Accidental Catch

Ernie · February 06, 2011, 02:43:34 PM

My youngest son went fishing the other day. He always has great luck usually landing plenty of snapper and gurnard. This time he pulled up a very pleasant surprise, a huge crayfish.

Our grand daughter was also very impressed with daddy's efforts

Unfortunately, the closest I got to this beauty is the picture :(

Ianab · February 06, 2011, 02:58:47 PM

No question about that guy being legal size ;D

Hope they had a pot big enough to cook it.

Ian

Ernie · February 06, 2011, 03:43:00 PM

Being keen fishermen and for a bit of a laugh, I got them both matching craypots as a wedding gift. Maybe a slight ulterior motive on my part ;D So far no joy in the cray department but we do get a constant supply of good fresh fish. They came over for tea last night and left us with a large part of the day's catch

I like the idea of frozen, water filled, drink bottles instead of ice, it keeps things cleaner in the chilly bin.

Raider Bill · February 06, 2011, 03:44:23 PM

That looks a lot like a Florida lobster. No claws.

Weekend_Sawyer · February 06, 2011, 04:20:49 PM

Mmmmm Bugs!

WildDog · February 07, 2011, 02:26:18 AM

Ernie that cray is really impressive, my mouth is watering, those snapper look good too, I bought 3 snapper fillets last week just for Nicky and I......Delicious but @ $30 :(

Burlkraft · February 07, 2011, 08:24:25 AM

I like snapper better than lobster.

Them look pretty DanG good!

DanG · February 07, 2011, 12:03:10 PM

Yep, that looks just like a "Florida Spiney Lobster", which is really a saltwater crayfish. That's a sure enough big one though! Do they commonly get that big down there? They are some mighty fine eating, and many people prefer them over the Maine Lobster.

Raider Bill · February 07, 2011, 12:08:55 PM

Quote from: DanG on February 07, 2011, 12:03:10 PM
Yep, that looks just like a "Florida Spiney Lobster", which is really a saltwater crayfish. That's a sure enough big one though! Do they commonly get that big down there? They are some mighty fine eating, and many people prefer them over the Maine Lobster.

Quote from: Weekend_Sawyer on February 06, 2011, 04:20:49 PM

Mmmmm Bugs!

Bugs are Good!!!

I too prefer them to Maine Lobster. They are very hard to find around here diving but when you do they are monsters like this one.

Ernie · February 07, 2011, 12:36:02 PM

Quote from: DanG on February 07, 2011, 12:03:10 PM
Do they commonly get that big down there?

That was by far the largest I have seen in 40 years here in New Zealand although I saw a Packhorse Cray about 35 years ago that had a tail at least 12 inches wide and was about 4 feet long. I was told that it was delicious.

We used to, in the good old days, hook a sheep's head out of the offal pit, stuff it into a pair of old pantyhose, tie a rope onto it and chuck it off a the edge of a reef for half an hour, pull it out, pick off a couple of crays for a feed, boil them up in an old copper on the beach and pig out with a beer or two. I haven't tried that for years, I hung up a sheep a couple of weeks ago, maybe I should try that again.