Bloody creyfish

[mole catcher 1]

Not without me yer not !

 

bloody poacher,next you will be telling me you want half the catch

[Guest Fishaben]

i was swimming at Bolton Abbey once, I went underwater and saw a huge bloody crayfish, I s**t myself not knowing what it was (especially in bare feet) and shot out of the water. lol,

Ben

[Guest Jane Russell]

Moving swiftly on ... I have found a friend with a bit of water she has ownership of and she's happy for me to put a trap in for crayfish -- assuming there are still some about, it's still quite mild I feel. Looks as though I will have to find out if trapping is ok etc. Will ring the relevant department tomorrow but assuming that it is ok in the river I have permission for, what kind of trap do you recommend and also have I really left it far too late this year??? Any hints and tips gratefully taken on board.

 

Thanks

Jane

[Paid 935]

I find these plastic double ended traps the best

 

 

 

 

There between £5 and £10, theres a few on ebay, or if your by the coast, some tackle shops sell them for crabing.

 

You can also make your own, but if i were too again

i would make an entrance at both ends

 

 

 

and maybe do a better job :-)

 

I have found the best bait to be rabbit feet or legs, as there

easy to tie in, and dont break up. Everytime I used fish, there was always

nothing left of the fish when i lifted the traps, and fewwer crayfish.

[Guest Jane Russell]

I find these plastic double ended traps the best

 

 

 

 

 

There between £5 and £10, theres a few on ebay, or if your by the coast, some tackle shops sell them for crabing.

 

You can also make your own, but if i were too again

i would make an entrance at both ends

 

 

 

 

and maybe do a better job :-)

 

I have found the best bait to be rabbit feet or legs, as there

easy to tie in, and dont break up. Everytime I used fish, there was always

nothing left of the fish when i lifted the traps, and fewwer crayfish.

 

 

How long do you leave them down for?

 

Jane

[Paid 935]

I chuck em in, on a string in the evening while walking the dogs, and check them the next evening while walking the dogs, and either take the whole trap home if i have enough, or empty rebait and reset, to be checked again the next evening, so i leave them in for 24 hours.

[Guest Jane Russell]

Thanks

 

Jane

[whin 463]

jane ive caught and fished for lobbys for years simliar to a crayfish you could make traps out of rabbit mesh the bigger the trap the more crayfish .have two eyes in them and a parlour thats another trap inside the trap easy to make .take alook at any harbour and design your traps on them, but smaller mesh etc or buy some , use bait bags so they cant strip the flesh of put a few bits of bait loose and fil a piece of netting up tie it like a sock, had several lobbys in traps like what i am trying to explain , i would like to trap crayfish sounds fun plus i know how to make good traps ,one more thing set traps at dusk and lift before daylight as the beggers can escape ,well lobsters do , all the best

 

paid the plastic traps work well i have bigger traps than the one youve put in the diagram, but the same principal , what you need is a double eyed trap with a parlour at one end which is a partition with another eye or entrance they go in the entrance then into th eparlour no more escapees etc all the best

[Guest Jane Russell]

It's gotta be worth a few laughs on here for some people if I make a trap! Maybe i'll catch a few crayfish too. I'll see how my craft skills hold up over the weekend. Work has gone crazy so I don't have as much free time

 

Jane

[whin 463]

i think itll be easy buying some , but not as much fun . all the best on youre trap makeing

 

neve rtrie cray fish what are they like simliar to lobbys are they or more like a shrimp etc

[Guest Jane Russell]

not as nice as lobster, probably closer to shrimp. It's so long since I had them cooked fresh, I'll have to let you know!

 

Jane

[whin 463]

not as nice as lobster, probably closer to shrimp. It's so long since I had them cooked fresh, I'll have to let you know!

 

Jane

do cray fish whole up in the winter or are they still active etc a s the lobbys for me are finished, boats tied up for the winter ,its all dogs hunting etc so could you still trap them etc in winter

[Guest Jane Russell]

As I understand it they hole up. So I know I'm cutting it rather fine. The weather has been mild up until today. I think I have probably missed the boat for this year. Gives me plenty of time to perfect my traps of course. Anyone else notice a very obvious dip in temperature today or is it just me getting too used to having the central heating on?

 

Jane

[hunting_mad_jock_lad 1]

we had the same thing fishing loch ken hundreds of the feckers the up side is easy too cook

 

your right mate loch ken is full of them. last time i was there for the bream i was hookin the little f******s on double sweetcorn! out of all the baits i was using you would think sweetcorn would be the last thing they ate!!!

[whin 463]

were is lock ken a si wouldny mind trapping afew or maybe more than a few