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Right then, lets start at the beginning:     It sounds obvious, but you will need somewhere where there is actually a population of foreign crayfish, not english ones as they are heavily protecte

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

Nothing doing on the crayfish front, but catching loads of eels and some reasonable sizes as well plenty of 2 and 3lb ers 

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Fantastic information. Right from start to finish. Do they taste much like prawns or lobsters? I am based right on the coast and we don't suffer too bad with crayfish down in the SW. If you are interested here is a really simple method we used as kids for catching shrimps and prawns. If you scaled it up and made them with a larger opening a imagine they would work well for crayfish also?

 

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Quick question, does the tempature have an effect on crays, I,ve not seen any sign of them but have been told they are in the canal I,m on so stuck the pot out this weekend but so far nothing, so was wondering if it’s just a bit to cold ??

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On 05/04/2021 at 09:15, Greyman said:

Quick question, does the tempature have an effect on crays, I,ve not seen any sign of them but have been told they are in the canal I,m on so stuck the pot out this weekend but so far nothing, so was wondering if it’s just a bit to cold ??

Im stopping by the frome in Dorset this weekend so will be hoping they are active 

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Lake I fish near me is ram packed with the f***ing things .Pain when using meat based baits . Emptied my pond recently for a water change and there were two half grown signals in there .Probably came in on the weed I gather for the grass carp .

Whats the crack with purging them and cooking please lads .

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