Thread: South Island Koura

Originally Posted by Gibo

Taste better than their briny cousins IMO.

Yep they are sweet.

Originally Posted by Munsey

Never tasted them , man I've got to get me one of those nets

You can whip one up pretty easy Munsey. Bit or #8 and some netting and string.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Yep they are sweet.

Yeah personally I can handle half a good size cray before im over it but can chow down on Koura till they are all gone! Havnt found any up here close to the size of those hua's though!!

Awesome mate. We used to spend hours catching them as kids eh.

A real bushy piece of manuka with a chunk of meat tied in the middle works really well. Leave it to soak in a water hole for a while than slowly lift it out and the lobsters will be caught amongst the brush.

we used to catch em in a local creek using one of mums forks tied to a stick with flax.one big bastard bit me and ive never liked em since.yeah we used to eat em by the pot ful,little gutsers we were.usually find each hole has a dominant male and he will be a big mofo with nasty claws to match,and he dont hesitate to use em.
that looks a good catch tho.

Very impressive size and catch

Definitely good sized haven't had Koura for years, used to get them out of the stream at the local park in Te Puke at night time. But will say I had the pleasure of trying yabbies last year while in the aussie outback and they get feckin huge and have very nasty nippers on them and strong enough to put a good dent in a beer bottle top, they are very tasty after soaking them in clean rainwater for 24 hours before cooking.

My understanding is that there are two species of Koura in NZ.

The ones that populate the south and west of the South Island are a bigger species than those that populate the North of the South Island and all of the North Island.

The daily bag limit is 50/person/day.

They are delicious too.

Cheers
Pete

there was a programme on sky TVa while ago about avisitng international chef mixing with some maori blokes and their kai.they used scuba and dived somelakebed up to 30m.some of the buggers they were catching would give ya nightmares.armour and hardware like bloody battle tanks

HUGE.....what the hell are they feeding on?????......is it by that lake with the giant trout?

dunno scouser-all i remeber wasthentakin these things in 90+'of water and how aggressive some of em were towards divers.mind you Ive heard that these buggers are capable of eating fingerling trout and indeed theyre bloody cannibalistic.