crays on the ely ouse

dropped_run · Post by **dropped_run** » Sat Oct 08 2011 21:50

anyone else had baits smashed up this season?

i had been putting it down to eels until my mate caught one of the bloody things. its one less in the river now unfortunately, it'd basically been lassooed and constricted, shame!

Jonno · Post by **Jonno** » Sat Oct 08 2011 22:08

Seen one come out at Ely when out for a walk one day, my mate got one opposite potters, not had one yet myself though.

spincityfan · Post by **spincityfan** » Sun Oct 09 2011 00:52

are they signal crays?

merlin · Post by **merlin** » Sun Oct 09 2011 01:18

not seen one as yet

KeithS · Post by **KeithS** » Sun Oct 09 2011 01:51

Bloody good on the BBQ washed down with a

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dropped_run · Post by **dropped_run** » Sun Oct 09 2011 02:19

yeah, they are signals, was a decent sized one as well.

saw you on friday Mark, did you do any good? had loads of bait from there this season, but cant get a bloody run there!

spincityfan · Post by **spincityfan** » Sun Oct 09 2011 02:25

thats bad news that, signals eat a lot of fish eggs IMO and will impact on future generations of fish.

as said before, great on a BBQ

merlin · Post by **merlin** » Sun Oct 09 2011 03:51

had plenty of baits mate, but thats what i was there for!

dropped_run · Post by **dropped_run** » Sun Oct 09 2011 06:17

nice. its been fishing its head off for baits, got some cracking rudd a bit further up, they are cooling nicely now.

ChristopherH · Post by **ChristopherH** » Sun Oct 09 2011 19:57

It's inevitable really because the Lark is an absolute Mecca for them and has been for years.

Me and a mate were exploring bits of the lark on Kayaks a couple of months back and we found the mother lode! I'm not kidding, it was like that scene in Aliens where they find the eggs. There must have been ten thousand burrows in about a hundred yards of bank and masses of the little blighters scurrying for cover as we paddled through. It was on a bit of river than you would only reach on a canoe too.

Mark Phillips · Post by **Mark Phillips** » Tue Oct 11 2011 14:45

They ruined a number of enclosed waters I used to fish. I suppose the only Godsend is that pike eat the bloody things.

Fentiger01 · Post by **Fentiger01** » Wed Oct 12 2011 01:51

I found a dead Crayfish (a biggie too) on top of a newly dredged bank on the Ely beet stretch 2 years ago.

Clarkey1972 · Post by **Clarkey1972** » Thu Oct 20 2011 02:17

I thought you were talking about Rony and Reggie.....thought Ely beet had employed them to keep the EEs off and stop Mr Barrett trolling !

doug stone · Post by **doug stone** » Sun Oct 23 2011 00:34

They been ripping up my baits for the last 2 years and its getting worse.

Oh, its not just crays........chinese mitten crabs are in there too. My mate had one last week and it wasnt small either!!

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