Main article: Procambarus clarkii on Wikipedia Let's be done with this and never speak of it again, shall we?' Capture quotes ' I caught a crawfish! Check out those pincers!' - Animal Crossing ' I caught a crawfish! Stick that in your craw!' - Wild World ' I caught a crawfish! Don't pinch me!' - City Folk ' I caught a crawfish! Watch those pinchers!' - New Leaf ' I caught a crawfish! Or else it's a lobster, and I'm a giant!' - New Horizons Encyclopedia information Wild World The more I look at it, the more unsettled I feel.

Beware their fearsome pinchy pinchers! Behold their many legs! I say! It is a bit bug-like, eh wot. Neither crab nor lobster, crawfish evolved in an interesting manner. In New Horizons, Upon donation or selecting 'Tell me more about this!', Blathers the curator will say: A red color indicates they are eating a healthy and balanced diet, so red is the ideal for the species.' In New Horizons Eating plant material makes their bodies red, but only eating fish and meat will turn their bodies blue.

The reason for this strange habitat is that crawfish are plentiful and will eat just about anything. 'These shrimp relatives are usually found in ponds and rivers, typically making them easy to catch. In New Leaf, an information board in the aquarium will say the following: It can be found in the middle-left tank in City Folk. Hoo, and the vulgar belly, all segmented and buglike. Did you notice all those wiggly legs? All the better to revolt me. It's like a wretched insect! And those legs. '.I don't do particularly well when around crawfish. 'You'll find these little fellows in many pots across the southland, I imagine. Its pincers are small, but distressingly powerful, wot? Indeed, it delights in a little pinchy-pinchy, eh wot? We'll take pains to ensure our mutual safety.' In Wild World 'This diminutive fellow is a relative of the lobster. Upon donation, Blathers the curator will say: Motorized vehicles, bicycles, carts, hang glider and other mechanical equipment is prohibited in the Wilderness area.īaker City, Oregon (40 miles) La Grande, Oregon (50 miles)įrom Baker City, OR head north on Highway 30 toward Haines approximately 10 miles In Haines turn left and follow the Anthony Lake Highway signs (turns into Forest Road 73) for 25 miles to the Anthony Lake Recreation Area Continue past the Anthony Lakes Recreation Area for about 4.5 miles and turn left on Forest Road 216 On Forest Road 216 go about 0.2 miles to the trailhead.įrom La Grande, OR head head south on Interstate 84 for 25 mile to exit 285 in North Powder, Oregon In North Powder follow the ski area signs on Highway 237 for 4 miles to Ellis Road Turn left on Ellis Road and go about 1 mile to the Anthony Lake Highway Turn right and follow the Anthony Lake Highway (becomes Forest Road 73) for 16 miles to the Anthony Lake Recreation Area Continue past the Anthony Lakes Recreation Area for about 4.5 miles and turn left on Forest Road 216 On Forest Road 216 go about 0.2 miles to the trailhead.As with all fish caught in Animal Crossing series, the crawfish can be donated to the museum in each game by talking to Blathers, who will also give some information on it.Wilderness Regulations apply within North Fork John Day Wildernes. General rules of use and restrictions apply for this developed recreation site. No fees or passes are needed for this site. After descending for a half-mile it then ascends steeply for a half-mile through a ghostly stand of trees burned in a 1986 fire and ends at the Crawfish Creek Trailhead. Trail 1606 continues around the lake and descends gradually through the forest. The last half-mile climbs through thick stands of young fir, spruce and lodgepole pine and crosses Crawfish Creek along the northwest edge of the North Fork John Day Wilderness to the lake.Ĭrawfish Lake is situated at the base of the jagged northern peaks of the Elkhorn Mountains. It then sideslopes and contours around the hillside with great views of Crawfish Basin and Elkhorn Mountains. The trail starts by descending down an old dirt road (closed to motorized use) for about the first half-mile. Located off the Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway, common activities at the site include day hiking up to the lake, horseback riding and fall hunting.Ĭrawfish Lake Trail offers a short and moderately steep access to the northwest side of the Elkhorns Mountains and North Fork John Day Wilderness. The Upper Crawfish Lake Trailhead is a small trailhead that accesses the Crawfish Trail (#1606) from the upper slope and descending down to Crawfish Lake.

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