Man The smallest fresh water cray you caught that day would have been a country record here in the United States keep it up man I wish we had big Crays like that in the U.S
When I was a kid we would visit my grandparents in Louisiana and I would tow down the bayou to my secret spot and I looked down into the old tree stump and there was a big ass crayfish down in the water it was in the size of the larger ones Robbie caught on this day.
I am from Louisiana, here in the states, and our crawfish are not that large but you catch hundreds of them in a sitting. We call them "mudbugs". Great to see you guys fishing down under. Great show! Thanks.
Hey Robbie. It's so much fun watching you fish. Those yabbies are a special treat. Maybe one day you can make your way down to South Texas, USA. Plenty of largemouth bass, yellow bellied catfish and Alligator gar. Keep up the great work. 😎
Thank you so much for watching mate. I went to America in 2001. I absolutely loved the places and have dreamed of going back ever since. I really hope that I can make it back over some day, this time with my fishing rod. Haha
Love your work mate, you are a brilliant man, an master class with you videos and love. Human interaction with the environment is paramount to all of us. I am feeling well and happy knowing you are there, content and understanding our individual commitment to our magnificent country. Its so amazing that the crays are doing well in man made channels. Our size and bag limit is working. Nature is so wonderful a amazing mother too us all. Your commitment Robbie and love of our beautiful country reminds of the Steve you are a brilliant conservationists nature lover. I value you thanks Robbie you are a great Australian 👍 thank you for being yourself 👌👌👌🙂
What an absolute monster! Here in the US I would catch those by hand at night in the ditch out back when I was a kid. Nothing close up that size though. It was rare that they'd be as large as those small crays you pulled out. We called them crawdads.
Gday Robbie, thank you for inspiring my brother and I to go out cray fishing. It was a first time for me, and armed with some brand new metal bottomed nets we headed out. We caught 10 for the day. 9 undersized and one absolute monster at 14cm. You should have seen the scenes on the bank when that one came out ! But to catch a cray like that on our first go at it together was awesome ! So no keepers for the day, but what great fun it was. Oh, and the bait...Lucky dog 🐕. Cheers Robbie. Love your stuff. Brett
Hi Robbie, I’ve been watching your channel for about two years now. I’ve learnt a lot about fishing and I’ve catch a lot of fish big or little. I’m so excited
Thanks Craig. I had just kept two on my previous trip and I know that Rohan hasn't been able to get out a lot this year so it was an easy choice to make.
Great video Robbie. I'm a fellow writer in the Fishing Monthly Magazine, I report on the freshwater area for Western Australia. When our season opens in January I'll do a full report on where to go. As the other guys mentioned we have strict laws over here in WA and those net with the steel grill were introduced some 20 years ago . They not only let the juveniles escape , the marron also don't get tangled in the base . If you are over here I can take you to my secret pool that also holds some nice big redfin .
Hi Pete, thanks so much for that great info mate. It's always great to hear from fellow magazine journalists. Hopefully I will get over to WA one day mate.
@@robbiefishing cheers Robbie, I forgot to mention our marron season runs from early January until mid February and of course a license is required for public waters however, there are lots of private dams that hold monster size marron as they are rarely fished . These private property dams don't have state restrictions but the marron must not leave the property. I have one where we have a nice cook up of ( arguably ) the tastiest crustacean in Australia . Just let me know if you come this way . I'm heading to your area in early September after I finished with the bass at Glenbawn and yellas in Windemere 👍
Good day mate Great fun , and prolific stock , maybe why there on the smaller size... Population x food etc... Rob very enjoyable and one of the better ways to start your week .... Best wishes to yourself and Loretta and girls ... 😎🇬🇧
Thanks Vincent. I had just had a feed a few days earlier and I know Rohan hadn't been able to get out so it was an easy decision to make. A great man is Rohan.
Another great video Robbie always love your vids specially the cray vids wish i could catch crays where i live in s.a keep up the great content you bloody legend
I saw a monster crawdad bigger than those in Churn Creek near Redding, CA while snorkeling in the early 90s. It was as big as a lobster you get in the grocery stores! Scared me, because I didn't know they could get that big and it looked like it could take a toe off. We later found its carapace during the summer dry season.
Great stuff Robbie, I see Brendan explained the marron thingy in this comment before...I reckon you would love the South West of W.A at the right time of year...Thanks again for your vids 👍
Thanks Ryan, I know I would mate. It is definitely on my bucket list. Most people here dream of going north and fishing for Barramundi. I dream of going west and fishing for Marron. haha
Thanks so much mate. I don't know if they will all get big to be honest. Either they will be harvested by people, or there won't be enough food for all of them.
Those nets are all that's we allowed to use in Western Australia to allow the little Marron 2 fall through so we call them marron nets not crab nets. Crab nets have chicken wire on the bottom
Yeah they're very skittish not like the ones you're catching they love to just hang on and also the Marion has a lot more meat in the tail the tailes very deep on them and of course no spikes so no cut fingers and of course excellent fun just to catch
Wicked session on the Crays Robbie and a beautiful keeper . I have been using crab nets for a couple of seasons now and they are just as good in the rivers mate . What a healthy population and such a positive for the future 👍
Thanks mate. Its a big win for the crab nets for me. I bought 4 of each, so still have 4 unused white ones here. They still have their place, especially from a boat. But from the bank these crab pots are the bomb!
Very nice to see that there’s healthy numbers of them. I’ve watched several of your videos and it’s great to see you obey the rules. You’re definitely top class! I’m just fortunate to see these creatures up close because I don’t live there or anywhere nearby. The only question I have is what do they taste like?! Lobster?
South Louisiana here says get about 35lbs. of them bad dudes some zatarains seasoning, celery, lemons, onions, corn on the cob, small red potatoes, mushrooms, hotdogs/sausage, cold beer and it would be on like donkey kong for 5 or 6 people. Enjoyed the video. Definitely looks like you were having fun just catching and releasing👍
Thanks mate. Their carapace length (from eye to start if tail) has to be a minimum of 19cm and a maximum of 12cm..Anything bigger or smaller must be returned.
Another great video Robbie, good to see you and Rohan out together again. By the way, I think those new nets would be better in snags rather than a net bottom getting tangled in everything.
This spring summer, I'll be crayfishing for the first time. Since we don't have huge crabs like you do. I was just going to use an open 2 sided trap that they can't exit once in. Any tips??
Thanks mate. To be honest I would be surprised if they were not in there. I think they can survive in water with less oxygen that crayfish can so if the crays can survive there then surely the mussels can too.
now that's a LOBSTER ..would be a good little feed . But then again , what would it cost in a fine restaurant in Sydney or for that matter in Melbourne . top episode Robbie
Thanks so much Bob. I don't think you would ever find this species in a restaurant. There is no commercial fishery for them and to the best of my knowledge they are not farmed anywhere.
G'day Robbie, been watching for a while now! I find your videos so relaxing. Im planning a little roadtrip down south in search of the mighty Murray Cray before the season closes. Can you recommend a town/river to try out mate? Cheers. Leaving from the Sunshine Coast
I wonder if you could use a paint pen or something to mark the shell of the ones you've caught to see if you catch them again in the same trip or soon after. I like the spiny crays to look at but I think I'd rather catch blueclaw. Not really sure why.
Man.... The UK even monitors the size of crawdads.....! I'm so sorry for the afflictions that come with authoritarian rule, my friend! Any of those crawdads would have been ok to eat here in the States. Out of common sense we let the little ones go, but anything over four inches is perfect. Sometimes I keep a couple of the little ones to jig with while I wait for my trap to fill up; where I live, it only takes about ten minutes, and the thing is completely full. Surprisingly I found the best crawdads in a small lake in Arizona! Clean and so sweet, the Goldwater Lake (a little outside of Prescott) Crawdads were the best I ever had. And there are some Dandies in there too! I had one that was ten inches ( at least) claw to tail. Brother you need to move here, and then we can show you some fishing holes!!
They are a completely different Family, Genus and Species to your crawdads. These Euastacus crays grow slowly and are very vulnerable to overexploitation. Marron in Western Australia grow faster, but we've got limited habitat for them, are delicious even by freshwater and saltwater crustacean standards, and again, very vulnerable to overexploitation. Basically, if we didn't have strict, scientifically based regulations for them, there wouldn't wouldn't be many left, and certainly very few big ones.
Hi Rexxy, it all depends on the bank mate. If it's a steep bank I like to go close to the edge but often I need to throw it right out to find a decent depth.
where abouts is this? i'd lovem to throw a few nets in and have my first round of freshwater crays. funilly enough i live in albury where ya got those nets haha.
Awesome, just up the road from me. I'm in Wangaratta. These were in a channel on the Goulburn River system. There's plenty on the Murray near Albury mate.
@@robbiefishing no but a fishing friend of mine suggested using peas. It sounded good so I typed it. I usually fish for trout, bass, pike, muskie and perch (I really, REALLY want to go after the perch under the Victoria falls in Africa).
@@robbiefishing ah true, I think I know the spot. I have a place on the main drag in Murch but never fished there. Didn’t have the bug back until I moved to the beach. If I discovered your channel sooner I prob would have got into it while I lived there. Tight lines and heavy nets
What a great day out👍 How good is it to see such good numbers on something that was almost fished out of existence. Good management and good support from fisho’s proves that you can turn things for the better. Do you think they are small in that area due to the high numbers(?) Like when reddies runt out in dams? Thanks for sharing Love your work Healthy habits
Thanks Moo Moo. I am not 100% sure but that is my thought as well. Quantity more than quality, which I would imagine comes from the fact that the channel is inaccessible for so much of its length.
I have no idea why I watched and was about to change channels and you dropped the best one line ever when throwing the guy away see you later Bug Ben lol reminded me of vacation Big Ben parliament
Hahahahahaha Thanks mate. I remember that movie, when they just kept driving around and around in circles stuck in traffic. 😂😂😂 Chevy Chase is the best.
Hi Robbie, great day on the crays I thought you might like to know how to tell a male from a female, the male has dots on the bottom legs closets to the tail & the female has dots in the 3rd legs from the tail, have a look next time you throw the nets in. I came in to anaconda when you where there but my 4y old son Sid got star struck & hid behind a display, that’s what kids do sometimes, keep up the good work🦞
Thanks so much Brad. Hahaha there were quite a few kids that clammed up. Haha Kids are the best, I live them. Thank you so much for coming down and for the info on seeing a cray. I know how to do it, but I always forget which one is which so tend to call every crayfish without eggs a male hahaha
Thanks Allan. I honestly don't know, but if it is, I doubt that anybody ever would because they would need to be the minimum size before you could keep it and that would be a very big bait haha
Man The smallest fresh water cray you caught that day would have been a country record here in the United States keep it up man I wish we had big Crays like that in the U.S
Thanks mate. These are the second largest freshwater crayfish in the world. I feel blessed to have them at my doorstep.
Would not be a record. Most restaurants sell those big crayfish as lobsters. That size are readily avaiable.
I'm from the Midwest, the size of these blew my mind.
Louisiana currently farms Australian Red Claw, they can get to a decent size. If you have a warm bit of land maybe grow some
When I was a kid we would visit my grandparents in Louisiana and I would tow down the bayou to my secret spot and I looked down into the old tree stump and there was a big ass crayfish down in the water it was in the size of the larger ones Robbie caught on this day.
I am from Louisiana, here in the states, and our crawfish are not that large but you catch hundreds of them in a sitting. We call them "mudbugs". Great to see you guys fishing down under. Great show! Thanks.
Thanks so much Chris. We have smaller ones here that we call yabbies, they are similar to your mudbugs.
They hardly have any meat on them and are so dirty 😢
Hey Robbie. It's so much fun watching you fish. Those yabbies are a special treat. Maybe one day you can make your way down to South Texas, USA. Plenty of largemouth bass, yellow bellied catfish and Alligator gar. Keep up the great work. 😎
Thank you so much for watching mate. I went to America in 2001. I absolutely loved the places and have dreamed of going back ever since. I really hope that I can make it back over some day, this time with my fishing rod. Haha
Love your work mate, you are a brilliant man, an master class with you videos and love. Human interaction with the environment is paramount to all of us. I am feeling well and happy knowing you are there, content and understanding our individual commitment to our magnificent country. Its so amazing that the crays are doing well in man made channels. Our size and bag limit is working. Nature is so wonderful a amazing mother too us all. Your commitment Robbie and love of our beautiful country reminds of the Steve you are a brilliant conservationists nature lover. I value you thanks Robbie you are a great Australian 👍 thank you for being yourself 👌👌👌🙂
Hi Jim thank you so much for your very kind words. I just absolutely love being out the bush and in nature. I can not get enough of it.
First time watcher. As soon as you said “HEY YOU” i was like YEPP I LOVE THIS MAN ALREADY.
Hahaha thank you so much. I'm certainly an individual, but a fun loving and kind one.
I like these crayfish nets. Hopefully, Anaconda still has them😊
Learning more what I can catch from rivers besides crabs.
Thank you heaps👍
Thank you so much Vilma. I hope you have a great day. 👍
@@robbiefishing Off to Anaconda today. I’m sure you are an inspiration to many❤️
A very nice day with the nets, I enjoyed your video.
What an absolute monster! Here in the US I would catch those by hand at night in the ditch out back when I was a kid. Nothing close up that size though. It was rare that they'd be as large as those small crays you pulled out. We called them crawdads.
Gday Robbie, thank you for inspiring my brother and I to go out cray fishing. It was a first time for me, and armed with some brand new metal bottomed nets we headed out. We caught 10 for the day. 9 undersized and one absolute monster at 14cm. You should have seen the scenes on the bank when that one came out ! But to catch a cray like that on our first go at it together was awesome ! So no keepers for the day, but what great fun it was. Oh, and the bait...Lucky dog 🐕. Cheers Robbie. Love your stuff.
Brett
Hi Brett, that is so awesome. Well done mate. Isn't it just the best when you lift a cray net up and see those huge white claws. Haha
I knew you would go back there after fishing catching heaps of crays, been looking forward for this vid to come out, great work
Thanks mate. Haha I was always going to get back over asap. LOL
Hi Robbie, I’ve been watching your channel for about two years now. I’ve learnt a lot about fishing and I’ve catch a lot of fish big or little. I’m so excited
Thank you so much for your kind words Lew Lew.
I subscribed in one of your last few videos your enthusiasm lifts my spirit thank you!
Thank you so much for your kind words mate.
Awesome numbers given the small area you were covering. That channel must be alive with them. Great video mate.
Thanks Ross. Thay channel must be crawling with them I reckon, especially with access being so limited.
Great video Robbie and giving Rohan that big cray was fantastic.
Thanks Craig. I had just kept two on my previous trip and I know that Rohan hasn't been able to get out a lot this year so it was an easy choice to make.
It was very much appreciated! Thanks again Robbie
Great video Robbie.
I'm a fellow writer in the Fishing Monthly Magazine, I report on the freshwater area for Western Australia.
When our season opens in January I'll do a full report on where to go.
As the other guys mentioned we have strict laws over here in WA and those net with the steel grill were introduced some 20 years ago . They not only let the juveniles escape , the marron also don't get tangled in the base .
If you are over here I can take you to my secret pool that also holds some nice big redfin .
Hi Pete, thanks so much for that great info mate. It's always great to hear from fellow magazine journalists.
Hopefully I will get over to WA one day mate.
@@robbiefishing cheers Robbie, I forgot to mention our marron season runs from early January until mid February and of course a license is required for public waters however, there are lots of private dams that hold monster size marron as they are rarely fished . These private property dams don't have state restrictions but the marron must not leave the property. I have one where we have a nice cook up of ( arguably ) the tastiest crustacean in Australia .
Just let me know if you come this way .
I'm heading to your area in early September after I finished with the bass at Glenbawn and yellas in Windemere 👍
@robbiefishing any recommendations for beginners in the Western Washington area
Great session Robbie, and to see Rohan as well, what a bonus mate 👍🏼. Love the video mate…
Thanks so much Wayne. It sure was great to catch up with Rohan.
Good day mate
Great fun , and prolific stock , maybe why there on the smaller size...
Population x food etc...
Rob very enjoyable and one of the better ways to start your week ....
Best wishes to yourself and Loretta and girls ...
😎🇬🇧
Thank you so much mate. I agree 100%. Population x food. It's always either quality, or quantity. Rarely is it both.
Nice work mate. Good to see Rowan out again.
Thanks so much Brad. It was great to be back out on the water with him.
Love it mate !!! Big regards from North Yorkshire in England !!! You know your stuff buddy !!! We net American signalls over here, good feed !!!!
Thank you so much mate. I would love to go crayfishing in the U.K. for the invasive Signal Crayfish.
Your a good friend looking after your buddies tummy. A friend for life.
Thanks Vincent. I had just had a feed a few days earlier and I know Rohan hadn't been able to get out so it was an easy decision to make. A great man is Rohan.
Another great video Robbie always love your vids specially the cray vids wish i could catch crays where i live in s.a keep up the great content you bloody legend
Thank you so much for your kind words mate. I love crayfishing, it is the think that I look forward to the most each winter.
Great to see Rohan back in action. Good to see so many Crays.
Thanks mate, I agree on both.
Loving this mate. That crayfish was a monster.
Awesome video. I will putbthis onnthe UKCA PAGE AND WALL.
cheers bro.
Andy
Thank you so much for your kind words and your AND for the share. I really appreciate your amazing support.
@@robbiefishing you are a legend bro !
Great to see Roan again watched his video other day maybe he could get some new ropes and some of those open top crab nets.
Thanks mate. He definitely needs new ropes. LOL
I saw a monster crawdad bigger than those in Churn Creek near Redding, CA while snorkeling in the early 90s. It was as big as a lobster you get in the grocery stores! Scared me, because I didn't know they could get that big and it looked like it could take a toe off. We later found its carapace during the summer dry season.
WOW That is unreal.
Great stuff Robbie, I see Brendan explained the marron thingy in this comment before...I reckon you would love the South West of W.A at the right time of year...Thanks again for your vids 👍
Thanks Ryan, I know I would mate. It is definitely on my bucket list. Most people here dream of going north and fishing for Barramundi. I dream of going west and fishing for Marron. haha
@@robbiefishing You DO know you can get them here on the Mornington Peninsula right?
This was wicked! So many cray! Gonna be a great spot when they all get bigger 😁 although it's pretty good now lol. Well done 😁👍
Thanks so much mate. I don't know if they will all get big to be honest. Either they will be harvested by people, or there won't be enough food for all of them.
@@robbiefishingyeah well, they're good points too. Well, you can only hope 🙂🤞
Those nets are all that's we allowed to use in Western Australia to allow the little Marron 2 fall through so we call them marron nets not crab nets. Crab nets have chicken wire on the bottom
Hey mate thanks for the insight. I would love to catch Marron some day.
Yeah they're very skittish not like the ones you're catching they love to just hang on and also the Marion has a lot more meat in the tail the tailes very deep on them and of course no spikes so no cut fingers and of course excellent fun just to catch
Was about to fill Robbie in on the details myself Brendan, but looks like you have covered it well...cheers from the S.W 👍
straight up lobster size crays man! great job and most importantly you guys had a blast doing it!
Thanks mate, we sure did.
Love ya work mate.... Might have to catch up for a fish and a cordial when I'm up that way...
Love that your patience is improving
Haha only just. My ADHD prevents me from becoming too patient. LOL
That was a fun day! The video turned out great. Here's hoping we can catch up again soon
Thanks mate. Absolutely wrong will do it again soon.
Wicked session on the Crays Robbie and a beautiful keeper . I have been using crab nets for a couple of seasons now and they are just as good in the rivers mate . What a healthy population and such a positive for the future 👍
Thanks so much mate. I was certainly very impressed with the nets thats for sure.
Awesome love the crayfishing videos Robbie top stuff also just a suggestion but you should do a catch and cook crayfish video keep up the great work
Thabks so much mate. I actually do have one on my channel from a couple of years ago.
AWESOME, what a great session!! Nice to Rowan again 👍
Thanks Mat. I was hoping you would see this after the conversation last night. They worked a treat mate. 👍👍
Love the video mate! Was in anaconda the other day, was tossing up between the cray v crab nets. By interesting to see how they go in the river
Thanks mate. Its a big win for the crab nets for me. I bought 4 of each, so still have 4 unused white ones here. They still have their place, especially from a boat. But from the bank these crab pots are the bomb!
Thanks for video. Great fishing.
They are all delicious 🤤 and survival is more important than regulations in many places these days.
Love the video team i love watching your content always happy and upbeat and you always pick the nicest spots to camp love it keep up the great work
Thanks so much Akmal.
@@robbiefishing your welcome papa
You're KILLING it on the crays this season Robbie!
Thanks UF. I'm absolutely loving every second of it too.
@@robbiefishing I bet!
well done robbie,good to see rohan out and about.
AWESOME Robbie!!! Poor Rohan and his broken net ropes...
Thanks mate. LOL He sure was having a bad run.
Another Great Video. Love the new nets, may have to get some :)
Thanks Trevor. I got them after my instore appearance at Anaconda recently.
Very nice to see that there’s healthy numbers of them. I’ve watched several of your videos and it’s great to see you obey the rules. You’re definitely top class! I’m just fortunate to see these creatures up close because I don’t live there or anywhere nearby.
The only question I have is what do they taste like?! Lobster?
Thanks so much mate. It's hard to describe the taste. They are very good eating like any crustacean. I prefer Yabby meat, but these are still amazing.
Looks like a spot that will produce some good sized crays in 5 years. Let's hope they keep coming for decades to come.
Thanks mate. I hope you are right, but I suspect that it may be more about quantity over quality in that spot.
What a good guy. A real sportman. Thank you for making the effort to release the throw backs well. Well done.
Thank you so much for watching.
What a keeper! Awesome day on the crays. We’ll done Robbie 🤙🏻
Thanks mate, surebwas a ripper session
South Louisiana here says get about 35lbs. of them bad dudes some zatarains seasoning, celery, lemons, onions, corn on the cob, small red potatoes, mushrooms, hotdogs/sausage, cold beer and it would be on like donkey kong for 5 or 6 people.
Enjoyed the video. Definitely looks like you were having fun just catching and releasing👍
I sure was having fun mate. I just absolutely love pulling my nets up and seeing those big white claws in the bottom..
Mate love the video. I use those nets aswell and I won't be using the old style anymore. So much easier to get crays out
Thanks mate, I agree. AND.... they're so much easier to throw as well.
@@robbiefishing yep. I use them in the goulburn out of the boat and also off the bank.
I so wish we had that species in the US! Ours are so small in comparison! Great video!
Thanks so much Floyd. These really are amazing creatures.
Another great video Robbie
Thanks so much Les. A spot for you to try mate.
@@robbiefishing definitely
WOW those are pretty big, wondering how big they need to be to keep??? Those tiny ones are the ones we eat here in the US, so funny!!
Thanks mate. Their carapace length (from eye to start if tail) has to be a minimum of 19cm and a maximum of 12cm..Anything bigger or smaller must be returned.
i wonder if i could get some and Farm raise them, here in the US
I'm not sure mate. If say it would require permits from both countries.
Another great video Robbie, good to see you and Rohan out together again. By the way, I think those new nets would be better in snags rather than a net bottom getting tangled in everything.
Thanks so much Mick. I do too to be honest. I'm hoping to get out and give them a go in the river really soon.
@@robbiefishing, I hope you have success with them in snags, looking forward to finding out.
Nice crays Robbie I thought the legal one would have been over but on perfect good job
Thanks mate. Ibwas worried it would be too
This spring summer, I'll be crayfishing for the first time. Since we don't have huge crabs like you do. I was just going to use an open 2 sided trap that they can't exit once in. Any tips??
Hi mate, I don't really have any tips because I don't know where you are located and what species you are targeting.
I love the video Robbie I wish I could catch some crayfish, you are my hero keep it up
Thank you so much for your kind words Alex
G'day Robbie, could the channel also be full of mussels? Just looking at the hollows in the mud.with water level drop .. good show mate.
Thanks mate. To be honest I would be surprised if they were not in there. I think they can survive in water with less oxygen that crayfish can so if the crays can survive there then surely the mussels can too.
@@robbiefishing thanks cob, good bait, just need a couple of likely lads with a rope round the guts ,, and feel for the mussels by foot 😀
now that's a LOBSTER ..would be a good little feed . But then again , what would it cost in a fine restaurant in Sydney or for that matter in Melbourne . top episode Robbie
Thanks so much Bob. I don't think you would ever find this species in a restaurant. There is no commercial fishery for them and to the best of my knowledge they are not farmed anywhere.
OMG, the size of them. In Louisiana we call those Select.
G'day Robbie, been watching for a while now! I find your videos so relaxing.
Im planning a little roadtrip down south in search of the mighty Murray Cray before the season closes. Can you recommend a town/river to try out mate? Cheers.
Leaving from the Sunshine Coast
Thanks mate. The Ovens and Goulburn Rivers are both good rivers to crayfish in, but are both flowing very hard at the moment too.
I wonder if you could use a paint pen or something to mark the shell of the ones you've caught to see if you catch them again in the same trip or soon after.
I like the spiny crays to look at but I think I'd rather catch blueclaw. Not really sure why.
I've thought about that but never gotten around to it. Blueclaw sounds like a lot of fun.
You can estimate population that way, re-capture by effort
Love the video mate, you always make quality content.
Thank you so much mate.
That was so cool, lots of yabbies great vid.
Thanks so much Kev. I had a wonderful time.
Man....
The UK even monitors the size of crawdads.....!
I'm so sorry for the afflictions that come with authoritarian rule, my friend!
Any of those crawdads would have been ok to eat here in the States. Out of common sense we let the little ones go, but anything over four inches is perfect.
Sometimes I keep a couple of the little ones to jig with while I wait for my trap to fill up; where I live, it only takes about ten minutes, and the thing is completely full.
Surprisingly I found the best crawdads in a small lake in Arizona! Clean and so sweet, the Goldwater Lake (a little outside of Prescott) Crawdads were the best I ever had.
And there are some Dandies in there too! I had one that was ten inches ( at least) claw to tail.
Brother you need to move here, and then we can show you some fishing holes!!
Thanks so much mate. I would LOVE to head to America again one day. I went there in 2001.
Just FYI, I am from Australia. 👍👍
They are a completely different Family, Genus and Species to your crawdads. These Euastacus crays grow slowly and are very vulnerable to overexploitation. Marron in Western Australia grow faster, but we've got limited habitat for them, are delicious even by freshwater and saltwater crustacean standards, and again, very vulnerable to overexploitation. Basically, if we didn't have strict, scientifically based regulations for them, there wouldn't wouldn't be many left, and certainly very few big ones.
@@robbiefishing
The next time I get a line in the water, I will give you a lookup!
Hi Robbie, entertaining video, love your enthusiasm. Is it permitted to put a kayak in the channel and explore the more inaccessible reaches?
Thanks mate. I can't say for sure, but I doubt that it would be allowed.
Hi Robbie you always frisby your pots out quite far is this more successful then say 3 to 4 metres
Hi Rexxy, it all depends on the bank mate. If it's a steep bank I like to go close to the edge but often I need to throw it right out to find a decent depth.
How much different from a shrimp or lobster does a crayfish taste? I have never eaten a crayfish.
They're nice, but I much prefer eating yabbies.
where abouts is this? i'd lovem to throw a few nets in and have my first round of freshwater crays. funilly enough i live in albury where ya got those nets haha.
Awesome, just up the road from me. I'm in Wangaratta. These were in a channel on the Goulburn River system. There's plenty on the Murray near Albury mate.
@@robbiefishing guess I'll have to try there haha.
When going after carp, have you tried sweet corn or peas for your bait?
Hi Cliff, I have never used peas but I do catch a lot of carp on corn. Have you used peas for bait?
@@robbiefishing no but a fishing friend of mine suggested using peas. It sounded good so I typed it. I usually fish for trout, bass, pike, muskie and perch (I really, REALLY want to go after the perch under the Victoria falls in Africa).
Wish they were that size over here in my part of the US
These are stickle back or spiny tail
That big one you caught is a small lobster here in the States. Wish we had them here
They certainly are a species of massive crayfish mate.
Well done mate that big one was awesome … 😎👍🏼
Thanks so much David.
Hey mate can you do a video on where to find trout in Victoria👍👍
Hi Christine thanks for the great suggestion.
Would it pay to throw them somewhere else so you're not re-catching the same ones?
Access is limited to this one spot mate.
@@robbiefishing ah true, I think I know the spot. I have a place on the main drag in Murch but never fished there. Didn’t have the bug back until I moved to the beach. If I discovered your channel sooner I prob would have got into it while I lived there. Tight lines and heavy nets
Great session mate
Thanks Butch. 👍
Thanks Butch. 👍
What a great day out👍
How good is it to see such good numbers on something that was almost fished out of existence.
Good management and good support from fisho’s proves that you can turn things for the better.
Do you think they are small in that area due to the high numbers(?) Like when reddies runt out in dams?
Thanks for sharing
Love your work
Healthy habits
Thanks Moo Moo. I am not 100% sure but that is my thought as well. Quantity more than quality, which I would imagine comes from the fact that the channel is inaccessible for so much of its length.
How big do they need to be
Th carapace length needs to be between 10cm and 12cm. Anything over or under must be returned.
Hey mate I was wandering where u live and I’m in Western Australia we call them maroon
Hi mate, I am in Victoria. These are a different species to your Marrin. These are Spine Murray Crayfish..
Is there a limit on crayfish
Yep. There are several limits. Size limits, bag limit and closed season.
I have no idea why I watched and was about to change channels and you dropped the best one line ever when throwing the guy away see you later Bug Ben lol reminded me of vacation Big Ben parliament
Hahahahahaha Thanks mate. I remember that movie, when they just kept driving around and around in circles stuck in traffic. 😂😂😂 Chevy Chase is the best.
Do you sell live crawfish and ship them to the US
No mate, that is illegal sorry.
what particular species of crayfish is this?
Hi mate, it is a Spiny Murray Crayfish.
@@robbiefishing thank you, what a spectacular creature and i love the video! hopefully you can do more of these!
Love the video Robbie 🤩 keep the coming plz
Hi Robbie, great day on the crays I thought you might like to know how to tell a male from a female, the male has dots on the bottom legs closets to the tail & the female has dots in the 3rd legs from the tail, have a look next time you throw the nets in.
I came in to anaconda when you where there but my 4y old son Sid got star struck & hid behind a display, that’s what kids do sometimes, keep up the good work🦞
Thanks so much Brad. Hahaha there were quite a few kids that clammed up. Haha Kids are the best, I live them. Thank you so much for coming down and for the info on seeing a cray. I know how to do it, but I always forget which one is which so tend to call every crayfish without eggs a male hahaha
Wow those are some big crayfishes
Good one well done mate 👍👍👍👍👍
The small ones are as big as they get in the Midwest USA. But I hear, If you can pick them up with one finger there are bunches.
I reckon it you picked one of these up with one finger you would lose your finger. LOL
My Cajun friends would go crazy over crawfish that big
That area is packed with fit cray. I guess I have to wait for lobster season b4 I can chuck rings. ATB Brad
Great show
Thank you so much.
So fun to watch mate 😀👍
Thanks so much Jack.
Hi Robbie luv the cray catching vids, it must be a healthy water way. Is it legal to use crays for bait.
Thanks Allan. I honestly don't know, but if it is, I doubt that anybody ever would because they would need to be the minimum size before you could keep it and that would be a very big bait haha
I live in northern Victoria what the name of the Chanel....
Hi Ken it is near Waranga Basin.
@@robbiefishing ok thank you you had fun anyway good luck getting some more later on
Didn't know you did videos with RKJ 🔥
Sure do mate. Rohan and I are very good friends and have fished together in quite a few channels on both his channel and my channel.
Cool 😎 video buddy 👍👍
I would love to have some of them
Man, would I love to get some "crayfish" that size in the US. Have an Old Bay freshwater lobster boil!
Where was this?
Hi mate, I'm not sure where you're from so I apologise if this answer is annobvious to you, but I am in Australian. In the state of Victoria.
@@robbiefishing yeah mate I live in Victoria too
LOL I thought you may have been from America. Haha This is a Waranga Basin channel.
@@robbiefishing oh yeah near Bendigo nice….I get around the country being a sales manager so I’ll try my luck