stubby Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 so after seeing all the posts on here lately concerning crayfish, and commenting on a post, terry aka bakerboy invited myself amd family along with ron (pw member) for a mornings instruction on how to become crayfish fishermen, we met up at the secret location at 10am and got stuck into baiting up the nets, terry had bought along 4 or 5 nets, including "the wheel of fortune" which was his brothers design, and I'd picked up a couple from my local tackle shop, baits consisted of meatbals, old trout heads and rabbit, we as a novice to this, I could'ent belive the speed that we were pulling them out, checking the nets every 10 minutes or so, within the first hour we had 100, and totalled 200 in 2hrs, it was a real pleasure to meet terry, and good that the kids enjoyed themselves so much without an xbox in sight again, A BIG THANK YOU TO BAKERBOY pictures and video to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Waiting with baited breath to see the pictures and video. A good day out enjoyed by all. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) I nearly jumped into the canal and made for the otherside, when that dodgy looking geezer asked for our licenses thank god it was bakerboy's brother fooling around after the first hour, we had this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOZWKIyHXFA&feature=youtu.be Edited October 29, 2011 by stubby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) the kids loved it too, our share of the haul (122) are now sitting in 3 large containers in the garage, purging on clean water overnight, boiling tomorrow my mrs cant wait to do some cooking with them Edited October 29, 2011 by stubby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Excellent pictures and video. Well done fellas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 194, excellent day out, and some good meals to follow. Great photo's and video clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 purging away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I'd get a lid on those containers. Terry has first hand experience of watching escaped crayfish walking up his garden, eyeing up the pond Good effort Surprised there are still any left in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berettaman Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 You re doing the river a favour in eating the little blighters :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 something I forgot to add, our max catch rate today per net was 7 my mrs found this very informative bit on crayfish, just click the link, notice how it shows how to make nets from cycle wheels, just like terry's bro, although it stated fish heads were best baits, we used this today, and I did'nt think much of it, rabbit bits seemed better, and lastly, it suggests wrapping caught crays in wet sacking, rather than buckets of water, keeping in wet sacks for upto 3 days before straight into the pot... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/gallery/2009/sep/30/george-monbiot-crayfish#/?picture=353517508&index=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Great video and pics stubby glad i didnt get caught in any of them, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Great video and pics stubby glad i didnt get caught in any of them, Well Ron, don't forget to let us know what the Chinese restaurent cooked up for you with the Crayfish, lets hope it is something we can easily copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 well after boiling our lot, we (me & son zac) sat there and shelled a good 80, gave the rest to a friend to try out, took us a fair while, but got there in the end, in the fridge now awaiting a dish to put them in, later in day, whilst washing one of the bikes, a fair size crayfish walked past must of got out in the garage last night before I put the lids on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axor Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 You are doing so much good for that Canal, what with the cormorants as well the fish stocks are well down, it would be nice to see some tiddlers back again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 well after boiling our lot, we (me & son zac) sat there and shelled a good 80, gave the rest to a friend to try out, took us a fair while, but got there in the end, in the fridge now awaiting a dish to put them in, later in day, whilst washing one of the bikes, a fair size crayfish walked past must of got out in the garage last night before I put the lids on Don't they look prety in Pink! enjoy your harvest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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