Over the years I have written articles about this and that. No other topic occurs more often than describing my trips up the mountains to lakes and streams where I went crayfish catching. My diary is full of these tales, and now and then I go back to them to refresh my memory of successful - and some not so successful - fishing expeditions.

For those who are interested in reading about my crayfish adventures, here is a collection of some articles I have written over the years. Some have been published here and there; others are here offered to the public for the first time.

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#1. When Fish Don't Bite
A trip to Wheatfields Lake on the Navajo Reservation with wife and kids. Catching crayfish with an impromptu crayfish trap.

#2. Crayfish - The Swedish National Dish
Preparing for a VASA camp-out in the mountains of the Apache Reservation of Arizona

#3. Catching crayfish for hungry Swedes
Up in the Arizona mountains, at 8,000 foot elevation, Hawley Lake is full of crayfish for members of the Swedish VASA lodge

#4. Back to Hawley Lake - 2002
Another of my annual treks up to the crayfish lake on the Apache Reservation. Trapper Arne with his two-punch method of catching large amounts of crayfish

#5. Catching Your Own Crayfish
As an immigrant I was delighted to find that most lakes in the U.S. were teeming with crayfish.

#6. Let's Eat Crayfish - Swedish Style
A rather detailed description of how the Swedes eat their crayfish

#7. Problems at Willow Springs Lake
Facing camp at Willow Springs Lake with no night clothes, no key for a locked boat. An experiment with a new kind of bait.

#8. Mystery at Black Canyon Lake
Experiencing both a great crayfish catch in a new lake and also finding five traps missing.

#9. Crayfishing in the Arizona Rim Country
Reminiscing about the great crayfish lakes of Arizona, especially those on the Mogollon Rim.

#10. Black Canyon Revisited
Trap placing wrong, baiting too little but catching many females.

#11. Kräftskivan - The Crayfish Party.
John Allinger reminisces about a Swedish childhood crayfish party.

#12. Cooking Crayfish
Comparing Cajun and Swedish crayfish cooking and how to purge the crayfish.

#13. Black Canyon Lake Delivers
A detailed description of a record breaking catch.

#14. Crayfish - A Royal Treat
How the royal families in Scandinavia helped introduce the crayfish to the commoners.

#15. The Annual Trek to Hawley Lake
Unfortunately probably the last trek to this unforgettably productive crayfish lake.

#16. Autumn Catch at Black Canyon Lake
The Windy Lake still delivers.

#17. The Crayfish Races at San Miguel
Revenge of the Canine.

#18. Wrestling the Winds on Woods Canyon Lake
Crayfish season has started.

#19. A Black Day at Black Canyon Lake
Another Crayfish Mystery.

#20. Kinnikinick
Debunking a Myth.

#21. Another Hawley Lake Tale
Hawley Lake Produces again