How do you catch a few of those yabbies?
Submitted: Saturday, Aug 09, 2008 at 17:56
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Member - Magic (VIC)
Hi All,
We are soon to take off on a trip up the Darling for a couple of weeks, and hope to try our hand at catching yabbies.
We are from Scotland, and it's not something we've tried before. I've checked the archives, and read about various types of bait. We also bought a cheap hoop net today.
My question is really basic - what do you do with it???
I'm guessing lay in flat with some bait in the middle. What then? Do the yabbies come in to get the bait and just sit there waiting for us to lift the net?
I'm sorry if I'm asking the obvious, but it's a bit of a mystery to me.
Reply By: Member - Dennis P (Scotland) - Saturday, Aug 09, 2008 at 18:27
Saturday, Aug 09, 2008 at 18:27
Hi mate,
Tie your preferred bait inside the net, an old chop is good, then throw the net into the water.
Leave it for a while, give the yabbies time to come in for a feed.
When you pull it in, do so fairly quickly, so the yabbies can't escape.
We used to tie a chop to a piece of string when we were kids, you could feel the yabbies at the chop, a gentle retrieval and one yabby!
Cheers,
Dennis
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Saturday, Aug 09, 2008 at 22:41
Saturday, Aug 09, 2008 at 22:41
opera house nets are avalable for less than 10 bucks from any tackle
shop and are a bit better than the hoop nets which are more for crabs but will work.
bait can be anything from an old chop to a peice of sausage etc.
dry Cat food in a stcking makes an easy bait storage solution.
As has been said when the weather warms up is best and heck the regulaions as in SW western australia the regs are draconian with marron poachers (a type o fhuge yabby) being treated worse than Poedophiles)
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Saturday, Aug 09, 2008 at 22:45
Saturday, Aug 09, 2008 at 22:45
OK read the thread above - scrap the opera house nets and just pull your hoop nets about every 20 min 1/2 hour not ast not slow just steady pull
- theres no real sience to catching yabbies
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