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• Crawfish Tracker: Solid price drop after Easter

  April 22, 2022 6:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - After a busy Easter weekend, the capital area is finally seeing a bit of relief in the crawfish market. According to the WBRZ Crawfish Price Index , the average piece of boiled crawfish plummeted to $4.83 per pound. The average for live crawfish fell to $3.31... more »

• Crawfish Tracker: 2021 season staying pricey ahead of Easter

  March 26, 2021 6:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - With a little more than a week before Easter, boiled crawfish prices are a far cry from where they were this time last year. According to the WBRZ Crawfish Price Index , the average cost of boiled crawfish fell to $4.94 per pound at the capital... more »

• Crawfish Tracker: Little change in capital area prices to close out February

  February 26, 2021 3:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There wasn't much shake-up in the local crawfish market this week, with mudbugs staying fairly pricey at most places throughout the area. According to the WBRZ Crawfish Price Index , the average price for boiled crawfish in the Baton Rouge area is still about $6 per... more »

• Crawfish season off to a pricey start in capital area Play Video

  February 4, 2021 6:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE – It's that time of year again. WBRZ is tracking the price of boiled crawfish around the city. They are on the higher end right now, at least $6 per pound for boiled at many places. But when the warm weather sticks around, prices are likely to... more »

• BRPD: Burglar steals $1000 in fresh seafood from restaurant

  May 13, 2017 6:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man was was arrested Saturday after he broke into a restaurant and stole $1000 in seafood. Police say the break-in occurred at the Seafood Source of Louisiana on Beaumont Drive around 9:40 p.m. Friday night. According to BRPD, 47-year-old Jospeh Peters was arrested after he... more »

• WBRZ Crawfish Index: boiled price per pound plateau at $3.98

  March 23, 2017 10:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The price for a pound of boiled crawfish remained flat this week, keeping the same average price from last week. According to the WBRZ Crawfish Price Index, the average price will still remain just under the $4 mark. All 10 locations surveyed kept their prices at... more »