The crawfish season has had a slow start because of the cold Louisiana winter weather. And Sammy’s bar and grill has felt the change in the crawfish season because of the unusually cold weather.
“It also kind of stunts their growth, you know it keeps them kind of dormant in their little mud holes so you don’t catch as much obviously and it keeps them from reproducing as well. The cold definitely affects them,” Landon Parker, Manager, said.
Sammy’s has also felt the effects with the prices of crawfish. This season, Sammy’s prices are around 50 cents more than they would be with a warmer winter. Although the prices have increased, their business has barely been affected.
“We’ve been just selling the heck out of them. We’ve got a wait pretty much every night of the week, hour and a half to two hours sometimes, out the door just for crawfish,” Parker said.
Sammy’s likes to keep is simple when they cook their crawfish. They get cleaned, sorted, and cooked for five to six minutes until they’re bright red and floating.