Know of any crayfish in these lakes?

[aarodstad]

hi im wondering if you know of any crayfish known to be living in east pit lake, or hasse lake. Name any others if you know of any, thanks

[Dak1138]

Lacomb park in st. Albert and the morinville reservoir has them.

[greylynx]

Beaver Lake, They are natural in there.

[ice]

Beaver Lake, They are natural in there.
If it's a lake then they aren't natural lol

[boonedocks]

North Saskatchewan river.

[IR_mike]

If it's a lake then they aren't natural lol

According to the book "Fish Of Alberta" crayfish are only native in Alberta to the Beaver river watershed, hence Beaver lake.

All other populations in the provice are supposidly introductions.

[ice]

According to the book "Fish Of Alberta" crayfish are only native in Alberta to the Beaver river watershed, hence Beaver lake.

All other populations in the provice are supposidly introductions.


My bad. Don't fish the beav. Good info tho I love crawdaddys! Yabbies! Crayfish!!! Mmm





Ice:confused:

[BEL]

I have seen them in Carson Lake. BEL

[ishootbambi]

theres lots of em in the south sask river...but i wouldnt eat em.

[crawfy]

tons of them in Henderson lake in Lethbridge.

[Slannesh]

I've seen crayfish shells out at east pit but haven't seen the little beasties themselves.

[DaveFish]

I've seen crayfish shells out at east pit but haven't seen the little beasties themselves.

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[Suveges]

They have them in Lake Newell, I've found a bunch over by the sailing club.

[hauchk]

I found crayfish in Beaverhill creek by Bruderheim.

[Pudelpointer]

But, what are people using for traps? Also, what are people using for bait?

On the coast (and elsewhere) we always used soft cat food (a specific type) in the can, just holes punched in it, for bait.

I know of a place where there are crayfish (saw the remains of one one day - huge) and I would not hesitate to eat them from there.

Tips?

Advice?

[ORV]

i know they sell the traps at bass pro. same as a minnow trap
but larger entry hole.
there was a very large thread on crayfish a while back with lot,s of info.

hope this helps

orv.

[nicemustang]

It's illegal to trap them, check your regs.


You can catch them by hand or by angling. Lots in travers.

[ORV]

yeah i get a kick out of that. invasive species. kill immediately.
do not transport live, but don,t catch them with a trap to remove them.lol
reg,s are reg,s but that does seem rather silly to me.

my .02 cents

orv.

[nicemustang]

Totally agree. Just one of those classic AB things that don't make sense.

[kingkongpennock]

caught one by accident at cardiff pond

[Pudelpointer]

I was wondering about the trap thing. Read the regs again today, and find it strange that crayfish are mentioned under "collecting bait fish" section.

Under the crayfish section is states "Legal capture methods include angling (sportfishing regulations apply) or catching them by hand" then it goes on to mention that no license is required if catching by hand.

Sooooo, if you set a trap to catch "baitfish" in an area where legal to do so (i.e. the use of bait or bait fish is not prohib.) and you catch a bunch of crayfish, as long as you kill them immediately you can keep them (I would assume) as they are not "fish other than bait fish" that must be released.