crayfish

[elma]

Hi Elma
Nice catch.
Penyfan pond?

Yea bloody thousands of them up there, I had one on a wet fly last week, the buggers were even eating the trout out of an old net I used to keep my catch in
I fish the evenings and put the pot down & collect it on the way to work in the morning.
where abouts are you Nigel

 

[Ruvio]

They look lovely shewie

 

[Nigel]

Hi Elma,
Just down the road (Cardiff).
I have been up to the pond once or twice, it is a good spot for crays.
ATB
Nigel

 

[bandel4]

not a bad nights work, this little lot came from a pond near me

Huh?!! Is this even possible?
Wow...!

 

[Ruvio]

It's sadly possible because someone let some American signal crayfish out, which gave our native ones the plague, and the signal crayfish breed like crazy.

 

[roma]

I know this isn't funny, but, the american crayfish in WI are endangered by a European cray fish called a rusty.

 

[Ruvio]

Got my license in teh post today
only took a week and a half

 

[Nice65]

not a bad nights work, this little lot came from a pond near me

Got my license in teh post today
only took a week and a half

Now you need a pot and a pair of your girlfriends pink crotchless panties and you're away!

Sorry couldn't resist. Are they common in all waterways, like canals? My folks have a narrowboat we stay on and I fancy a munch on these. I tried a bit of string and a bit of peperami but didn't get any.

 

[Melonfish]

yee gods out of a canal? were you trying to catch every disease known to man? hehe
where would i find a list of where signal crayfish can be found? i'd love to go out and get me some!

 

[Gabe]

Does anyone know of infestations within the rivers of South Wales? I've heard of them up Pen y Fan lake but are they else where? Not overly looking to catch the little buggers (although I have taken the number for the licensing office) just interested really!!

 

[TJRoots]

they look yummy, i wanna try this myself once i find a place to trap them.

anyone know a good tutorial for making the traps? im a bit too low budget to buy one

TJ

 

[Asa Samuel]

I've always fancied crayfish, what are they similar to in taste?

 

[Sainty]

I've always fancied crayfish, what are they similar to in taste?

They taste a little like flamingo.

Martin

 

[Ruvio]

lobster...or tiger prawns

 

[Melonfish]

crayfish chinese curry?! YUM! got to get my hands on some crays now.

 

[mandamaladroit]

okay, i have two questions:

1) how much did the licence cost Ruvio?

2) is there a list of where to find crayfish around the UK? mainly i'm interested in places around brighton, and places in shropshire/welsh border area - any tips?

cheers y'all. M.

 

[Loofah]

The license is free and you can find them in most waterways in the south, getting less the farther north you go.

Oh, first post so Hi All

 

[clcuckow]

You might find this interactive map useful.

http://data.nbn.org.uk/interactive/map.jsp?srchSp=148049

 

[Chinkapin]

When I was a boy, we used to get a bamboo pole and tie a string on the end and then tie a piece of bacon rind on the end of the string.

Bacon rind works very well because it is so tough that it does not dissolve in the water and the crayfish (crawdads in the South) cant tear it up.

We used to pull them out of farm ponds about as fast as you could take one off and get the line back in the water.

The most efficient way to get them however, is to seine them. Nevertheless, a seine will not work very well on a rocky bottom. But, if the bottom is smooth or sandy or muddy, you can pull out a whole seine full in one quick drag.

Just eat the tail. It is the only really meaty part, the cephalathorax contains nothing that you would most likely want and the meat in the claw is too little to be bothered with. Having said that, I have seen people boil them, pull the head off and suck out the contents of the cephalathorax. To each his own.

Bon apetite!