If you're planning to boil crawfish or go out to a restaurant to get your fill, you're in luck. Crawfish analysts say this year's season is off to a good start, and they say it's about to get better.
"Most producers that their catch is improving continuously," LSU Ag Center crawfish specialist Todd Fontenot said. "It's encouraging. It's looking better almost every week."
Fontenot told WWL's Tommy Tucker the upcoming change in the weather is expected to boost that crop.
"Temperatures are going to rise, and they're going to continue rising for some time, and that's going to encourage activity of the crawfish to move, to eat, (and) to grow," Fontenot said. "How fast they grow is all determined by the weather. The warmer it is, naturally, the faster they'll be able to grow because they're going to move more, they're going to eat more, and they're going to grow more."
That's good news for people who are already planning a Good Friday or Easter Sunday crawfish boil. Fontenot says as the crawfish crop booms, prices likely will decrease.
"As our numbers of production increase, the price is going to come down," Fontenot said. "Guys in the processing business that are buying have to see what their end consumers are going to pay--wherever they're shipping to, what they're going to pay--and they're going to work their best to keep the product moving."