Crawfish farmers are expecting the 2025 mudbug season to be night and day from this year. The historic drought of 2023 led to a delayed season with low supplies this year, but LSU AgCenter Crawfish Agent Todd Fontenot says recent rainfall should lead to a better 2025…
“We’re definitely looking at a much better beginning of the season and a much better fall with more normal like conditions.”
Fontenot reassures crawfish enthusiasts that the upcoming season is on track to recover. He attributes this optimism to improved conditions, including recent rains and a strong crop of young crawfish emerging from their burrows in recent months.
“Saw a lot of crawfish emerging almost immediately after flood up with some good healthy young that were dispersed into the ponds.”
Fontenot anticipates a robust harvest for 2025, with boiling spots beginning to open, allowing people to plan their crawfish boils for March, April, and May. This promising outlook should ease concerns among crawfish lovers eager to enjoy their seasonal delicacy after the challenges of the previous year.
“The crawfish should be growing well. The conditions are to where they are moving, and the more they move the more they will forage and eat and the more they can move and eat and forage the more they will grow.”
The LSU AgCenter remains hopeful that the improved environmental conditions will support a return to normal for the crawfish industry.
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