hawkanddog 0 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Last year me and the wife did a bit of touring around the British Isles. Doing a bit of bird of prey watching. Stayed in B +B's and small Hotels. Had all the BBQ stuff, stove for tea making, couple of chairs in the boot, you get the picture, pair of sad buggers sitting in lay-bys drinking tea. Anyway in one remote area, spotted a golden eagle, we pulled off the road next to a lovely babbling brook. Was'nt long before I was in the stream chasing small trout, I turned over a stone there was a crayfish, then another and another. Shouted to the wife to get the pan on to boil some water. Had about 20 of the little critters. We boiled and ate them, they were ok but not as nice as sea prawns. We tidyed up, put the shells in the bin, just getting ready to leave when a Landrover pulls in. A David Bellamy lookalike hops out, short shorts hairy tanned legs, you know the type. Seen the Sea Eagles he said, no I replied, been watching a goldie. He then went on to talk about, how the re-introduction of the sea eagle had been a success. Then he explained how they had been re-introducing the native crayfish to this stretch of the stream!!! Oh shit, I then took a step back in fear of him smelling my fishy breath. I nodded to show interest, and couldnt wait to get away. We parted company with a wave and him not knowing we had just eaten half his project............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid 935 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 What was for the main? Roasted bird slightly bigger than the golden ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 :11: You Animal! As soon as you started touching the Cray's, I thought to myself that that's the last thing I'd do with such ~ sadly, now ~ rare creatures. But to have that poor bloke turn up and enthuse about them like that?! Did you suffer indigestion? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkanddog 0 Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Did you suffer indigestion? No indigestion, just a big guilty feeling. For about 2 minutes :11: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spindolero 1,111 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Have you thought about his 'hairy tanned legs' much since that episode? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nightwalker Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 :11: You Animal! As soon as you started touching the Cray's, I thought to myself that that's the last thing I'd do with such ~ sadly, now ~ rare creatures. But to have that poor bloke turn up and enthuse about them like that?! Did you suffer indigestion? Down South (England) the native crayfish is in trouble most places, but we have HUGE numbers of the much larger and very tasty American Signal Crayfish in our ponds and rivers and there are several people making a good living commercially fishing for them. I have a few crayfish pots and often have a very tasty meal from them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkanddog 0 Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Have you thought about his 'hairy tanned legs' much since that episode? What do you mean HIS? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alastair Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 went carp fishing last summer ,turned up at lake,and a guy was eating signals looked good,u can see um coming threw the water by small white dots on thier claws.thats why carpers use imitation baits,u are in and out of the tent all night if u use real bait Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hardfeather 56 Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 This lot have prob done more damage than your little snack http://www.ff3.co.uk/cragsipb/forum/index.php?showtopic=9509 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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