new to the flock Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 I know that pigeons and deer are still be harvested this time of year but there are so many other things in the country side on offer this time of year aswell. Just wondering who has crayfish or lobster pots down? Who has been out clamming, mushroom picking, nettle cutting or just plain fishing. This past month I have been lucky enough to harvest a few morel mushrooms and some wild leeks, both of which went very nicely with some of the Blue Gills that I caught making a wonderful meal. I have also managed to fish a few Crappie, and Pickerl over the past couple of weeks. I am thinking a trip out to Lake Erie may be in order this weekend to see if i can land a few Perch and trap a few crayfish aswell. So who is doing what in the foraging department? NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 off to forage for some sea bass in a few weeks as im on good terms with the site owner, i might take my rifle as well although they are not a top bait this time of year, ill be trying for some razor clams next month, so watch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 I am harvesting a few early mackerel and will be having loads more in the coming weeks, when the big shoals move inshore. Its not always easy to just go out and drop lobster and crab pots over here, there are many exclusion areas and permit only places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staglioni Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 yeh and now illigal to net crayfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Cranners have you caught many mackerel so far this year? I'm in Pembrokeshire next week and I caught a few in early June last year so I am hoping for a repeat of this however do you think the weather will have had any effect on them coming inshore? As you can tell I am far from an expert sea angler. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 I have had some cray pots out but to no avail yet this year. All of my fave places seem to have very few crays in. whether or not this is due to there being no crays there or they are just not in the feeding mood yet I dont know. The first rock I looked under before setting the traps had acray under so the prospects looked good four crays in a week though. did get some nice wild garlic to make a cray/mayo/garlic butty filling though. jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 yes i have a couple of pots out the nets should hit the beach soon too. we have had a ssouple of mackrel on the float rods and fly too cooked streitaway on a disposible BBQ we got some big field mushrooms and a young hare on the way to fishing so what dinner we had any one elsse been living off the land then? ohh and the vegie pach is looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Was in Cornwall last week, had loads of mackerel off the rocks, hope to get picture of my friends camera, several full houses on feathers. We only wanted about 40 fish which we got in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsnuts Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Went and got a couple of pints of prawns last week, the water still a bit cold for me yet, will go and get a few more in the next couple of weeks. Cranners, where have you been getting your Mackerel from, hought it would be a bit early from Hythe beach yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Full house :blink: And the thief who destroyed several mackeral either taking them half or whole from the feathers before they could be landed. Would have put up a hell of a fight, but I think we'd have followed him in if he'd been hooked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 we got some big field mushrooms and a young hare on the way to fishing so what dinner we had I wont touch field mushies at this time of year as down here they will all be fly-blown until august or september. I usually get a few St Georges in april and may, and if I am lucky some morels in march which are clean though. One thing I have had an absolute glut of this year is Sulphur Polypore, or Chicken of the Woods. For those unfamiliar, this grows horizontally from the trunks of trees in clusters of large lobes with an almost unnatural sulphur-yellow colour. It can be dried and ground for flavouring soups and stews, or cut into cubes and casseroled etc. It is a real delicacy on the continent, and I harvested about four pounds of the stuff just strolling around the RAF base where I work, but left about 20 lbs on the trees as I could not use that much. Sadly though, the fungus will eventually kill the trees it grows on. Its a handy thing working were I do, as it not only provides me with some free food, but I also get about 6-7 tons of free hardwood logs a year from the tree surgeons employed by the mod, who leave it out after cutting for whoever wants it. Got a £600 refund from the gas company the first year after we had the log burner and open fire fitted :blink: ZB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Well Tommorow starts a new May, and a fresh spring forage start, so lets hear who is doing what. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 ok heres my bit so far this year i've been picking loads of wild garlic and turning it into soup. only managed to find a couple of kilos of st georges one of my favourite mushrooms A few 3 cornerd leek but nowhere near as much as last year I have managed a couple of trips to the coast so far this year picked lots of sea beet, sea purslane and sea lettuce oh and had the cray traps out for a bit managed about 5 kilos turn the tails into cocktail and the heads into soup :look: unfortunately knackered my leg now so cant get anything else nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 A mate and I had a nice day out in the dingy last weekend. We caught a bit of fish for tea. This time of year we get the change over from winter to summer species we had cod, bass, roker, smoothound, dab,and a bonus lobster. Roker (thornback ray just over 5lb) Tasty wings Bonus lobster We also had 11 smuts (smoothhound) to 6lb but we aren't keen on eating 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 I picked up a few nice fresh perch yesterday with the boys and a nice bunch of wild leeks.....you folks call it wild garlic. Hopefully it will be some nice pan size catfish and maybe some pumpkinseeds later this week. NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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