CENTRAL, LA – Sucking the heads and pinching the tails is what many south Louisianians count down to, and this year, crawfish season is starting well ahead of schedule.
Carlton's in Central started selling boiled crawfish about a month ago. They have their own farms in Dupont and Jonathan LeGrange said the catch so far this year has been superb. "Some of the fields we have right now, they don't start catching what they're catching until March and now they're catching that in January," said LeGrange.
LeGrange said typically in January, they only catch about 20 to 30 sacks per day at their farm. Now though, they're up to 80 sacks per day. Crawfish season usually gets going in March and peaks in May and June, sometimes lasting as late as August. This year though, they're already catching crawfish that are much bigger than normal.
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