crayfish fishing

[turbojolt]

someone on here is bound to know

do i need a licence to set up crayfish traps?


(random i know )

[steviegsi]

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ing/38045.aspx

Says google

[pottersrebel]

jesus christ your topics can be so random at times. where are you planning on FISHING

[turbojolt]

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ing/38045.aspx

Says google

bet they dont hand out permission that easy, midnight crayfish pod'ing may be the only option

[Stuart]

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.

[mowgli]

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......

[chimp007_uk]

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.

[chimp007_uk]

Double post...

[Stuart]

But the fishing for them in general is licensed.

[womble sri]

I caught one earlier in the year in a river near me. Nasty little buggers here's a pic


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