18 replies to this topic

[sleepycod]

was just wondering if it is illegal to capture yabbies out of the local " duck ponds"........ cheers greg

[chen]

Don't tall me you into yabbies too....I think BBQ yabbies taste better than crs shrimp omellete.

[sleepycod]

got them to feed my jags...but have wimpy jags lol and oscars are to small .....lol

[Robbotheyobbo]

Hey Greg, dont know if its legal or not but when my brother had his oscars, his kids used to go the the local lake and catch them, the oscars smashed them, and gold fish

Edited by Robbotheyobbo, 02 January 2011 - 05:58 PM.

[sleepycod]

like i said my jags are wimps lol ...but theyll learn....unfortunatly lost my big oscar and all my catties...saved the jags and cow fish....so have tried to feed them but they a lil bit to big i think lol.......so ill try breed a few up and get them small ones lol

[smellsfishy]

i dont know where the land is, if it was your own then it should be fine.
if not then you will need a license and you will need to check wether you can fish there. also you can only you specific nets, best to check it out with your local fisheries, orr fork out $5 and get a couple and breed your own.
orrr go down at night with a torch and a net and your ninja skills;)
cheers jess.
ps. $5 for a couple or $25 for the license and $10 for the net and $2? for bait and a nights worth of time.
pss. you also need to check wether its season.

Edited by smellsfishy, 02 January 2011 - 11:48 PM.

[sleepycod]

yea thanks forthat jess...lucky my ninja skills are still with me hehehehe cheers greg

[mattt]

you can buy yabbies for like 20 bux a KG LIVE from quite a few seafood markets. Few farms ive seen sell direct to public even cheaper... like 40$ for 100 or so + delivery

[sleepycod]

thanx for that matt......will look into it cheers greg

[MrOrange]

pss. you also need to check wether its season.

There is no season for yabbies. They are actually an introduced species, a pest if you will. There's no bag limit, no season and its actually illegal to release one into a natural waterway. Fisheries want you to catch as many as you can

The only thing you have to worry about is a) taking what you think is a yabbie and turns out its a marron or other small native crayfish or b ) trespassing and fishing someone's private dam.

Here's some info on identifying yabbies direct from Fisheries WA;
http://www.fish.wa.g...Page01.php?0506

Edited by MrOrange, 03 January 2011 - 08:18 AM.

[alex101]

like i said my jags are wimps lol ...but theyll learn....unfortunatly lost my big oscar and all my catties...saved the jags and cow fish....so have tried to feed them but they a lil bit to big i think lol.......so ill try breed a few up and get them small ones lol

cowfish do u mean water cow??? or the saltwater one

[smellsfishy]

marron are normally darker in colour which long slim claws and a slim body, yabbies have a bulier body a bluer colour and fat claws.

[scottyhooton]

i catch em at the local all the time using a bait trap i bought from aquotix

[sleepycod]

well scotty theres a whole lot in harrington waters mate ........less the ones i got lol......and a huge carp man he/she is huge.......

[scottyhooton]

Try using a corn kernel on a small hook .... those carp can be great fun to catch ..... kill on sight of corse

[sleepycod]

this thing will need a leg of lamb and a shark hook lol....at least 2 feet long if not bigger .......

[-Pete-]

Catch it and give it to me im looking for some fish for my pond to beat up the birds that eat my goldfish
Pete

[sleepycod]

aint got big enough gear pete lol......

[MUZZYBEAR]

i saw some Koi in a lake down there bout 3 years ago, but they looked so thin, i would not add them to private stock