Trapping crayfish Uk, how to trap crayfish, signal crayfish traps and the law,
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- Today I am trapping Crayfish in my local river, the river Brue. How to trap crayfish, where to trap crayfish and what does the law say about trapping crayfish in the Uk?
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Love this really inspiring to get out and catch some crayfish. The original video you did on explaining it was so helpful as well! 👍
We have hundreds of them in our large pond in France. I catch them in baited traps, purge them and dispatch them by pulling their central tail flap out which also pulls out their trails. In Somerset years ago I used to collect them in a stream when they were hiding under rocks during moulting. On the BBQ they were great tasting whole - just like soft shell crabs.
Sounds awesom! Do you think that France and Europe overall are worse off with the presence of the North American Pacific Northwest Signal Crayfish? In general , what is a fully grown Signal Crayfish size in France?
These crayfish feed primarily at night, so traps should be left overnight for best results. The best baits are also fish based, a cheap tin from a supermarket, with the lid partly opened is ideal.
Love videos like these Carl. I definitely need to go trapping and fishing more often; such a great resource. Near us on the eastern coast of Maryland we have an abundance of Blue Crab. Delicious cooked in vinegar and beer!
Sounds great to me! 😊
I used to catch them in California they wAs literally as big as lobsters I'm not kidding they was just as delicious!
Thank you my man!! Interesting.. cant wait to get some crayfish on the bbq!
im up in the north, and the ea generally doesnt allow trapping in our rivers as theres some natives and also trapping benefits crayfish populations by removing large cannibalistic males, however i do still want to trap them. idk of any ponds in my area with crayfish in...
Thanks Carl, never had crayfish before. I've only ever eaten a blueswimmer crab. Not for a while, but used to put them in a satay source.... I might need to go fishing lol
I think you guys call them yabbys- is that right?
@@SelfSufficientHub yeah that's right. It's also common for people to breed them at home too I think. But they're pretty much everywhere.
You’ve managed to make us want have a go a trapping yabbies (our freshwater crays) again Carl! Used to do it as kids with a bit of strong thread with a bit of meat on the end. Heaps of fun but we never ate them, just released them - I would now though!
They are SOOOOO delicious 🤤
the river ouse is full of them, got a few , a few years ago, left in bath for 24hrs, then boiled for 10 to 15mins, nice
Great job 😊👍
is that the ouse near huntingdon ? i just got myself a trap and going to give it a go , i used to live in guilford and there were millions in that river
@@NOT_SURE.. not sure, was fishing with me dad, he drove, my son was just putting bait into the water, and he was picking them up, that river needs a GOOD crayfish BBQ weekend or two,
I love crayfish. I need to get back into it
Do it!
I’ve been putting my traps back in every day and collecting a few each night.
@@SelfSufficientHub I'm going to go out with my net on Sunday I think
@@liamprayner214 GREAT! 👍😁
What is the music you play on your video I think it’s the same as on the Sleep ranch channel.
I love your content @ presentation keep up the good work thankyou.
Thanks Leslie 👍😊
The music is from the Apple IMovie app which is where I do my editing.
I saw a video the other day where a trap had caught an otter and it died as it could not get out and drowned.
What part of the country are you in? I'm looking to move out of London to somewhere more rural with a bit of woodland.
Vert instructive
Very interesting video, where can I purchase a uk legal crayfish trap as I’ve seen plenty for sale that include crab catching but these traps have a large entrance for crabs
Plenty on eBay😃
Did you find it hard to get a crayfish license?
Is it illegal to catch and keep signal crayfish as pets
not many people know wallnuts grown on trees and what they look like ,, I did not :)
And they’re really common here in the UK too
@@SelfSufficientHub got 2 trees at chertsey bridge
Maybe a table spoon of salt could help remove the earthy taste
Crayfish are nocturnal. We got 10kg in one evening.
Good video bud, I went out with Annette but she was boring.
Thank you sir, and 😂
Hi can you plz help I've just sent of two application form for me and my son to try catch crayfish.can I ask did they just send out your licence or did you have to send proof of permission from land owners?
Hi I found your video hoping to do some trapping however I was revoked the license here in the UK. I'm in the northwest. I asked why and the response I got was I quote "It is against the crayfish byelaws to use traps for non-native crayfish for the purposes of personal consumption". Did you experience this, id thought they wouldn't care along as they was dead. Resulting in a revoked licence and no tags
Ive just been denied a license to trap signal crayfish also. Apparently the use of traps, even for signal crayfish is illegal in the entirety of Yorkshire. If used for personal consumption. I can still reapply however and use them if they are satisfied I'm using them to conduct scientific research. Which is then deemed legal.
@@mrdaveofdaveshire4047 yeah I'm going to wait a month before reapply but I'm going to apply under fishery management. Its dumb because its illegal to put them back of caught but then they won't let me go catch them =/ id advice applying under fishery management, pretty sure not many fishery will say no if your sensible ofcourse. They might ask for more paperwork for the research, more to fail in my opinion 🤔
@@glitchyhitchy1811 sounds like a good idea. I've gone for the research route and replied to an email of refusal. I'll let you know how it goes
@@mrdaveofdaveshire4047is it legal to catch them by hand
I can catch 100/day and it’s free...I don’t need a license.
But I’m in the US.
I have a river in my yard, so I trap a lot of them.
have u got a licnce as i have applied for one but because of staff shortages ( ha ha that old chestnut ) they are not processing them atm . shoild i just get a uk legal trap anyway as it is getting beyond a joke with the world coming to a stand still because of covid still
salmon oil is great, sunk your bait in it.
Thanks 😊
I am here because I just watched an American cook 300lb of crayfish on meat church.
Haha awesome 👏
Just applied to get my license only to receive an e-mail saying they aren't processing them at the moment due to staff shortage :(
Oh no! That sucks! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you 👍
That's not mud they are purging! Doh!
The hole in the trap seems to exceed the legal size for the UK Crayfish traps and it is also illegal to transport live Crayfish from the water source to somewhere else due to the risk of potentially spreading the spores of the Crayfish plague. You have dispatch them on site and cook them there
Thanks Jim 👍
(The hole is legal btw 👍)
where are your otter bars chap ?????????????
The traps I use are otter safe 👍
@@SelfSufficientHub and the titanic was unsinkable. I would not believe the sales pitch If I were you, with very little effort you could make them so it would be pretty awful to pull them up one day to find a drowned otter. Good luck with the crayfishing old loft tanks make good purging pools
Do you know if the license is for a year or for life as I got permission couple of years ago and would love to go trapping again
I got the license two days ago and it allows three years🎉😄
a licence is required because its trapping, and you could trap native species that are protected. its completely free. the form is kind of straight forward. the licence is for 3 years. do you mean you got a licence or permission from land owner?
@@pastailike4021 Applied on a couple of occasions and they aren't issuing licences where I live (East Mids - River Soar). Allegedly, the main predators for them are the larger males (highly cannibalistic) - and they're the main catch - so that's why they won't allow me to do it.
@@kimjongbingbongtingtong4430 hey thanks for your comment. so i googles a bit on why they might not issue you a licence. fount out the river has white claw crayfish in it an that's brilliant news. if i as you, to get your tags change your body of water location. i could be wrong on this but the tags are not specific to a location but rather the owner.
I have the same trap
Great stuff 👍
We have sily laws here on crayfish
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State laws?
@@SelfSufficientHub sorry yes in Ontario we cannot take them across land lol
We can use crayfish in the same body of water but cannot take them to a new body of water
So we don't usually eat them here
Do you require a license to trap crayfish?
I know up here in Scotland you need one.
@@davidross8709 you can catch them by hand easily
Trapping probably but I don't know
It's the transportation of them
You can use them to fish in that body of water
No transport over land
If your on the water or walking the shore line your fine
But not over land lol
So you cannot bring them home to eat or use for bait for later
None of that
U use them there or not at all
So people down south that have them beside their docks the size of small lobster have been BBQ them on the dock lol
That works because technically they cannot take from dock to kitchen if it's across the land lol
Hard to believe that done non indigenous species requires a permit for removal but transportation is certainly a no go incase of populating otherwise uninfested areas 👍
My opinion horse chestnuts hold the crown
For me it’s all about edibility!
Only one fault, it is against the law to transport them in water you purge in water when you get home I've trapped for 6 years, and they can stay out of water for hours, I transport dry, then into aerated water tank overnight ,then freeze, cook ,peel and devein then enjoy 😉
I didn’t know that- thanks for the extra information!
@@SelfSufficientHub your welcome sir
Just discovered your channel , will be watching through and subscribing now,can I suggest just stabbing a tin of luncheon meat/spam put it in your net and your results will double hope this helps 👍👍
Thanks for the tip.
I usually use cat food which I actually switched back to last night. I will let you know later what difference that makes
@@SelfSufficientHub that’s be excellent best of luck
How’d you get on ?
Awesome..how do you know if the river is clean or if the crayfish are clean enough to consume?
Well with regards to the river, I would suggest using all the usual common sense decisions as with any type of fishing or foraging, in this case the river is fairly near the source and with no industrialised areas between me and the source.
The crayfish themselves get purged in clean water so they pass anything they may have eaten that I wouldn’t want to.
Much like any kind of hunting, fishing or trapping, there are precedents that tell us what animals are safe to consume and crayfish certainly are one of those. 😊
I personally wouldn't eat anything out of uk rivers. Also you need a licence to trap them.
Does anyone know if signal crayfish can transmit the hepatitis a virus to humans (when we consume them)? I know that if you're unlucky, you can catch it from commercially produced and retailed mussels (from the sea) and with lots of info lately about our waterways in the UK being deluged with sewage overflows, principally because of irresponsible water companies. It made me wonder if the same was true with crayfish?
Sorry that’s not something I have knowledge on
Pretty sure hepatitis is a human decease.
I don't think crustations are significantly related to us that this would be a problem?
This rather sounds like the doctor, when asked how one catches hepatitis, from a couple, said it could be caught from a toilet seat.
Upon the husband saying, that must be the reason then, the dr knew who had caught hepatitis. Solomon and baby story.
But that's just my opinion. Id probably ask your husband on the matter, I'm sure he knows more than I do.
Great video. What do you bait your traps with?
Thanks Nathan! I use bacon or ham fat leftovers or cat food usually. 👍
I saw an American catching them in America he said the best bait was fresh herring drop a couple in the bottom of the trap and more come when those in the trap are eating.
Fish heads are cheap
Nocturnal trap over night.
Yep I do that too 👍
What a shame we allowed the signal Crayfish to take over and decimate our native Crayfish .
save your fish heads
Good shout 👍
Use cat food for bait! trust me its a killer!!
Put the mush into your wife s, old stockings/ tights (forming a bait bag)place in the trap and your away 😃👍
Bacon flavored dog treats (the kind like jerky) works good for me in the US.
I have the same trap
They are cheap but effective 😊👍