Live crawfish

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by swampman46

Problem remains however, that the after lent price is increasing more and more. The time will come that the regular guy like myself, will be priced right out of the season. I mean, where is the ceiling? $4.50/lb for live crawfish-in March-is ridiculous. Are crawfish prices even regulated?

It's supply and demand. Plain and simple. When they're catching well the price goes down and when the catch goes down the price goes up. And the catch almost directly affected by the weather and a winter like this one will seriously delay the season. Consistently warmer weather=lower prices.


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[BuckingFastard]

Originally Posted by AubreyLaHaye458

It's supply and demand. Plain and simple. When they're catching well the price goes down and when the catch goes down the price goes up. And the catch almost directly affected by the weather and a winter like this one will seriously delay the season. Consistently warmer weather=lower prices.


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thats what they want you to think... they say the same crap every year... too cold, too wet, too dry, too hot, too many beers. theres always an excuse and they just know these idiots will pay $100 for a meal that doesnt fill them up since its "cajun".

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by BuckingFastard

thats what they want you to think... they say the same crap every year... too cold, too wet, too dry, too hot, too many beers. theres always an excuse and they just know these idiots will pay $100 for a meal that doesnt fill them up since its "cajun".

"They" are not telling us anything other than what's going on. I see it everyday just like I have been all my life. The sane reason nobody planted any rice it corn before this week. It's been too cold and none if you can deny that! Just like fishing, when it's cold they don't move and the catch goes down. And it won't get good and stay good until it stays warm for more days than it is cold.


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[swampman46]

Originally Posted by AubreyLaHaye458

It's supply and demand. Plain and simple. When they're catching well the price goes down and when the catch goes down the price goes up. And the catch almost directly affected by the weather and a winter like this one will seriously delay the season. Consistently warmer weather=lower prices.


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That's not exactly always the case. We've had cold winters before. We've had a short supply before. We've never had $4.50/lb live crawfish in March before. Problem is, there is a lot of greed along the crawfish grapevine. Now THAT is plain and simple.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by swampman46

That's not exactly always the case. We've had cold winters before. We've had a short supply before. We've never had $4.50/lb live crawfish in March before. Problem is, there is a lot of greed along the crawfish grapevine. Now THAT is plain and simple.

That's inflation. Just like everything else in the world it's getting more expensive. The price of fuel goes up the price of bait goes up the price of labor goes up, you can't seriously the cost of the product to say the same


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[Pull n Pray]

Originally Posted by AubreyLaHaye458

That's inflation. Just like everything else in the world it's getting more expensive. The price of fuel goes up the price of bait goes up the price of labor goes up, you can't seriously the cost of the product to say the same


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The price of fuel has been pretty flat over the past 6 years, so I'm getting tired of that excuse. The bottom line is the crawfish farmers will charge whatever they can get for them. If restaurants and these drive thru places wouldn't sell out at ridiculous prices, they would be forced to lower the price. Capitalism at work.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by Pull n Pray

The price of fuel has been pretty flat over the past 6 years, so I'm getting tired of that excuse. The bottom line is the crawfish farmers will charge whatever they can get for them. If restaurants and these drive thru places wouldn't sell out at ridiculous prices, they would be forced to lower the price. Capitalism at work.

The farmers don't set the price. You think they'd let it get down below $3 if it was up to them? It's not like they're raking in the money here? The price is high because they aren't catching. It may be 3 or 4 dollars a pound, but 7 sacks on 100 acres doesn't exactly leave a whole lot if profit. The price could be $10 a pound but that probably means they're catching like 10 pounds a day


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