someone on here is bound to know
do i need a licence to set up crayfish traps?
(random i know :p)
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someone on here is bound to know
do i need a licence to set up crayfish traps?
(random i know :p)
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ing/38045.aspx
Says google :)
jesus christ lol your topics can be so random at times. where are you planning on FISHING lol
bet they dont hand out permission that easy, midnight crayfish pod'ing may be the only option lolQuote:
Originally Posted by steviegsi
My mate is in conservation/land management and he hate the river cottage thing where hugh goes crayfishing. It's illegal etc as the uk species are endangered and folks don't just catch the wrong ones.
a bloke i know just knocked up a trap out of some old fencing wire & caught some in a local brook... he said they tasted ok...
i'm really not into eating large creepy crawly things......
I've eaten them... Taste good. As stu mentioend, there's two soecies; native smaller crayfish and the American blue larger crayfish. By law of you catch the American crayfish, you cannot put it back in the river etc.
When I was younger me and a mate used to use crablines. As we got older, we made all sorts of pods. We always put the native crayfish back.
Double post...
But the fishing for them in general is licensed.
I caught one earlier in the year in a river near me. Nasty little buggers here's a pic
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/...FE3C9BD28F.jpg
Threw it back, technically it's a rod licence so if your not using a rod then why would you new one but best to clear it up before you get pulled up on it.
Whilst we are on the subject of fishing here's one I caught Friday night :)
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/...FF102182B8.jpg