richiekelly
Well-known member
one of my sons is fishing the blythe near meriden in the west midlands this morning he has rang me to say he has had a large signal crayfish, i have never heard of them in the blythe before has anyone else ?
Dont panic! All the doom mongers 10 years ago said that when our mature fish die ,and the fry or spawn have all been eaten by ronnie and reggie, thats it end of.
Why is it that darn sarf we have bigger barbel,chub ,perch especially,and theres no sign of any decline in the fry .They will damage our indigenous crays ,by a disease/virus they carry,we have covered all that before ,and maybe undermine a few banks,but the proof is the size of speci fish has definitely increased since their arrival in virtually every waterway down here......
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DERR D, DERR D. jaws impersonation,sorry, while I/we are on the subject , have you got mitten crabs,zebra mussels,and parakeets where you live?
you might soon
Touch wood we are lucky that we ain't got them in the Arrow (yet)
i fish the blythe at coleshill regularly(maxstoke lane/cuttle cottage section) and theres loads in there...i found an actual lobster pot the one time someone had left on a rope tied to a stake in the bank and when i pulled it out -out of curiosity-i`d say there where at least 30 in there. its impossible to ledger as you just get cray fish bites all day...ive gotto be honest though...i couldnt tell a signal from our ones and i certainly aint gonna handle them...if i hook em ...they get dangled and thrashed about until they drop off the hook
Or THIS sounds nice...
Newbieneil...... You should make a point of googling signal crayfish pictures so you know exactly what they look like, if its got red claws stamp on it (accidentally of course) which also solves your problem of getting them off the hook, it is illegal to put them back in the river.