Crayfish

[chevin]

poledark:

 

 Signal Crays are magnificent specimens, fearsome creatures,

 Den

Hmmm, I have killed and eaten some pretty magnificent fish, rabbits, kangaroos and birds in my time and they all taste pretty good. I take no pleasure from the killing its self, but I enjoy the hunt. However, I do treat my quarry with respect and I believe that it should be killed as cleanly as possible. I do prefer to kill crays and lobsters by drowning them, but I still kill crabs by dropping them in boiling water - after they have been packed in ice for a few hours. If you are going to eat as a carnivor then what you eat has to be killed no matter how magnificent it might have been while alive. Most sportsmen are kinder in the killing than are professional providers.

[bushwacker]

If you put an animal into warm/hot water and then bring up the temperature up to the boil it doesn't die instanly, but if put into boiling water it dies instantly I was told by a trawlerman many years ago. I believe what he said to be true.

[poledark]

It's allright lads, I am not going all Veggi on you

 

I love prawns and had some the other night, delicious, and no doubt killed/cooked in boiling water. Point is I did not see it happen.

 

Signals are out of control and nothing we as anglers can do will alter the situation and the last one that I caught was about 10" across the nippers. As I held it up to have a close look it struck me what a wonderful creation it was, and I was completely unable to kill it.

 

That is all I meant.....sorry...... I must be turning into an old softy.

 

Den

[Chris Plumb]

For those not as squeamish as Den and who live in the EA's Thames Region - you may find this of interest.....

 

http://www.crayfishtraps.co.uk/catchingpage.htm

 

Chris

[Newt]

Chris - tried the link. "No Such Page".

 

Trimmed back to just the basic URL

http://www.crayfishtraps.co.uk/

to look for a renamed page or something. Got

quote:

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This is thebe.simplynames.co.uk.

If you see this page it means:

 

hosting for the domain you requested is no longer configured

 

For more information please contact admin@simplynames.co.uk

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[ 17. September 2002, 05:33 PM: Message edited by: Newt ]

[Chris Plumb]

Very strange - was working earlier today - honest. Nice informative little site on Crayfish trapping in the UK. Pictures of traps and how to make them, the legal position (EA Thames region only!), Pics of Signals and natives - even some recipes...

 

Chris

[poledark]

Now that is odd, I viewed that site about 5hours ago and now it is not there????

 

Is it possible that someone has removed it?

 

Den