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Old 08/22/10, 04:21 PM
 
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What kind of crayfish?

What kind of crayfish has a claw like this one. It measures 2 7/8" from tip to base. I just found it in the river while snorkeling. I'm in northcentral MN.

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I believe the scientific name is O. datsabiggun.
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Old 08/22/10, 06:47 PM
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A biiiig one!
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I would say keep your night crawler hidden in snorkling around those. Lol

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I would say keep your night crawler hidden in snorkling around those. Lol

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Eatin size!
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Old 08/23/10, 09:06 PM
 
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Not really a particular kind of crawdad that produced those claws. Just that the bigger the hole of water, the bigger the crawdad gets if it can keep from being eatin by big fish. Here on the small creek where I live, the crawdads only get about 3 to 4 inches long. But several miles on down the same creek where other creeks have joined in, the water is deeper and wider. Therefore the crawdads are bigger down there. Get on down to where the creek empties into the river the crawdads are a whole lot bigger, the claws are narrow and long instead of bulky looking like the ones you show.
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Old 08/23/10, 10:45 PM
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I believe the scientific name is O. datsabiggun.
Actually it's O. rusticus, one of 6 varieties found in Minnesota and the only one which doesn't belong there. Common name is rusty crawfish. Scientific name is Orconectes rusticus. They use their bigger size and claws to displace native crawfish.

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I was thinking it was O. rusticus but we've also got O. virilis and they are real brutes.

I was able to catch a live one and it was a female rusticus but the claws were straight like virilis and had no gap although my friend at Sea Grant said that the gap indicates the crayfish was a male. He also thought it was a rusticus. I wish I could have seen it when it was alive.
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Start the water boiling. We're having a crawfish boil!
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Old 08/24/10, 08:02 AM
 
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Sounds good but I think an otter beat us to it.
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