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Originally Posted by BananaTom
Is there a difference today?
As I believe:
Many years ago, there were only wild crawfish, they were small and brown.
Then Bell River were introduced into the ponds, large and red.
I now think the two have cross bred into what we see today.
Is this correct?
Or is the wild different from the pond?
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The crawfish we catch in our marsh are brownish green and I find they are better tasting than the rice field crawfish because there isn't the large concentration of chemicals that is put on the marsh like in the rice fields.
My opinion is this on the "farm raised". The crawfish were there naturally so technically they are wild. It isn't like a cow or hog that is raised domestically. The only thing about the rice field crawfish is that farmers transfer crawfish from one field to the other to help yields the following year. Plus the farmer doesn't need to buy a commercial fishing license or fill out trip ticket information like the crawfisherman that fish the marshes and swamps.
Warren