Under the guidance of a pub landlord, Gordon discovers how to catch fresh American crayfish from freshwater sources. After the lesson, Gordon shares a wallet-friendly technique for making a delightful crayfish salad.
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They’re overfed over sexed and they’re over here the American signal crayfish has taken over in the 1970s freshwater crayfish Tales were all the r but our puny native crayfish were considered too small so farmer started breeding the fatter and meteor American signal crayfish big mistake the Americans took over and 30
Years on they’ve invaded 85% of our British Rivers virtually wiping out our native crayfish and now they’re destroying our river banks we’ve got to fight back fight back by eating as many as we Can there are over 250 million American crayfish in our Rivers Mike Robinson owns a pub where they’re best seller on the menu he’s brought Jack and I to the river Pang in bsha to show us how to catch them I reckon that fish is the
Best bait yeah cuz if you think about it what do they probably eat the most of is dead fish on the bottom of the river they’re scavengers slash them right that’s irresistible to a cray fish all we have to do is Chuck it in and tie it
To a tree I mean it’s like the same process of a Lobster Pot exactly yeah it’s a perilous game this you do need to get a license from the environment agency to do this but just like the crayfish they’re free so this is perfect it’s a natural feeding ground for the
Crayfish they’re going to come out the bank and they’re going to smell that and they’ll come 100 yards up River to that bait go for it beautiful I could catch 20 kilos of crayfish in here in here in one night when the water temperature drops below 10° you can forget it really
Yeah they go they hibernate they just go to sleep so in the winter where do they go under the river banks and that’s when they cause all the damage cuz they burrow deep to get away from the cold and they just curl up and hang out oh
Jack look is there a fish no there’s a crayfish down there where look just there he is a huge crayfish him back quick Daddy just P here you go here you go here you go oh look at that the size of him I he’s like a lobster that’s a
That that is a monster that’s honestly that I mean that’s incredible just look at that there though in terms of meat I know how much claw meat’s in there it’s unbelievable you look after him jack you’re going to keep an eye on it that’s your first crayfish okay let’s go you
Keep your eye on that one eh crayfish are night feeders so you leave the traps out overnight we’re collecting traps that might put down yesterday if you were a prawn trapper in the sea yeah you’d be delighted to get that that’s one night look at them what would the
Native you know cish look like I mean same color no they’re they’re sort of pale paler whiter in color that’s a that’s an adult native would be that size whereas these guys 5 to 6 in Long if people ate them more and more then it would help the environment and it where
Can you go and get 20 kilos of free prawns Yeah if you don’t want to catch your own you can order American freshwater crayfish from your fish manga now it’s time to get these Critters home and into the pot guess who caught the biggest crayfish Jack Al your gums is it not pinch let’s give him a little rinse okay
And let’s let’s get cooking them shall we there’s a big one fresh crayfish it doesn’t get any better than this these are going to be turned into the most amazing crayfish salad boiling water and crayfish in and just watch them change color now within seconds they cook within 2 and 1 half to
3 minutes max and look at the color of them straight out if you peel them when they’re warm they come away from the shell a lot easier bodies off on the tow look at that that is delicious slow roasty tomatoes green salad freshwat cfish tails and vinegarette there you have a delicious
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