Yabbying....which bait?

Spero

When I was a Victorian bacon , even tinned span will get them, now I am a NSW I have found that still works but got put onto sweet corn, straight from the can...

Works for me..

In the Darling River kangaroo backbone by a million mile. Have seen other baits in nets next to roo backbone and the roo out done the others at least 20 to 1. You can get it from some butchers and you need to keep you receipt if using it to show fisheries otherwise you will cop a fine.

We commercially harvested yabby's and used dog nuts. Most effective bait we found.

Neil

A small bag made from pantyhose knotted at both ends and containing chook pellets is cheap and simple. We won't get into a conversation about where to get the pantyhose.

NSW, and QLD I just open a real cheap tin of sardines (no name variety) and drop that in the net. Often found the net overflowing when I returned.

Red Meat works for me on the Murray.

After the bait bags kept getting chewed up by water rats, I now use a stainless bait clip used for crab nets.
I just stick a chop on the clip. No fuss, no bother.


Bill

Thanks for all the advice....quite a variety of bait ideas....much appreciated.


Cheers

Spero

Cat.

Just use Road Kill.

Cheers

Hi,
Used to use Friskas dry cat food in a perforated plastic pill container. Now find that this brand falls apart and dissolves quickly. Now use Woolworth own brand and works a treat. Make sure that it contains fish preferably sardines.
Caught a heap of red claw in the Darr river just recently. Now working well on the cherabins further north!
enjoy
Guy

hi, roo bones work well, last weekend in the murray, 10 pull ups, 600 yabbies in 1.5 hours. quickest the 3 of us have ever bagged out. cheers mm,

Spero just be aware that Opera house nets are now illegal in NSW because of the amount of water rats, platypus etc getting drowned in them. Check your local fisheries laws.
Cheers Pete

Hi there,

I have found chicken necks to work well. Nice and fleshy but hold their shape well. Gives the yabby something to hang onto.

Mattd

Mate when we where kids we just used a bit of meat on a string in our farm dams and caught heaps.
Cheers Pete