Anyone done or currently doing this? Going through the Environment Agency at the moment to get a traping license and then I'm off trapping. Any hints, tips or tricks most welcome.

River Blackwater near Sandhurst/Camberley in Surrey is my manor.

 

Best place for fishing is SN....

OK OK I know your not going fishing though

 

That boke on River cottage seemed to make it look a piece of ****, one trap, one dead rabbit, leave in the river for a couple of days and bobs your uncle, loads of crayfish.

Never tried em but if they taste like Lobster and are free then i'm up for maybe trying it too.

Good luck M8, let us know how u get on

 

And the usual suspects are always lurking Mr Gttlol

 

Yes and no. The event your referring to was when Hugh was after Eels using roadkill rabbit. For the Cryafish I think he used a bit of smelly old fish but cant quite remember.

Got to wait for the license to arrive before trapping commences but I will let you all know how it goes.

 

Eels it was!! Nail through the head and all that............Not that i watch too much river cottage u understand

 

Spooky thats on right now

 

Is that the species where the Amercian Crayfish being more aggresive have virtually wiped out the native population? Bloody yanks get everywhere.

Pal used to do very well on River Chess, a chalk stream in South Herftordshire.

 

Don't worry matey, I'm just as bad. Me and the missus have the entire River Cottage DVD collection and all the books (all signed by HF-W, now that's sad).

 

You are correct sir. And trapping can make the situation worse in some cases. You see the Signal has cannibalistic tendencies with the big fellas snacking on the little juveniles. You trap the big ones and the little-uns run riot and the numbers increase.

 

Theres a new series on Channel 4 tommorrow night .......8Pm i think it was

 

We saw a family with mini crab pots and mini crayfish pots in Aberaeron last Saturday. Looked like they were having a whale of a time.

 

I bought 3 traps off eBay a year or so ago but still not used em! Even got all the paperwork from the EA too. They like you to specify exact grid refs etc then they'll vet them all. sounded like a real effort but they do taste so nice and they are free!

Tim

 

Tim, yes i've done all that. Filled in the paperwork and informed them of the OS grid reference where I will be trapping. Just got to wait for them to respond to my application and then it's trapping time!

 

The place on that River Cottage thing us just up the road from me in templecombe (sp) about 3 miles away, that still have all the chickens and stuff and one of the old blokes on the program still lives there (never watched it but the locals talk about it still).

 

I`m waiting for a license from EA, got a blue lobster living with my fish at the moment.. v similar to a crayfish..

 

Do Crayfish get cooked in the same way as Lobsters?

 

Squeal like a pig mother ******

 

You been watching Deliverance again?

 

Allegedly you are the one that plays the banjo. Is this true ???

 

Aye, but only at weekends

 

So, back on topic. Anyone got any tips on catching these critters???

 

big net?

 

Do ypu have a boat

 

I used to fish in the lakes at Badshot Lea and they are full of crayfish. We caught them all day long on any meaty bait. There were traps that were like little lobster pots with a fish in them for bait. They would empty them TWICE a day!!

These were American Signal crays.

Rannoch

 

Prodriva, how did you get on with this? Thinking of applying for a license myself.

 

I have also thought od having a go at this ...... Back up there !