In small mud puddles, young crawfish a quarter-inch long dart around at your feet. They’re much too small to eat.
Their parents, however, are growing to market size in the flooded rice fields just the other side of the earthen levee. And they’re in season, getting more plump and profitable by the day.
The fields are knee deep in water, having leveled off from previous rains. The annual crawfish harvest started officially in November, with peak months occurring from February through May.
In Eunice, Louisiana, Cajun music and crawfish farming are renowned. And commercial crawfishing is a close-knit operation between Lindsey “Red” Aucoin and Joey Schneider.
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