Crayfishing in Sweden information

Fishing for crayfish in lakes in August, before the crayfish breeding season, has been a Swedish tradition that is followed kräftskiva parties.^[1] The parts of the country where the non-native signal crayfish has spread has seen a significant reduction, or even extirpation of the native noble crayfish. Boats and fishing equipment being used in multiple lakes has contributed to the spread of the disease that has been killing the noble crayfish. Crayfish are active at night and as a result catches are biggest at night.

The most common equipment is a crayfish trap with is baited with fish like roach, bream and all other white fish. Crayfish live primarily on a diet of vegetation and baiting traps with nettles or potatoes has also been shown to work. The traps are set in the water in the evening from a boat or from land in a river and can be checked on a few hours later. In areas where there are a lot of crayfish the traps can be emptied multiple times in one night.