b"FeatureLooking in cracks and between boulders is the only way to find crayfish.The key to finding crays is spendingsome go as far as saying functionallyart, they are quick and quite witty, time on the bottom, poking yourextinct. A sad reality of what we arecrays get away from predators by head in holes, looking in cracks anddoing to our fishery in Aotearoa.sensing vibrations with their long between boulders is the only way toWith recent cuts to commercialantennae and this is where your find crayfish.You won't find themquota and recreational limits, withspeed comes into play. If a crayfish floating on the surface so get downpeople realising what is happeningsenses a threat, they will often point and start searching. If you find oneto our once flourishing fishery, wetheir antennae in the direction of cray there will probably be more, socan only hope that Kiwi hunters anddanger hoping to feel a vibration, if do a thorough search of the area. gatherers take it upon themselvesthey do, they will retreat at speed Beginner divers can often getto take only what they need,into their hole and generally go so far disheartened on their first cray dive,educate others and help rebuildback that they will live to see another expecting crayfish to be in everyour kaimoana. day. If you havent successfully crack, in most areas of Godzone thisOnce you have done the hardgrabbed their horns by this time, is not the case, the cray fishery haspart of finding them then the fundon't frantically grab at their legs, or been hit hard by commercial andbegins, and you can test your skillsthe ends of their antennae, they will recreational fishers and in someand speed against these tasty, spikyjust break off and disadvantage the areas have become incredibly scarce,crustaceans.Grabbing crayfish is ancray for its near future.40FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE"