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pout-king
08-07-2008, 19:41
i hear now that they are eating all the invertebrate in the rivers now and what can we do? the environment agency say catching them makes the problem worse. when i catch crayfish i catch them from 2cm upwards. they say that trapping leaves the smaller ones to breed. Surely this is a stupid idea if you are constantly catchin the blighters all sizes
bigads
12-07-2008, 09:46
They are good eating and you get rid of some of them. I'm sure I saw on a TV programme some body catch them commercially.

They must be a good bait for something?
Nos4r2
12-07-2008, 11:22
They are good eating and you get rid of some of them. I'm sure I saw on a TV programme some body catch them commercially.

They must be a good bait for something?

Not if they escape...
blankerman
13-07-2008, 22:34
Not if they escape...


they don't go far with no tail.used them as bait in a water where they already are.trout,perch and eels take them,it also usually selects better specimens as well.tried them for sea,had doggies,pout,poor cod and whiting on them,though squid did fish slightly better
tagman
14-07-2008, 10:59
Saw a program a while back about a snake in America thats preferred food is crayfish!
Failing that lets face it there is no immediate solution it looks like signal crayfish are here to stay, unless they can create a virus that does to them what they did to our native crayfish, and they are bloody tasty!
FISH EAGLE
15-07-2008, 13:24
Be carefull as I am sure you need a licence to trap or transport signal crayfish
blankerman
16-07-2008, 00:03
Be carefull as I am sure you need a licence to trap or transport signal crayfish


thankfully the crayfish i get have been caught legally.what about transporting them dead:g:
Nos4r2
17-07-2008, 00:58
thankfully the crayfish i get have been caught legally.what about transporting them dead:g:

Dead and cooked should be OK, dead and raw-prob not. They carry a fungus on their shells that kills native crays.
EnzoC
01-08-2008, 05:38
From the Environment Agency website - National Byelaws 2001

Byelaw 3

"Any person who in fishing for Salmon,Trout, Freshwater Fish or Eels uses as bait Crayfish of any species whether alive or dead, or parts thereof, shall be guilty of an offence."