[theshadybird]

Just a silly something because I have been curious about this for a while:

How do you refer to crayfish/crawfish/or as we call them out here in the boonies, crawdads?

 

[HighDesert]

Depends on who I'm talking to -- I use all three interchangeably.

 

[theshadybird]

Same here! 'Cept when I go home of course, then it's Crawdad all the way ^^
I'd like to see how it broke down regionally!

 

[jspk]

When I'm at school (biology), the correct term is crayfish. When I'm out and about it's always crawfish down here in New Orleans. I do sometimes see crawdads on signs, but mostly people just say crawfish.

 

[roadmaster]

We call em bait !

 

[MABJ]

Crayfish - NYS


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[c_gwinner]

We just call them Mudbugs...haha
When ordering them at a restaurant its crawfish though.

 

[Betta Maniac]

Crayfish, unless I'm in NoLA, then it's crawdads.

 

[dougolasjr]

I normally refer to them as Crays.. My parents are from Lousiana and they call them crawfish.

 

[Bluek24a4]

Crayfish - NYS


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+1

NY here and I have always called them Crayfish.

 

[aznrice247]

I use it depending on the situation...

if its to keep as a pet its gonna be crayfish

if I'm gonna eat it, crawfish

if its gonna be bait crawdaddy

but crawfish and crawdaddy are usually used in the south.

 

[jbrady33]

I use it depending on the situation...

if its to keep as a pet its gonna be crayfish

if I'm gonna eat it, crawfish

if its gonna be bait crawdaddy

but crawfish and crawdaddy are usually used in the south.

Ya beat me to it! :smile:

 

[somewhatshocked]

Depending upon where you are in rural America, it could also be "crawfeeesh" - like in my hometown in middle-of-nowhere Appalachia.

 

[FuelingFire]

I always called them Crawdads, on the eastern shore of Maryland, That's how we refer to them, But here in Ga where i live now, they call them crayfish. it all depends on where you live..

 

[Option]

All the same...I call it DINNER.

 

[sbarbee54]

In the sticks of CA where I grew up we called them crawdads. Still do

 

[picotank]

crawdads in my part of Ga.

 

[Soothing Shrimp]

We called them Crayfish here in IL.

 

[Aquatic Delight]

if i'm in the crick dey crawdad.

if i'm at home then they are crawfish

and sometimes i enjoy the word crayfish

 

[AquaPipes]

In Oregon they were Crawdads.