Silver Lake Crayfishing Restrictions? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Dark_Knight_9C1 · 06-26-2022, 02:50 PM

Went back to Silver Lake in the middle of the week. Probably the one guy complaining was gone and there were mor than a dozen crayfish traps along the shore there. LOL.
I had caught over 3 dozen quality crayfish at Gull Lake the two nights before.
I also got one 13" brown from Rush Creek so I was able to have Trout for dinner the night before we left.
I had a good bite in a little eddie on the opposite side of the creek the first day we got there. I lost the 4 or so hooks I had to the overhanging branches the first day. I bought more hooks and set up a stinger hook on the end of the night crawler. The next day when I cast in the same spot hooked the brown on the stinger hook after 5 casts. Thank God I learned about stinger hooks from ocean fishing...

- Keith

Dark_Knight_9C1 · 06-26-2022, 03:02 PM

DanaPT · 06-27-2022, 05:30 PM

That's a good fish... when you want to eat use a stinger. When you mess around with trout... single barbless hook does the trick!

I would think you shouldn't leave nets unattended. But moving them is pretty ballsy.

JohnMckroidJr · 06-28-2022, 06:32 AM

Never thought of using a stinger for freshwater. Nice haul of Crawfish, and BrownTrout! Congratulations!!

06-26-2022, 02:50 PM	#1
Dark_Knight_9C1 Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 74	Went back to Silver Lake in the middle of the week. Probably the one guy complaining was gone and there were mor than a dozen crayfish traps along the shore there. LOL. I had caught over 3 dozen quality crayfish at Gull Lake the two nights before. I also got one 13" brown from Rush Creek so I was able to have Trout for dinner the night before we left. I had a good bite in a little eddie on the opposite side of the creek the first day we got there. I lost the 4 or so hooks I had to the overhanging branches the first day. I bought more hooks and set up a stinger hook on the end of the night crawler. The next day when I cast in the same spot hooked the brown on the stinger hook after 5 casts. Thank God I learned about stinger hooks from ocean fishing... - Keith

06-26-2022, 03:02 PM	#2
Dark_Knight_9C1 Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 74

06-27-2022, 05:30 PM	#3
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,606	That's a good fish... when you want to eat use a stinger. When you mess around with trout... single barbless hook does the trick! I would think you shouldn't leave nets unattended. But moving them is pretty ballsy.

06-28-2022, 06:32 AM	#4
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,984	Never thought of using a stinger for freshwater. Nice haul of Crawfish, and BrownTrout! Congratulations!!