On my first 2023 open water fishing, I headed to McGregor Reservoir for some walleye.The fish did not get the memo, but I got to try my new crayfish traps, and this is where my luck has turned...
Thank you Glen, building your own would be so rewarding and it would make for a nice video...problem is finding materials that don't rust and that are feasible.
@user-fp5ub6vl4x I ment mishandling as in removing the hook, sticking fingers in gills, etc. Camera angles can be deceiving for distance, I can assure you that was not "across the lake". Thanks for watching.
Awesome video as usual my friend and perfectly timed. I bought a crayfish trap last year and even caught a few by hand but opted to release them as I didn't have what I needed to cool them up at the lake. But these are absolutely in my plans this year
Thank you man, it's worth having them...you go camping, fishing, water skiing...whatever...just chuck them in the water and collect them when you are done. Crayfish are delicious.
Looks awesome! I tried targeting crayfish over at Travers a few winters ago just for fun. Had to cut a pretty big hole in the ice to be able to accommodate the traps.
Hi, thank you for watching! I wonder how they are hitting the traps in the winter, I've only caught them randomly while ice fishing, never on traps. Travers must be full of them too !
@@BootTrackStories Well Travers and MacGreggor are linked, so it's no surprise they spread to both. I always heard they were at MacGreggor for years, but one year while ice fishing, I saw a piece of old bait move under water. After looking more carefully I realized it was a crayfish. I too have on occasion caught a crayfish while fishing as well, and on occasion have directly targeted them
Hey, at least I didn't have to go swimming 😂. We had dinner before the crayfish, that was the movie snack haha. Thanks again for the support my friend !
@@soloy1610 Hi, from my experience, springtime is best, June is good too...all that being said, they are fair game all year, I've caught the through the ice before.
So.. im going to crayfish here around edmonton, is there size restrictions on traps and limits to how many you can have? Like i have these traps i bought for crawfish.. but theyre bigger than the trap allowance for minnows. BUT IM NOT minnow fishing. This is all very confusing. Even fidh and wildlife couldnt answer this question..
I agree that they should relax the rules, I can't think of anyone or any reason for that matter why somebody would try moving crayfish from one body of water to another.
Hey Man, I dont blame you for skipping spring bear. Like you, I wouldn't want to be a burden on those northern alberta rural areas , taking up hotel space, gas, groceries or resources. Weird about the dead walleye. Probably poorly handled, as you guessed. Glad you got on the fish! Thanks fpr the video.
Thanks buddy, yes, not a good time to gallivant around there for bear hunting. There were a few dead walleyes, apparently it's pretty normal every spring when ice thaws...
I ate crayfish when I was a kid in Romania, and I was hooked for life. There are two things I have to figure out about the ones I catch here. One is the month. In Romania, they say that you eat crayfish in month with an “r”. I’m not sure why. The other is about boiling them alive. That is because, when dead, they develop some bacteria that’s not destroyed at boiling time, and that can give pretty bad food poisoning. How would I mitigate this risk, as I’m not able to freeze them at the lake, and I can’t transport them alive? Right now I’m thinking to boil them on the lake shore.
They are the same thing. I looked it up for you... " Crawfish, crayfish, and crawdads are the same animal. Which term you use may depend much on where you live. Louisianans most often say crawfish, whereas Northerners are more likely to say crayfish. People from the West Coast or Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas often use the term crawdad."
