Crayfish

Cormdogg · 29-07-2009, 13:46

Is there crayfish in the Dodder or the Liffey? Has anyone ever encountered them? The indigenous or invasive species, If so where abouts? Thanks

Zzippy · 29-07-2009, 14:25

I don't know if there are any crayfish there, but there should definitely be only native ones there if they are, we don't have the signal crayfish in Ireland yet (hopefully!)

It wasn't me! · 29-07-2009, 14:38

Yep, seen them all along the shores of Pollaphouca and in the Liffey around Manor Kilbride.

iascanmore · 29-07-2009, 18:09

There are loads of them in the Liffey - North Kildare stretch.

In fact the club reckons crayfish numbers have exploded in recent years.

Degsy · 30-07-2009, 12:09

There are millions of em in the grand canal around sallins..i wouldnt imagine they havnt reached the liffey.

**stevoman** · 30-07-2009, 13:04

lots in the barrow aswell. do the pike feed on them i wonder?

also what do the crayfish feed on?

jonny24ie · 30-07-2009, 13:08

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Originally Posted by stevoman

lots in the barrow aswell. do the pike feed on them i wonder?

also what do the crayfish feed on?

We got one just out of the water (He let go of the line and popped back into his buddies) in the Barrow in Garryhinch there a couple of weeks ago. Seems to be loads of them in the Barrow.

coolwings · 30-07-2009, 13:25

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Originally Posted by stevoman

lots in the barrow aswell. do the pike feed on them i wonder?

Yes. They are a major food for both pike and big trout .

29-07-2009, 13:46	#1
Cormdogg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 136 Adverts \| Friends	Crayfish Is there crayfish in the Dodder or the Liffey? Has anyone ever encountered them? The indigenous or invasive species, If so where abouts? Thanks

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Zzippy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Galway Posts: 2,346 Adverts \| Friends	I don't know if there are any crayfish there, but there should definitely be only native ones there if they are, we don't have the signal crayfish in Ireland yet (hopefully!) __________________ "What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness, let them be left O let them be left, wildness and wet Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet"

29-07-2009, 14:38	#3
It wasn't me! Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The wrong end of nowhere Posts: 7,708 Adverts \| Friends	Yep, seen them all along the shores of Pollaphouca and in the Liffey around Manor Kilbride. __________________ "Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish—a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow—to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested . . . Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll." - Hunter S. Thompson My Training Blog

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Degsy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: To the right of Genghis Khan Posts: 8,892 Adverts \| Friends	There are millions of em in the grand canal around sallins..i wouldnt imagine they havnt reached the liffey. __________________ Gerry "The O2" Ryan is a TURD!

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29-07-2009, 18:09	#4
iascanmore Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 79 Adverts \| Friends	There are loads of them in the Liffey - North Kildare stretch. In fact the club reckons crayfish numbers have exploded in recent years.

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stevoman Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: leinster Posts: 2,685 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Nature & Bird Watching	lots in the barrow aswell. do the pike feed on them i wonder? also what do the crayfish feed on?