How to trap crayfish

[micckey 106]

river dearne ,river dove ,river don , has them ,most carp lakes have them too ,, i didnt know you needed a ticket to catch them i got loads in dearne turning stones and catching them in landing net far side of barnsley past fleets dam ... oh they swim backwards

[aj_ginger 1]

Dry dog food biscuits float and the cray fish will swim up to get them. All you need then is a net to scoop them out. Happy hunting

[sussex 5,777]

great read,going to have a look see whats in the river at bottom of my field, river Uck ,it runs into the river Ouse ,not heard of any in that but will have a play with a trap or two.Will keep you posted....... Again great post !

[engraver 44]

Aye river dearn in south yorkshire is riddled in em I cant even fish on the bottom for chub anymore as Ill get a cray a chuck on sweetcorn in summer.

 

Im gutted because Ive had some 5 1/2 ibs chub out of my favourite old swims but they were nowhere to be seen last summer.

 

Then one day I see cormorants on the river nailing the last of the chub, god knows where they came from..

 

But my point is there are no chublings to be found or young roach anymore as the crays are just eating any eggs inmo.

 

Anyhow anyone fancy a barrel full get some traps lobbed in the dearn.

 

Sad to here the bain has them in lincolnshire I had the bain run past the back of the keepers cottage I lived in as a boy and I used to watch massive fish in there (mainly pike) in the early eighties, I only hope the big pike will eat em even if they cant breed.

[verminator1811 3]

Firstly brilliant post but one problem? I don't know about in england but transporting live american signals or ( austeopotemobius pallipes) sorry bout spelling! Is actually highly illegal and u could land your self in her Majesty's prison for a little stretch.

[fergy 6]

what a great post, think i will give this a whirl, anyone know anywhere that would be worth a go in the manchester area?

atb cheers

[fatasafool 216]

what a great post, think i will give this a whirl, anyone know anywhere that would be worth a go in the manchester area?atb cheers

go for it fergy

[samsam46 1]

that looks a good bag of critters mate.a tryed the site to get maps to find rivers with crays in couldent get it up do you no of any where elce to get the maps or any rivers in the north of england with them in would love to give it a go and get my selph a bag .cheers fella

[ranchobendecido 1]

nice keep it up and share more experience

[tilfertilfer 706]

and more places to get them from lol

[Tommy pepper 222]

fishing boileys work for this they love them

[darren_nash 85]

my friend bought me back yesterday a trug of crayfish off the river bain in lincolnshire , he said he caught them with un-cured bacon..? look for stenigot mast ,near there.. he said its crawling with them. boil em for 3 mins ,not much meat on them...

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

that looks a good bag of critters mate.a tryed the site to get maps to find rivers with crays in couldent get it up do you no of any where elce to get the maps or any rivers in the north of england with them in would love to give it a go and get my selph a bag .cheers fella

st johns beck has em

[Waz 4,252]

Real interesting and helpful post.

 

Had a dozen signals last night, getting 8-12 a time in a collapsable net, with complete dog biscuit,. Will try a tin of cat food though.

 

Apart from the native species decline, what other detrimental effects do they bring to fisheries?

[ArchieHood 3,692]

Had a go on a pond today to see if there was any about.Used some sprats for bait from Tesco, £1 worth was more than enough.I used 2 drop nets and caught every 10 mins.I will have them with some Pasta and a pint of Cidre...............