Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Macias picks up crawfish traps while harvesting the catch at Bayou Best Crawfish Farm in Sour Lake, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.

HOUSTON – Crawfish season is in full swing and if you want to get your crawfish fix, start by trying out new recipes to put those mudbugs to good use. Shakti Baum, executive chef with Etta’s Kitchen, ...

E.DeJ. of New Orleans sent a wonderful letter in response to M.K.'s request for a recipe for the crawfish rice dish served at Jazz Fest. "What makes this dish unique is the addition of just the right ...

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.

Jazz Fest vendor Lillian Ledet, photographed in 2010, boiled 2,000 pounds of crawfish daily. (Ted Jackson, the NOLA.com | Times-Picayune archive) In 2004, vendor Lillian Ledet, now retired from Jazz ...

Louisiana produces 90% of the crawfish found in the United States. Most farmed crawfish come from rice fields in one 35-square-mile area near Welsh, Louisiana. The industry is fairly new, only ...

The freshwater lobsters have turned into a big nuisance for farmers, but a group of fishermen are trying to save the harvest. Paul Eibe is one of about 10 crawfish catchers in the Colusa area. He sets ...

KAPLAN, La. (AP) — 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 ...