Rum Buddies
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its been fished to sh*t - they need a new management program for the inlet - too much of a gold rush.
prawns
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Little Hawk
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Poppa, what do you think, as good conservationists should someone write DFO and let them know the fishery is being 'slaughtered'?
Or do we let the natural run of things take its course, ie.: as more guy's go out and come back with nothing, eventually pressure will subside and a recovery will begin...?
I'm of the firm opinion that when DFO doesn't do its job, the fishermen have to or we all end up like our East Coast brethren.
Or do we let the natural run of things take its course, ie.: as more guy's go out and come back with nothing, eventually pressure will subside and a recovery will begin...?
I'm of the firm opinion that when DFO doesn't do its job, the fishermen have to or we all end up like our East Coast brethren.
spring time
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ya but it's like that everywhere. just look at the mouth of the fraser for crab there are 29 licenses from the coal port to spanish banks. each allowed 300 pots thats a hell of alot of pots then it gets fished out till january then we do it all again in june. you can jump from float to float to float.
cohochinook
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Question for you prawners??? What are the red lobster/prawn things called I have gotten in my prawn traps a couple of times. They have a small tail and rather long small claws. They looked to be attacking the prawns in my trap. I had over 30 in my trap yesterday only 8 prawns. I think they were scaring the prawns off.[?] I have heard they're an exotic invader??
Sushihunter
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Squat Lobsters.
They are actually a small crab. Good eating if you don't mind dealing with small portions. Also good for flavouring a soup. Take the tails off and pan fry quickly in garlic butter, peel and eat, or add to a dish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_lobster
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islandboy
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Squat Lobsters.
They are actually a small crab</u>. Good eating if you don't mind dealing with small portions. Also good for flavouring a soup. Take the tails off and pan fry quickly in garlic butter, peel and eat, or add to a dish.
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Fisheries considers them a crab, limit 4 per license. Not worth the hassle. My understanding is they prey on prawns and if you are catching them you are too deep.
They are actually a small crab</u>. Good eating if you don't mind dealing with small portions. Also good for flavouring a soup. Take the tails off and pan fry quickly in garlic butter, peel and eat, or add to a dish.
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Fisheries considers them a crab, limit 4 per license. Not worth the hassle. My understanding is they prey on prawns and if you are catching them you are too deep.
cohochinook
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So they're not an exotic invader and you have a possession limit of 4?
I definitely think they prey on prawns!
I definitely think they prey on prawns!
all this talk about prawns has me thinking i have to give it a go this season, which opens may 1 in our area.
so assuming i can find where to fish, am successful as hoisting a trap full, what is the best way to proceed? how do you care for them while in the field and then once you get home?
thanks for your help, a report will follow good, bad or whatever
so assuming i can find where to fish, am successful as hoisting a trap full, what is the best way to proceed? how do you care for them while in the field and then once you get home?
thanks for your help, a report will follow good, bad or whatever
Stress Medicine
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To keep ours fresh we either put them in a large bucket with fresh salt water or into our livewell with the raw water pick up open. That usually keeps them alive and fresh. Once home, we pop the heads and sort tails into small, regular and large, putting them into the standup ziplock bags. 50 regular or 30 large is the norm for us. Fill with tap water, squeeze air out and freeze. Be careful you don't squeeze the bag too much or the little buggers poke holes in the bags which allow the water to leak out before they freeze. The small ones we eat immediately. MMMMM. Freezing them this way keeps them just like fresh for months and another good thing is they are a hell of a lot easier to shuck when they thaw out. Just putting them in the freezer for a couple hours makes them easier to shuck. To thaw, place the bag in a bowl of water for an hour or so and you will think you just took them out of the trap.
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Humpy
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we bring a small cooler with ice, pop off the heads in the field, put them in gallon bags of 80(thats our limit)and put just the meat back on ice...... at home we have tupperware.... fill about 3/4 full of prawns.... fill about 7/8 full of water... freeze it.. then pull them back out.. top them off... then it covers all the floaters. so no freezer burn.... still eating from a year ago... still very fresh.. and the stack and dont dribble when you are thawing them.......thats my 2 cents
