Crayfish carp fishing can be incredibly frustrating. If you’ve ever fished a water containing crayfish, you’ll know exactly how quickly they can cause problems with your hookbait.
You don’t know how long you’ve been fishing with a compromised presentation.
Crayfish present carp anglers with a simple problem: how do you keep the attraction of a conventional hookbait without leaving something soft enough for crayfish to destroy?
What if there’s another way?
Why Crayfish Are Such a Problem for Carp Anglers
Crayfish are opportunistic feeders. Once they find a conventional boilie, soft hookbait or paste, they can continually pick at it until the bait is damaged or completely removed.
In the UK, non-native crayfish species are recognised as invasive species and have become established in many waters, causing significant problems for aquatic environments.
Making a hookbait harder can help, but that raises another question: can we protect the hookbait without sacrificing the attraction?
That is where a different approach comes in.
Protect the Hookbait — Not the Attraction
A conventional hookbait has to do two jobs. It has to provide the physical presentation, and it has to carry the attraction.
But what if we separate those two jobs?
That is the thinking behind the LiquirigS Multi-Bait Delivery System.
The Multi-Bait uses a durable reusable outer body with an internal chamber that can carry paste, liquids and natural attractors.
Instead of relying on a soft or edible hookbait to provide all the attraction, the outer body maintains the presentation while the attraction is delivered from within.
That changes the question from “How do I make my boilie harder?” to “Why does the crayfish need access to my attraction in the first place?
Why the Multi-Bait Works for Crayfish Carp Fishing
answer isn’t simply to make a hookbait that crayfish cannot easily destroy. It still needs to give a carp a reason to investigate it.
With the Multi-Bait, the outer body protects the presentation while the internal chamber carries the attraction.
Paste, liquids or natural attractors can be placed inside the Multi-Bait and allowed to release around the hookbait while the physical presentation remains intact.
That means your presentation can remain effective for much longer.
For anglers dealing with crayfish carp fishing, the key is maintaining attraction without giving the crayfish a conventional hookbait they can easily destroy.
So you’re not choosing between protection and attraction. You can have both.
Paste Without the Usual Problem
Paste can be an incredibly effective carp attractor, but it has an obvious weakness — it’s soft.
On waters containing crayfish or nuisance species, that can become a serious problem.
With the Multi-Bait Delivery System, paste can be loaded into the internal chamber rather than relying on the paste itself to remain on the rig.
As the paste breaks down, attraction is released around the hookbait while the Multi-Bait continues to provide the physical presentation.
You can also combine paste with liquid attractors, giving you another way of creating a highly attractive hookbait without sacrificing durability.
Proven on Crayfish Waters
This isn’t just theory.
Multi-Bait has been used successfully by LiquirigS anglers on waters where crayfish were causing serious problems with conventional hookbaits.
The real advantage is confidence. Once the rig is in position, you want to know that the presentation you cast out is still fishing effectively hours later — even when crayfish are active.
And ultimately, the best evidence is what ends up in the landing net.
A Different Way of Looking at the Problem
Crayfish carp fishing has traditionally forced anglers to protect conventional hookbaits by hardening them, wrapping them or replacing them more frequently.
Multi-Bait approaches the problem differently.
Instead of asking “How do I stop crayfish eating my boilie?”, ask:
“Does my hookbait actually need to be an edible boilie in the first place?”
Protect the presentation. Put the attraction where you want it. And let the hookbait do its job.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you stop crayfish destroying your hookbait?
Traditional methods include using hardened boilies, wrapping hookbaits in mesh or using artificial baits. These can help, but crayfish may still damage or interfere with them. Another approach is to separate the physical hookbait from the attraction. The Multi-Bait Delivery System uses a durable outer body to maintain the presentation while liquids, pastes or natural attractors can be released from inside.
Do crayfish eat boilies?
Yes. Crayfish will readily attack boilies and other carp baits. On waters with large numbers of crayfish, a conventional boilie can be gradually whittled away or removed, potentially leaving you fishing with a damaged hookbait — or no hookbait at all.
What is the best hookbait for carp fishing when crayfish are present?
Anglers commonly turn to hardened hookbaits, tiger nuts and artificial baits because they can withstand crayfish better than softer baits. But durability is only part of the problem. The hookbait still needs to provide attraction. The Multi-Bait takes a different approach by protecting the presentation while allowing attraction to be delivered from within.
Do carp eat crayfish?
Yes, carp do eat crayfish, so the presence of crayfish can also indicate a natural food source for the carp. That means the objective doesn’t necessarily have to be avoiding areas containing crayfish. The challenge is keeping your rig and hookbait fishing effectively while the crayfish are active. Anglers also report targeting areas where carp feed on crayfish.
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