Euastacus kershawi - Catching a Gippsland spiny crayfish

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Euastacus Kershawi, Gippsland Freshwater Spiny Crayfish are wide spread throughout the south eastern parts of Victoria. Around the Bunyip state park are some good water ways like the Bunyip river, Tarago river and Latrobe river. Long and short-finned eels can be a problem when freshwater cray fishing they will compete for the same bait. Eels were present throughout the day due to the heavy rain overnight. With a little patience we caught the first for the day.

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[2ymxx]

what bait u using? and nice catch pretty big

[euastacus]

That day I use chicken , I found that any flesh or meat will work fantastic.

[euastacus]

This crayfish was caught in the upper Latrobe, Gippsland spiny crayfish can be found in most waterways through out the Eastern Victorian ranges.

Spiny crayfish like the Euastacus Australasiensis and Euastacus Spinifer can grow past the NSW legal catch size. For those who may be planning a crayfish trip in the NSW, please read the following NSW Recreational Fishing Guide 2010.

Happy Cray fishing.

[LoverDino]

i catch big crayfish but no that big! damn!

[hipy456]

holy crap thats massive :o

[ConcreteCowboy89]

last time i checked it was illegal to catch gippsland crays. i could b rong

[RedFree100]

That look a Texas crayfish, saying here (USA) is everything is big in Texas. That puts mine to shame.

[krazykidxd1]

is that a lobster

[Lavos2007]

@ppt234 if a 6 inch crawfish got a hold of most people theyd be in for a seriously painful pinch, the crawfish we find here in VA USA dont get more than 5-7 inch, and even the 3-4 inch ones can give a nasty pinch, got a 7 incher in a creek, my friend wanted to pick it up and i told him to leave it be or he'd get hurt, ive never seen a 16 year old scream so loud, he flung his arm in the air and crawfish landed on floor but was unharmed, i dont catch em to eat, i used to keep em as pets! love em

[TheRealBaoNh0]

no way. crayfish is that big ?

[salmondiver101]

That is huge!!!!

[thorspinky]

I've had a crayfish bake before but it took 20 to make a meal. give me one of those please!

[thorspinky]

Wholly CRAP!! thats a crayfish??? Thats one huge damn crayfish! what state is that in?