Cajun Catering Company

01/30/2026

Crawfish Season is here!!!

11/27/2025

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

01/22/2024

Season going to start slow with extremely high prices!!

As many of you may have noticed crawfish prices so far this season are almost double what is typical this time of year. Crawfish are also not readily available for purchase like they typically are either, and unfortunately, it’s not looking like it is going to get much better. We have recently received this report from Mark Shirley with LSU Ag regarding this 2024 season and would like to share it with you all.

Here are a few more thoughts and observations based on what I’ve seen to date (early January).

The drought and heat during the summer and fall caused very high mortality of the carryover crawfish and brood stock. Those are the crawfish that the farmers should be catching in December, January, and February. I don’t see the catch picking anytime soon, especially considering the freezing temperatures expected thru January. Some farmers still have not put out traps mainly because test traps show no sign of crawfish.

I’ve dip netted in quite a few ponds and have found very few juvenile crawfish. The ones I do see were likely released from their mother’s tail since the big rain event the region had on December 1, 2023. Given the cold water temperature in January, their growth will be slow and not reach harvest size until late March or April. But even when these crawfish are big enough to catch, there is not a large population of them. The catch may pick up for a short while in April and May but will not be sustainable for the entire spring. The spring crop will be a fraction of what is normally caught.

In addition to the extremely short supply of crawfish, farmers are also seeing their production costs significantly increase. Pumping costs for flooding and maintaining a flood have tripled and, in some cases, quadrupled. Combined with the rise in labor cost, bait, and supplies, this will be a very expensive crop to produce.

Even with record high prices, I’m afraid many farmers will not cover their production costs of pumping, labor, bait, fuel and indirect costs for this season.

As mentioned in the LSU Drought Impact Report that came out right after Thanksgiving, there were over 45,000 acres that could not flood up due to a lack of water or canal water being too salty. Another 45,000+ acres, though flooded, will not produce any crawfish. The remaining balance will see a significant reduction in total catch. These were the predictions in November. From what I’ve seen since then, the situation is even worse now.

I realize I am painting a pretty dismal picture of the 2024 crawfish crop. But this is what I’m seeing.

Another issue is that farmers will have to stock their fields in May and June to prepare for next year. I am concerned that brood stock will be hard to come by and will be expensive. It will probably result in less acres being harvested in the 2025 season.

Mark Shirley
Crawfish Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Specialist
LSU AgCenter and LA Sea Grant

In summary this will not only affect farmers but also everyone involved in the crawfish industry. If you are able, please support your local farmers, docks, and boiling houses as this will be a really tough year for everyone involved.
Thanks everyone

03/26/2023

Great time at the Mudbug Fest.

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03/14/2023

Crawfish 🦞 season is here! Call for rates!!

04/10/2020

Big Boys today!!!

04/08/2020

Good Friday Crawfish Boil April 10th, 2020

Located at:
Champions Food Store
6424 Cypress Creek Parkway
Houston, Tx 77069
281-744-7188 Ask for Kevin Trahan

We will be taking orders for pick up only for Good Friday, April 10th from 11:AM - 5:PM

Large crawfish will be $5.50 per pound. You can order the following:
5lbs = $27.50
10lbs = $55.00
20lbs = $110.00
1 Sack = $180.00
2 Potatoes = $1.00
2 Corn = $1.00
Sausage Link = $2.00

Call to reserve for live sacks, graded crawfish. Call before Thursday, April 9th by 11:AM Call 281-744-7188 Kevin Trahan

Laissez Le Bon Temp Rouler

08/07/2019

Crawfish season will be here soon!!