yabbies up the river

grumpy d22 · Mar 9, 2011

just wondering guys if there have been any of you that have been up the river in the last few weeks, i have heard with all this water coming down the river that there are a LOT of yabbies to be had. the first few reports came from renmark and berri, but today i heard of a bloke getting 400 at murray bridge.
also what are the best baits for em, ive used old fish carcasses in the past with little return, im looking at going up there in the next week or so.
cheers rick.

Mac_factor · Mar 9, 2011

Heading up there this weekend.... will let ya know mate...

Boosted · Mar 9, 2011

Punch a hole in a tin a tuna cat food and stick it in the pot, always works

nathan96 · Mar 9, 2011

yeah I use tined cat food too (just cheap black and gold or whatever) cause it easy to pack and not messy AND it works.

Pulled out 15-20 from a willow in front of our shack at Tailem Bend. This was in the bloody channel, not the backwaters.

Heading down the darling then Wentworth/Chowilla next weekend if the roads open, hoping for a good feed of yabbies and callop

grumpy d22 · Mar 10, 2011

i like it! how good is that idea, cat food. thanks.

superiorcruiser · Mar 10, 2011

any reports closer to melbourne?

superiorcruiser · Mar 10, 2011

any news? anyone...

nakedape · Mar 10, 2011

nathan96 said:
yeah I use tined cat food too (just cheap black and gold or whatever) cause it easy to pack and not messy AND it works.

Pulled out 15-20 from a willow in front of our shack at Tailem Bend. This was in the bloody channel, not the backwaters.

Heading down the darling then Wentworth/Chowilla next weekend if the roads open, hoping for a good feed of yabbies and callop

Wouldn't count on getting into Chowilla - or at least very far in - as all the floodplains around here are under water. It is a beautiful sight though - kind of sad to think that we should see something like this every 5 years or so (even in a drought there should be enough in the spring pulse to create a small flood from time to time).

And, yes the yabbies have been good & may get better as the water recedes. Just remember to use legal nets :big_smile:

nathan96 · Mar 10, 2011

Yeah Im not counting on it LOL, but hoping to mind a campsite at Merbein common

So much water everywhere Its awesome!

will · Mar 11, 2011

Rick, If you're going up there make sure you take some good mozzie repellent with DEET or Picaridin as the active ingredient, and use it.

Some nasty mosquito born deseses getting around at the moment.

Virus death: Sunraysia man dies from

http://www.health.sa.gov.au/pehs/publications/fight-bite-pamphlet-jan06.pdf

superiorcruiser · Mar 11, 2011

stuff going to Barmah then...

grumpy d22 · Mar 11, 2011

yeah will just heard that on the news..... a bit sad. ill lather up in busmans just in case!

jayk · Mar 12, 2011

one of my workers saw a yabbie crossing the road in st.morris the other day! he put it in a bucket, we did our first job and he dropped off in the creak on the way to the next job. it was a big fella too!

grumpy d22 · Mar 12, 2011

^^ hahahaha funny stuff, at least hes thinking about the future, give it a couple of years and that could be the next secret yabbie spot.

jayk · Mar 12, 2011

yep, it must of been a good kilometre from water. tough little yabbie!

nathan96 · Mar 12, 2011

why did the yabbie cross the road....

superiorcruiser · Mar 24, 2011

anyone been lately? did u get any,and where about did u go?

grumpy d22 · Mar 24, 2011

yeah went to blanchetown and fished both sides of the lock, got three yabbies but the river was flowing sooo fast, will prob give it a few more weeks to go down, or maybe get the old mans boat and fish the backwaters with a few pots.

grumpy d22 · Apr 5, 2011

: latest update: went to avoca dell near murray bridge over the weekend and got 25 medium yabbies off the bank, but my old man went to morgan upstream near where the barge is on the bank, for those of you that know where that is, and out of his boat in a couple of hours got 50 quite large yabbies, he was quite pleased with himself.
so there are plenty about fellas, enjoy and get yourself some!

yabbies up the river

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