Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Got bored this afternoon so decided to go try the river upstream from town in a spot I got heaps of yabbies years ago. The river has been flowing for months and still is and this is the prime for yabbies coming up.
Although they didnt go as well as I remember, I still got a small feed for the missus and me, (kids wont even try them, God bless them as well .
Just finished mine and got reminded why I love them so. Especially these little black river yabbies that are as sweet as
Will return for round two tommorow
BTW, I had already peeled about 30 before I remembered to take a pic

Did you use drop pots?? Or nets or the good old fashion way??

I want to take my son fishing, was going to go tonight but it's a tad nippy and iv had a few beers.

Will head out to eppalock tomorrow for a dip, woulnd mind giving the old operahouse nets a go just gotta find them!!

Dont get caught with the operas near any public water, as it could turn very nasty. You are allowed two bait nets which are basically the same and can use them in public waters, go figure
Good luck with the fishing

Oh , yeah, just used drop nets

Hmmm I haunt used nets or anything, better read the regs and stuff don't need any infringements while applying for my aquaculture license ;?

Allowed 10 drop nets per licenced person or child under 15, with your name and address on each, on float or tag
Allowed 2 bait nets again with your name and address
Not allowed , pots of any kind in public waters, but allowed in private waters
30L of yabbies per person, but each must pull their own nets
Drag nets , nooooo
2 fishing lines per person, with max two hooks
Thems the basics

Just been on dpi site checking it out. I used to do a lot of fishing back 15-20 year ago with my uncle...... We used to spend all holiday up on the Murray etc.... I'm guessing they didnt know rules back then....

All up to date now and even just got my license online and printed it out saved me at the servo tomorrow

There's a dam up the road, might even take all the kids yabbieing with some lines and nets the old fashion way I used to love it when I was a kid.

I used to go yabbying with a few mates in the parks in the centre of Adelaide when we were kids. We would just dredge the bottom of the nice decorative ponds with buckets on a rope and pour the mud all over the footpaths to pick the yabbies out. Sorry to everyone who has wedding photos with us in the background....Oops

The car exhaust flavoured storm-water run-off from the streets that fed the ponds imparted a delicious, sweet, lead flavour to the yabby flesh. The influence on most of my personalities was hardly lawnmower at all.

Actually the yabbies we caught were all too small to even think of eating them so we sold them to petshops to finance other misadventures. They may have become the great grandparents of the yabby breading stock of today