Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Went out again this afternoon but the yabbies weren't as plentiful. Dunno if it was a moon thing or what the hell. Lots of boats there so maybe they are getting thinned out already.
Gonna try another lake Sunday.

Come on Charlie, you now have two pages to fill to catch up to this thread

Went to another lake today with a mate and we maxed out getting our allowed 30L of yabbies each. I peeled the lot of my half in just under 2 hrs and ended up with 2.1KG of meat. Yabby sandos for lunches this week me thinks YUM

Nice haul. When you eat them, you just get the tail and claw meat, correct? I've had crayfish tail before and it was yummy, but I'm not sure I would be up for cracking the carapace and sucking out the insides like I've seen some people do.

Only kiwis do that head sucking thing, and no one really knows why, but we humour them

I think ya'll just pissed off some cajuns down South (up North for some) since you said only the kiwis did this . That's the best part.

Man thats a HUGE haul.... Well done Mantis...

yum!!! Hey Rupe thats why us Kiwis are big and beefy we dont discriminate lolz and we got good Kina but alas no freshwater lobbies!!! here in Tasmania but in saying that a nice big cray head to pick at is still just as good!!!

YUMMO!!!

Righto mate no need to make a scene Had full plans to venture out today but the heavens have opened up and giving us some much needed rain - and a bloody heap of it too. Wont be long and my perch will be knocking at the back door


Fantastic job!........... and thats a lot of peeling


and not the only strange thing they do for that matter

What do you guys use for traps? Do you make your own or buy them pre-made? I saw an old Chinese woman catching crays at one of the lakes when I was a kid. She just tied a piece of chicken to a rope and slung it out in the water. Every 20 minutes or so she would pull them in and there would be 5-10 crays latched onto the chicken, munching away. I caught a whole heap at the same lake using a fishing pole and some catfish bait, but traps seem a whole lot more efficient.

In this state of Oz we are only allowed hoop nets in public waterways

The best nets Ive ever used and rate them at No.1 in the world.

http://www.kulkyne.com/au/Pyramid-Yabby-Lift-Net.html

Not allowed here, besides thats just cheating

I put it in the "evolution of mankind" basket.