How to Use crayfish in a Sentence

crayfish

noun
  • At other times of the year, traps will catch crayfish of all sizes.
    — Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • Try the freshwater or sea eel and anything with shrimp or crayfish.
    — Carolyn Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • One neighbor, a doctor, was paid by patients from time to time in live five-pound crayfish.
    — Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
  • These aren't small holes like those created by chipmunks or crayfish or ground-dwelling bees.
    — Sallie Lee, AL.com, 8 May 2017
  • The large salamander mainly preys on crayfish, so the team made sure there were plenty in the area.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Minnows and crayfish will be moving around, and aquatic insects will start to hatch.
    — John Merwin, Field & Stream, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Almost half of all cacti species are at risk along with the Venus flytrap, and crayfish.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In brown or rusty orange, a curly-tail grub becomes a crayfish when slowly hopped across the bottom.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • For color go with fire-tiger, silver with a black or blue back, natural crayfish, and shad.
    — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This fly also works in slower rivers and in ponds with crayfish —like most mid-Atlantic.
    — Bill May, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Sea urchins, starfish and crayfish washing ashore in New Zealand.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Small spinnerbaits, soft plastic flukes, crayfish, and crankbaits are working for all three bass species.
    — By Roger George and Dave Hurley, sacbee.com, 6 June 2017
  • The crustacean was tracked to a nearby home, where a crayfish boil had taken place a week earlier.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The rigs are baited with minnows, crayfish and leeches and worked in the current under a float.
    — cleveland, 7 May 2020
  • Numerous crayfish, shrimp, fish and salamanders can be found in the waters of cave pools.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The top lures have been tube jigs, drop shot rigs tipped with soft plastics or nightcrawlers, golden shiners, leeches and crayfish.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Vitz said common loons forage on a variety of small fish, crayfish, insects, crabs, and snails.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
  • Each tank contained a plexiglass shelter for the crayfish to hide under.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2021
  • How about Midwestern crayfish, white miso and fresh dill, with pickled celery root on the side?
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Lures and flies that mimic crayfish are often overlooked for trout, but these crustaceans are one of their favorite prey items.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Few freshwater fish can resist a live crayfish (aka crawfish or crawdad).
    — Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • The accident left over a million fish and tens of thousands of crayfish and amphibians dead.
    — Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The bass were looking for crayfish, and popping this bait near rocks was a great imitation of a fleeing craw.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • And the genome is what has allowed researchers to confirm that crayfish from around the world are essentially clones.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Among the species identified as the most likely invaders were the alewife, zebra mussel and red swamp crayfish.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Live bait fishermen are scoring with leeches, crayfish and nightcrawlers, as well as tube jigs, spinners, small spoons and crank baits.
    — cleveland, 27 May 2021
  • The crayfish are still walking, the seagulls are flying, the cats are meowing, and the waves are lapping.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The crayfish was released this week into the chilly creek inside Smallin Cave.
    — USA TODAY, 13 June 2019
  • Illinois is home to 23 species of crayfish, seven of which can be found in Kane County.
    — Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The state has more than 60 species of crayfish, 13 of which are found only in Arkansas.
    — Ashton Eley, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2021

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