Yabbies

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  • #6549
    Fly guy
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    Does anyone know which beach/area you can get these little buggers. I have a alvey bait pump and wouldnt mind giving it a go.

    Cheers

    Daz

    #9763
    yellowfin
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    brighton

    #9767
    Fly guy
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    The fiery ginga

    #9768
    yellowfin
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    There are plenty at Pines Beach. Go about 200m

    #9770
    yellowfin
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    yea also there as well i see alot of holes out there at times the beach is just covered in them

    #9772
    Fly guy
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    yellowfin

    #9857
    Miliwolf
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    I thought Yabbies were freshwater crayfish…. What are you guys getting from the beaches?

    #9858
    yellowfin
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    ahhhhhh yabbies are like

    #9891
    Fly guy
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    Do Yabbies freeze OK?

    #9931
    Jones Jr.
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    I suspect yabbies may be a great moki bait, haven’t tried it for them but from what we were fishing with over the weekend I think it would make sense.

    Not sure if you can freeze them? I’d assume it should be ok, just thaw them out before use and tie on with a bit of bait cotton if they are too soft. I’m not sure how soft they are in the first place to be honest with you though.

    Cheers
    Aaron

    #11097
    fishsnatcher
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    Miliwolf the freshwater crayfish ae a seperate thing I tend to call them “yabbies” but thats just a general term for small crayfish-like critters.
    The beach “Yabbies” are a differant thing all together.

    #18421
    Jones Jr.
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    Went fishing with Greg (firy ginga) last Saturday trying to go for flounder, we went to south brighton beach and got a fair amount of ghost shrimps (yabbies). All done by shovel so it was a fair bit of work, really need to work on getting a yabbie pump as it would make things easier, but in saying that if you only have a spade it can do the job it’s just a bit harder. Didn’t get any flounder but would like to try the waimak mouth or ashley mouth / lagoon next time as they would be better spots possibly, unfortunately the rivers were a bit dirty when we went to go so went to diamond harbour instead, best we got was big crabs. Here’s a pic of the yabbies in an ice cream container, we got around 40 or so initially. Cheers

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    #18435
    yellowfin
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    Did you freeze them?

    #18447
    rdeejay
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    Used to live at Waikuku Beach many moons ago, would always see people heading out for flounders and coming back with a good haul, i never had the gear for it so just hung around the creeks etc for eeling

    #20065
    oompalompa
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    where would you go then for freash water crays, what sort of water/ food do they like. im head to glen tunnel for a week and a half. could be something to take the kids to do, and if daddy happens to get a feed ….well….

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