Freshwater lobsters are omnivores. It likes to eat fresh fish, snails, earthworms, internal organs of livestock and poultry, and also likes to eat soybeans.

Bean cake, bran, corn, fresh aquatic plants and other plant bait. Because freshwater lobsters mainly eat at night, 70 ~ 80% of the whole day's bait is fed at night, and the bait should be thrown in the shallow water beside the pool.

In hot summer, drugs such as multivitamins and calcium tablets are added to the bait every 15 days to enhance the immunity of freshwater lobsters. In the disinfection of pool water, lime is the main method.