Gulf Mud Crabbers: Boom or Bust
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 เม.ย. 2024
- The Mad Mullet. He is a Gulf Mud Crabber, and he loves life. But when two cyclones (Lincoln & Megan) came charging through, the aftermath threatened Mullet's livelyhood. Along with some of the other Gulf Mud Crabbers, there was a worry that with such MAJOR flooding of the McArthur River, the mud crabs might not come back in this season. So I hopped on board with The Mad Mullet on his crabbing boat to go and find out... have the mud crabs come back in yet?
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Nice one Mikey and great to see The Mad Mullet smiling.
Yeeeew Cheers for another one Mikey! good to see some crabbin content with the mad Mullet!!! 🍻 legends
Finally Mikey, another video. And its got the mad mullet (special guest). 😂. You guys rock. Watch out for those bloody catfish! Mongrels! Lol. 😂 👍.
Love the mullet! If I ever get up there i won’t leave till I have a beer with the bloke!
You guy’s really are true blue Aussies, my wife and I are currently in Cooktown with our car, boat and caravan and are just waiting for the roads to open so we can get to the tip of Australia and then we head to our buck list destination of King Ash Bay 😁😁. We are so excited to finally get there and a beer in the pub with you guys would be the ultimate, with some luck you might just be sitting at the bar when we walk in, who knows ? Another fantastic episode Mickey, well done mate
There is a fair chance we will be sitting there mate. Haha. Thanks for the support. And hope you enjoy The Cape mate. Can you please bring back a rock for Bullfrog?
@@MikeyCunninghamFishing Good as done mate !!
It always took me a good week to dig out of a blizzard so relax, catch fish and crabs. Have fun.
Bloody legend mullet 🦀
Thanks for another great vid Mikey 🤟
Oh yay! So good to see you boys back out there again and them smiles 😆😆
great episode
I hope the boys do well this year, they certainly put the hard yards in. Just realised how Mullet ties his crabs, smart man, I will be doing that in the future.
Mullet what a champ
Goodonya Mikey and Mullet for taking us along🤙🤙⚡️⚡️🇦🇺
Great video guys, glad the Mad Mullet is doing OK.
Mullets right , watching your videos is the next best thing to being there.
Couple of legends there
great stuff guys, the mullet is a bloody champ hope it does go viral fellas, bloody educational as well learned a new way to tie crabs, keep em coming Mikey
Great job ! what a life
Great to see the recovery progressing, hopefully a bumper year for the crabbers.
24:02 the crab was doing with his legs on the way back in the water...saying cheers to the Mad Mullet 👍👍🔥🔥
yea mannn.. nice day out.
Most enjoyable.Thank you both.👍
Great one Mikey great to see the mad mullet in action on my birthday bloody oath what a ripper
Happy Birthday mate. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Good job, lads 👍🏻
Hello from central Qld, another great episode Mikey always good to see you guys. hope the boys have a great season and looking forward to seeing more great content. cheers boys
awesome great to see ya back into it 🍻🍻🍻🍺
With the Mullet holding down so many crab with his foot each day it’d be strong enough to crush a coconut
Enjoyed that Mikey love the Mad Mullet what a character 😊
Bit quiet fallahs ,get some beers into ya ,🤣👍😊🍻
Thought old mullet looked chubby 😂, glad he said it
Love this channel and people on it. Much respect 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bahaha the freakin hair on him.
Done well boys good to see you back on the water be good to see the others boys back at it again to
Great to see ya back in the water guy s , couldn’t help but notice the flash new carpet mullet . Might sort out the cod slime hey . See ya’ s in a week or 2
Yea, probably a good yarn to go with how he aquired the carpet too. Haha. He didn't buy it... that's for sure.
Unreeeeeal 👍🇦🇺
Yes the Mad Mullet is the Star.
So good to see you guys back out on the water getting into the crabs
Stay safe and well and looking forward to the next adventure
Cheers Garry
Great to see you and mad mullet survived the cyclones that pulverised the area, we coped it hear in FNQ too at Port Douglas and we're cut off for a while after our road in was destroyed but we made it too, hopefully the barra are going nuts too
Greetings from the BIG SKY of Montana. Around here those storms are called a hurricane. Getting 2 of them is a bit trying I'd wager.
good to see you guys back at it again x
perfect
All the best for this year. Hope everyone gets a good workload and feed for all
well done fellas keep them coming
What a great fun Video to watch, I will be back in Oct. Bigs up, to all involved in the KAB clean up .
Love ya work from NZ
Great to see a couple of smiles on faces ,great that you can get some content out and the crabbers can make some money. Great clean looking crabs keep it up fellas I bet Ash will be chomping at the bit to get out there good luck
Mad mulley back ytfb
Unreal lads love it keep em coming!! The mullet can tie a crab
Another great one guys loved it.
Awesome ep and crabs boys
Glad to see yous back. Shit news about the shack mullet hope u have a pisser season
Good work books love the content
Mate I dead set love these crabbing vids with the man the myth the legend the mad mullet 😂 I’m super keen to catch up with all use boys on my lap of aus 🤙🏼🍻
Nice one boys
Thanks for another fun vid
Big up the mullet
Soooo happy for the Mad Mullet that the crabs have not gone missing post cyclone. Happy days all is OK. Big hit on the Mud Crabber huts. Stay happy all will be ok.😊
I remember Ash talking about the difference between a slow long rain vs dumping back in the early episodes. I was wondering how this was going to impact the muddies. I guess I'll tune in to find out!
Yea, so far so good mate. Time will tell. “Young Boy” thinks maybe next year will be no good. But we will see.
Stoked you guys did well cheers mike
Great video Mikey. I could watch them all day. Hope it's a good year for everyone.
Thanks mate. Thanks for the support. Gonna smash out some more good videos now that bloody TC Megan has gone.
Loving the vids mate FYI in NSW you’re allowed to keep female crabs so long as they aren’t carrying ova(eggs) and they are over the legal size just in case people keep saying you shouldn’t be allowed to keep females just tell them in the most populated state in the country you’re allowed to keep female mud crabs as well.
Floods are great for prawns i believe so hopefully that translated to crabs too.
What happens to everyone's boats when the cyclone hits. Are they tied to a big tree
Bloody good to see you back Mikey and with the Darwin shagger the Mad Mullet! Hope you all have a very prosperous ‘24 after those devastating cyclones. My no video withdrawal symptoms have eased!
Yea it was such a good start to the year, bloody Megan came along and stuffed things up. Anyway… hopefully we can kickstart the year again and make it great again.
Great stuff, Cheers
Love your shorts but I bought your 7xl shirt and it was like 2 sizes to small. Not a problem I will live with it.
You guys are the best, very relaxing to watch so laid back and professional.TC England.i Envy you best of luck happy 🦀 .
just ordered a 24 hour massage shirt :) there will be one Rocking the Mighty Logan Very soon
Awesome mate. Thanks for the support.
I was there during 2011 and 2013, hanging out for my last trip.
Great work boys, up the mullet, was in darwin last week on the lookout for massages on mitchell, couldn't find them but
just got new merch today .thanks
Thanks for the support mate.
Fark hes a gun at tying crabs 🦀 😎
After watching the video, some of the other crabbers were laughing telling him he is too slow. Haha.
@@MikeyCunninghamFishingno doubt there would be some gun crab tying in the area takes me 5minutes to do 1 🤣🤣🤣
The mad mullet is goer awesome to see him at work. How long does mullet leave his pots in before checking them Mickey ??
Love your channel and content. So damn interesting.
Can’t wait to do a trip up there mate, be good fun
Awesome video mate. Can't believe how flooded King Ash bay got. As far as Jennie's go from what I've been told at legal size in the NT they don't breed anymore so why the other states don't allow it I just don't know 🤷. Hope to get up there next year after the wet and hopefully catch up with you guys 👍 and looking forward to the next podcast 😊👍
Yea I’m no expert. Would be interesting to find out if that’s true.
Gonna buy those Mikey - Melb love ya
Thanks for the support mate.
Thanks for the videos Mr mullet , where is ash ?
He's still around mate. Got his boat in the water now too.
How many hours mate does mullet usually run his yammy too before he trades them in there a great engine the 150
Another awesome vid MIkey . At how many hours does mullet swap out engines ?
Only when he needs to mate. They service them regularly and run them for thousands of hours.
Hey Mikey and Mad Mullet, top trip to begin the year with after a crazy NT Wet season.
Quick question lads, after pulling a rock solid full crab from the system , tying up and transport then to table, do they lose meat content from being rock solid out of the water on catch to the table ?
Also can the Mad Mullet predict after doing a round on the pots where the movement is of them given some sections of pots have more than others in them for his next drop of pots to follow them ?
Also how many crab to average a full basket legends ?
Love ya bloody work guys, cannot wait to get some time out from Darwin to come visit and experience the life you guys have there. Well Done Team.👍
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To answer your first question, everything happens so quickly that from the time Mullet catches the crab, it can be on a restaurant table within a few days. Probably maximum of 10 days. So they are stil l going to be top quality by the time they are consumed.
And predicting the crab movements... years ago he used to put a small cable tie on a few empty crabs that he would be throwing back. If he caught one of them in the next week or so in another location, he would know where they are moving. But he doesn't do that any more. He just hunts around with his pots and if some come up empty, he will just stack them on the boat and move them to a new location.
@@MikeyCunninghamFishing awesome mate, I've actually done the same and moved around to see if I catch that crab with a small cable tie on it with no luck. Thanks for the input legend.
GREAT CATCH! What makes them in or out?
When they are soft, he throws them back. If they are soft, they probably don't have much meat in them and won't survive the trip to the restaurants.
is it true that when the big gurls get over a certain size they stop breeding? good video boys!!
I saw a couple of other fellas commented something similar. It would be interesting to find out if that's true.
I saw that big buck you got in your recent video... "That'll keep the girls happy!" haha. Good stuff. It wasn't until you put your hand up next to the claw that you realise how big the fella was.
Congratulations Mad Mullet & I wish I could help fix your home where you stay but it is a long way from Brisbane mate. I hope all the boys up there do well. Cheers Denise - Brisbane
Good on ya' Mates! You are right Mullet, we go along wit' ya's!
I love ya work mullet...love it all how.do.i get a job with yas
clean shell = recently molted = no meat
You're not eating the shelll mate haha
How much money can 2 boxes of crabs make? If you don't mind answering.from indonesia🇮🇩
What’s the chances off a old Aussie sea dog enjoying a week in your life doing these type trips?
We kinda talked about it in the video mate. Mullet is gonna need to become a registered tour operator or something. Haha.
Micky Last I was at king Ash Bay crabbers were using Horse meat Now your using chicken was it price ,available or another reason ?
Yea they have used the hen wings for a few years now. I think it’s a combo of reasons… price, availability and also very convenient to rebait pots with the hen wings.
You might want to look at diversifying your business antagon people out in the charter to go
Easy 40 crates a week $$$
Maybe with 2 licences and double pulling. Maybe.
Awesome work guys
love ya work boys.
So our idiot government is going to ban netting up your way, what do you think of that? A kick in the nuts after the cyclones.....I know your not in Normanton but is there any netters in King Ash? Love your videos Mikey, id love to get up your way too get some storm shots
Great vid guys love the pro crabbing vids and even some footage of the guys rebuilding their fishing shacks wood b cool too👌
Stay safe bud 🤙