Recently while trout fishing I was able to catch several crawdads (crawfish) and so I removed their tails and put them in a pop bottle. I tried these tails today with no success while fishing for steelhead, the water was high and not many fish were caught today so I am wondering if crawdad tails are good bait for steelies, do they work at all? I am also wondering if the more used eggs or sand shrimp are better baits, I know I have had the best luck with eggs. Has anyone fished crawdad tails with success? How do you rig them? Are there other less used baits such as periwinkles,stone flys, or sand crabs that work? Just curious, I hate to pay for sand shrimp if there are other baits that I can catch myself. Thanks for the info.