Crabs.

[Simon Archer]

I've taken a punt and joined Scunthorpe Anglers. I'm planning on fishing their tidal Trent stretches. I know the tidal has suffered badly with Mitten crabs the last few years and I'm asking for any tips on how best to avoid/negate them ??

 

[Ian Lovett]

I don't know about mitten crabs but Scunthorpe have some good stretches of the tidal. Some are hardly fished. I was going to investigate and then joined Nottingham Piscatorials instead. They also have Ladypit Farm which is great for a confidence boost when you are not catching. Not many big barbel here though.

 

[Alex Dalton]

Never really had a problem with them last year, although some stretches were festooned with them, most of my baits were hard halibut pellets and dumbells, i can vouch for Scunny having some good stretches , try and avoid the weekends and hopefully the pandemic does not come back full tilt either, then a lot of the tidal trent that got clobbered by the long duration mucho bait lobbed in brigade might be a bit less hectic . If the weather gods play ball, not a drought or weeks of rain might be a much better prospect than last season .

 

[Simon Archer]

Ladypit farm is the closest of their stretches to me. The rest are a bit more of a trek than my normal venues, but a few sessions on their tidal stretches and the ticket will have paid for itself with regards to my other trips to the A1 pits and Collingham.

 

[Neil Smart]

Eat the things... don't put them back, these things can grow to the size of a Labrador and can drag a man, his bivvy all his gear into it's deep water lair never to be seen again.
I know, I watch Dark Waters with Jeremy Wade...

 

[Alan Bates]

I was getting pestered by them last year and switched to maize/sweetcorn which slowed them down

 

[Steven Hodges]

Does Vaseline kill crabs?
You may need to apply petroleum jelly to the area every night for several weeks. Crabs don't disappear after the treatment kills them.