from the tail. Tastes and looks like any other shellfish. Add butter and some Cajun seasoning and we were golden! These little crustaceans became our appetizers each night. We're already looking forward to next year!
When you're done eating the crawdads, make finger puppets! I know, it's gross! (Ya think those little eyes are looking tired?!)
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