The process of farming and eating mudbugs
Crawfish season happens every year, from around the first of March through the beginning of summer. Many Gulf Coast residents enjoy the season with backyard boils or restaurant events, but some may not know where these tiny lobster-like creatures are raised.
The majority of mudbugs—slang for crawfish—sold in Texas come from Louisiana, said Brittney Aplin, manager of Blue Water Seafood on FM 1960, near Hwy. 290. Blue Water has its own distributer of farm-raised crawfish in Mamou, La.
Eddie Peters, general manager for Blue Water Seafood Whole Sale, said a large amount of farm-raised crawfish come from rice fields.
The process of farming crawfish is a year-round event, and Peters looks after about 3,800 acres of land filled with mudbugs. He said depending on the farmer's preference and the year's weather, the process of farming crawfish runs as follows:
