The kids have had an amazing time at the Cotswold Water Park this week. The weather was lovely and they spent much of it playing with new children they have met, cycling and above all Crayfishing! The stream/river on the Isis Lake is teaming with the critters and with the water so low the normal technique of bacon and crabbing line was not necessary. This week you could pick them out with your hands. Caution was advised though as they are fast and aggressive and their pincers sure can give you a nip.
The kids and I got over 50 in one afternoon. Certainly enough for a salad or sandwich, yum! Before you make an outcry about saving the countryside, the ones we catch are the invading American Crayfish that are a pest in the UKs rivers and eating all in them, so you are doing the environment a favour when you eat them!
Great free fun for all the family.
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