How and when to catch crayfish?

How to catch crayfish - many know. Long since, they have been hunted simply by their hands, probing the coastal stony bottom or the deepening clay banks in search of mink. Hence the saying: "So that you know where the crayfish are hibernating!" It is a wish that the name should look for them in the cold time. That's when catching crayfish is the most unpleasant occupation. Just imagine: wander the edge of the ice, make holes and fumble in cold water ... Not to mention that being pinched by a finger to an angry arthropod is also not a godsend what a pleasure.

Therefore, ingenious people and invented the rakolovki. These are very simple devices that you can do yourself. They resemble wire trunks. In the middle of this bag lay a bait, lower it on a rope to the bottom and calmly go home for several hours. It is important only to know when to catch crayfish. These are twilight animals. As a rule, they crawl out of burrows for food after the evening. But after midnight, the activity of these animals is declining. But just to say that the best season for hunting for water arthropods is from 20.00 to 3.00, it will be too much simplification.

If the water is clear, and the bottom of the river or lake is rocky, then the bait should be put closer to 7-8 pm, but if there is a lot of ooze, then 5 hours and even 4. The crayfish really love illumination, so seasoned hunters burn a fire near the edge Water, or take a powerful lantern with them into the boat (if they decide to throw the rakolovku away from the shore). By the way, about the bait: contrary to the popular belief that crayfish eat rotten meat, they perfectly go to the smell of raw fresh fish. And they also like pomace, dill and garlic. So that the herbs-vegetables do not come up, they are wrapped in cheesecloth with something heavy. But when to catch crayfish is not recommended, it is during a thunderstorm and full moon. Explaining the last phenomenon (because crayfishes love light) science can not yet. But animals are very active during drizzling rain.

It is believed that even in Ancient Rus it was revealed in which month to catch crayfish. Allegedly in those in the names of which the letter "p" does not occur. There are not many of them. It turns out that hunting for crayfish is allowed only from May to August. But, if you think about it, in Ancient Russia there were very different names for the months: the grass - May, the serpent - August, etc. And common sense suggests: the most delicious crayfish are caught in late August or early September. Over the summer, the animal was already fattening and giving offspring.

On the question of when to start catching crayfish, you can answer this way: from the time when the fishing rules permit it . They are different in each region and in the edge of Russia, but mainly in the spring and until the end of June there is a ban on hunting. Just in those months, the modern names of which in Russian do not contain the letter "p", the crayfish molt, acquire a new shell and give offspring. Yes, of course, they catch good in the summer, because they are very hungry and go out hunting even during the day. But their meat is not tasty, not nutritious. Give the animal to accumulate useful substances in the body, and generally live ...

In deciding the question of when to catch crayfish, it is necessary to take into account the presence of inexperienced young animals, which falls into the network. The most delicious and fatty animals are those whose length from the eyes to the caudal plate is not less than 10 centimeters. These cancers are about three years old. Only such a specimen is considered commercial.