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Does anybody else crayfish. My son who is 12 crayfishes in our local village river/stream, he loves it. Obviously he only catches the american ones as they are bigger and are destroying the english breed. He then goes on to sell them down the local pub.

Hi mharris,

We have just returned from France and my daughter became am expert crayfish catcher there. All the local rivers and streams were full of them.

I have spoken to a friend who fishes the rivers around me and he says these too are full of cray fish, so next week bucket in hand we're off to catch our tea.

Shame they are so dammed ugly.

This sound great, My kids love crab fishing, but not big enough for tea!!

Any fishing sites people could suggest? norfolk would be good but hey, we could plan a trip around a hunt!

Looking forward to it already!

Oh brilliant!!  Son got hooked on crab fishing in Anglesey last week, I hadnt thought of using  same method for crayfish. I know we have problems with the big american ones in our local river so Im sure no  one would mind if we tried to catch a few.

How do I cook them?  Ive got a feeling its going to be gruesome..

Hi mharris,

Where do you go to catch them?...I live very near you and my son loves catching anything!...had never thought of going anywhere local.....you don't have to divulge the exact location!....just the river/general area will do!

Quote: Originally posted by mharris on 06/8/2009

Does anybody else crayfish. My son who is 12 crayfishes in our local village river/stream, he loves it. Obviously he only catches the american ones as they are bigger and are destroying the english breed. He then goes on to sell them down the local pub.

 

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You dont need a licence for crayfishing I phoned the fishery people. If you are catching them as my son does its fine but you are not allowed to use pots to catch them.

He catches them in the local stream that runs through our village but I think they are in most streams and rivers, you dont need to be near the coast.

We put them in clean water for about 24 hours then into boiling water for a few minutes.

<<Fishing for crayfish is not currently regulated except in Thames Region>>

That's not neccesarily so. I was looking into th comercial trapping of crayfish to supply the restaurant trade a while back.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/marine/freshwater/crayfish.htm