It may be a short carnival season, but a warmer-than-normal January may mean more mudbugs for your parade parties!
While it's a little early to call it a bumper crop, the warm weather and wet holiday period have been good.
"Early December we had a nice, big rain, two or three or four inches in spots, and that really brought the crawfish out, the ones that were still in the ground," said crawfish expert Mark Shirley.
He said there was a delay in usual crawfish operations because of a dry autumn, but the mudbugs are catching up.
"The fall situation, we had a little delayed emergence from the burrows," Shirley explained. "Right now, the warmer temperatures, the crawfish are enjoying faster growth."
And with carnival here, and parades just a few weeks away, Shirley says it comes just in time.
"Probably a good supply available for Mardi Gras season."