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You may be in for a surprise when looking to buy crawfish this season. The price per pound is at an all-time high. The average price for crawfish is five dollars per pound. That is if your favorite restaurant has even opened yet.

"Every year is different. This year is starting off poorly because of the hurricane. Prices are high because supply is small. The size of the crawfish doesn't even matter right now because the supply is so small," says Jody Guidry, Owner of Guidry's Crawfish in Abbeville.

"You'll see all the different generations of the crawfish that are in there so we have crawfish and in this particular pond, they are just a long ways from being big enough to be caught," explains Eric Thomas, Owner of Crawfish Hut in Kaplan.

In November, we were seeing crawfish about this size. But now we are seeing more crawfish that are larger because of the perfect weather conditions.

"The farmer is going to suffer. The consumer is going to get their prices. Right now a wise consumer is waiting and the price is dropping," says Jody Guidry.

"People are craving them. People are wanting more and more. And they are waiting and waiting. So that when it does happen. When crawfish really do start to come in everybody will start to eat them, says Eric Thomas.

Eric Thomas and Jody Guidry tells me although the crop is poor now, things are looking better day by day. In a few months, the size and yield of the crawfish should be much better.

Kari Hall

kari.hall@katctv.com