2022 Yabby BONANZA | Yabbies galore and BIG yabbies

[@moomoo9611]

Show off🙄 Seriously what an awesome haul. Great advice to look for dams with dirty water during all this rain and floods. Proof is in the yabbie nets - all 5 of them 👍 Thanks for sharing Love your work Healthy habits

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks Moo Moo. "I'M TELLING EVERYONE". haha Sessions like this don't come along too frequently.

[@allon33]

Without so many big Yabbies, the others will get more food, you are helping them.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate, I think so too. Less competition for food.

[@beckyrobinson5672]

Thanks for video, It's been fun watching you catching yabbys. Enjoy your meal. Take care and God bless

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Beck. 🙏 God bless you too my friend.

[@spbspermbrosadventures6388]

Show the cooking man make a 30 minute vids 20 minutes yabbying and 10 15 cooking and eating full length catch and cook

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks for the great feedback mate. I'm hoping to film a video like that soon.

[@spbspermbrosadventures6388]

@@robbiefishing keen as bro

[@TLKLures]

Another Gooooooooooood Video! They are gooooooooooood size yabbies. Nice blue one there in the mix too.

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks Trevor. Good yabbies, Gooood yabbies. LOL I wonder how long it will take for someone to tell me how small they are. Haha

[@TLKLures]

@@robbiefishing Not long I would think. ha

[@Knee-ko]

Epic session Robbie. Can almost taste them in between two bits of fresh, buttered bread with a dash of salt and vinegar. Yummo !!!!! 👍👍

[@patrickcollinson3605]

Hi payment lpo

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

20 years ago I was looking at farming crayfish with a rack of tanks and a cheap above-ground pool in a shed in my backyard. Got told by a bunch of people it was a pipe dream, so I let it go. 10 years later I ran into a guy who had done exactly that and was making nearly $1M a year in live export who started out the same way. Spewing! lol. You picked up a good feed, but also some good breeding stock for a farm! ;)

[@alexshillingford5995]

I enjoy the yabbie videos most of all as it brings back some wonderful memories of my childhood Cheers for your awesome efforts they are much appreciated

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Alex. I love filming them too.

[@02bigkev]

Great yabbies, I bet they make an awesome feed. I'm glad you survived the lightning......

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. They taste AMAZING!!

[@glenbaker4024]

Wow! What an awesome dam. I didn’t keep count of how many you kept but you caught 73. Incredible.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Glen. It surebwas an epic session mate.

[@neil9274]

Well what a great session and the yabbies were a good size,you would have had a good feed. My mouth was watering just looking at what you caught.

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks Neil. They were so nice!

[@lookingoverhell3448]

nice to see you all excited ,, haven't had a feed of yabbies for many years and your not allowed to eat the big ones in tas . drooling ..

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. They were soooooo good. Haha

[@l214laus]

A great session for you. A pretty ordinary weather weekend down in the big smoke this weekend. Constant rain squalls coming in from the south west.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Its definitely been a crazy spring. We've copped it too.

[@tonysmeriglio5004]

Great yabby adventure, can't wait to get our 1st attempt for this spring yabbying!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Tony. It's been a slow spring for yabbies but they're finally on the bite now.

[@edstar81]

WOW! what a good session. Gonna be a good feed there mate! Enjoy

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Ed. 👍 They tasted amazing mate.

[@johnc262]

Hey Robbie !! nice haul of good sized yabbies, love ya work .

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks John. After a slow start to the season it was great to get onto a few.

[@terryharwood1969]

Great session m8.. I love your yabbie vlogs the most lol brings back childhood memories catching them with my dad

[@robbiefishing]

Thabks so much Terry. I lose yabbying. I just out 2 nets in now without even filming just because I'm curious about a spot. Haha

[@Vincentdonnelly5158]

The jackpot is right. Enjoy your feed.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Vincent. They were soooooo good.

[@kelvinhaynes6123]

great video Robbie good to see you so happy

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Kelvin. After a slow start to the season it was great to finally get onto a few.

[@michaelhayes1068]

Hello rob , well you hit the jackpot at this venue, mate that closing shot of them all cooked and ready to looked awesome...well done. Mate your certainly getting your share of rain ! Rob all the very best to everyone, I'm on Christmas tree duty for a very special young lad 😊 Thanks mate 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Michael. Its currently 13 degrees and hailing here with science in the hills. A cold day for the middle of winter let along a week out from summer. This is absolutely incredible.

[@gasnxt6805]

About 30 years ago after a good flood the oil tree lagoon out near Balldale filled after being in drought for years, the quantity of yabbies was amazing. Our opera house nets would be half full over night. It might be worth a drive. If i still lived over there i would take a look myself.

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, Oil Tree is full all the way out to the road. I went over there 3 weeks ago. It's all on private property though. I do have access permission for Lake Utana though and can't wait to get up there yabbying. Can you remember how long it took after it filled for the yabbies to go nuts?

[@douggiedevil]

Very few have been got so far, there is several flood ways that are accessed just off the road and plenty of locals have nets in or scooping when they run, warmer weather hopefully brings them out

[@robbiefishing]

@@douggiedevil Awesome, thanks Douglas. I have my eyes on a few of the big similar swamps down here. I'm just not sure how long it takes for them to turn up.

[@gasnxt6805]

@@robbiefishing i dont believe it was full for very long before the yabbies were going nuts, we had herd stories of blokes filling the floors of their tinnies with yabbies, people were taking them to work for lunch. We just walked in from the road threw our nets in and drank beers up on some log out of the water. Hundreds of yabbies in a single day. I can also recall as a young boy in the mid to late 70s catching yabbies by hand as they crossed the flooded road between Morundah and Urana. I love watching your content Robbie. Great work.

[@tubby5006]

Awesome video Robbie, I’ll second the catch and cook! 😋

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Tubby. Haha I must do that. I take a lot of prompting to film cooking videos. Haha

[@anthonylegg4031]

Carp , bathtub , few days , then eat :)

[@Chucky-b7v]

Amazing Robbie, what a bonanza catch mate 👍🏼 well done…

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate, you're not wrong. Best for a very long time.

[@rodgeorge7244]

Can't beat a feed of Yabbies Robbie one of our great critters to chow down on we use to cook them in a in a beer keg with some rock salt and lemon bloody delish

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Rod, I agree mate. Absolitely beautiful. We use to cook crayfish like that. Haha

[@peterhipwell4632]

Great session Robbie- water in bucket first up is confidence looks like a great feed great to see the excitement 😂😂😂

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Pete. Haha Mu confidence was sky high mate, this dam looked perfect.

[@donnamckinlay495]

That was fun. They looked delicious.

[@BushRats]

Well done Robbie! Bloody good feed right there! Keen to see ya next cook up 😎🤙🏾

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I definitely need to film a catch and cook video asap.

[@allon33]

Just another day in paradise, living the dream!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Sure is paradise.

[@alancampbell8760]

Hopefully my mates dams at Oxley are productive when I am over from Perth next week

[@nedcassidy5218]

great video some great yabbies there keep up the great video absolutely love the yabbying videos yabbying is the best

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much mate. I love yabbying soooooo much!

[@barryfrench2534]

Pretty sure you are in Victoria Robbie and if so here is a genuine tip for you. IF either Lake Hindmarsh or Lake Albacutya fill with the current flooding events, get there with a few mates. In 1975 after Lake Albacutya filled a group of us went yabbying there, limits weren't as they are now (think it was ten nets and I don't recall if there was a bag limit then). Water colour was pretty much same as that dam and the lake was literally crawling with yabbies of all sizes. Nets we were using were the same size as yours and I am not exaggerating in stating we were pulling them up half full of yabbies (and the odd carp which was great for additional bait). We feasted like Hobbits for the three days on the claws and brought back the tails (without shell). Never heard or seen anything like it since...

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Barry. Yep, I'm from North East Victoria mate. I was born in 1975! I have heard stories of people pitting a dead sheep in a trailer, then backing it into Albacutya. Drive forward an hour later with a heap of yabbies in the trailer. Haha There's no water in Albacutya that I know of, but Hindmarsh is currently about half full I believe. Can you remember how long after it filled that the yabbies turned up?

[@barryfrench2534]

@@robbiefishing Pretty sure they were around not long after the water got into the lake. I remember we planned the trip after hearing the story of a diver who stated that there were so many of them they were travelling around in swarms AND this was in Winter which is not normal. We went there around this time of year (and it still got cold on that lake at night) but they were catching them in large numbers through to at least April of each year though there was some activity all year round for several years (1979 was a really big year there). There were a number of professional guys permanently there for a good while. Some weekends (like Easter) you couldn't find a spot to drop a pot and there were fights over "yabbie poaching", camp sites etc. Pretty sure that at one time a gun was either pulled on someone or actually fired during an altercation but we never had an issue.

[@robbiefishing]

@@barryfrench2534 WOW Sounds like the place was alive. Thanks so much for the Intel Barry. I am eyeing off a few waterways that have just filled.

[@mickssouthaussieadventures1631]

Nice feed Robbie. I hope the new spot you're trying pays off mate.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Mick. 👍

[@RKJFishing]

Congrats on your feed mate! I'm jealous haha. I'm also inspired to get some myself now, thanks! Well done

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate. A session this epic has been a long time coming. LOL

[@lightningsfishingadventures]

Love the vid! Glad to see the yabbies are more active. Started off slow this year haha. Well done! 😁👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate, you're not wrong. It started off super slow!

[@lightningsfishingadventures]

@@robbiefishingyou're welcome 🙂👍

[@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic]

GOOD haul there!

[@PlayingWithFireOutdoors]

Very nice! Awesome catching man.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate. 👍

[@marktaylor524]

Now that was a great video mate. I'm jealous lol. We are still trying to find a place to try here

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Mark. I reckon there would be some monsters down there mate.

[@aussiegav8996]

Hi Robbie , love your yabbie Adventures Mate I have never been yabbying or have I tasted them , I wish I do both one day .

[@rickmorgan5520]

Looks like chicken is the bait to use. Great video

[@CamBill]

Awesome session mate enjoyed that one 👍👍👍👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Cam.

[@giovannigiorgio4622]

Mate head over to the Murry for a few white claw. 2nd biggest yabbies in Australia, Tassie has the monsters.

[@tinyjack8302]

My fav video expesially for 21 minutes straight 😁 🦞

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you soooo much Jack. Legend!!

[@bcpioneer59]

If I were you I would see about getting adopted into the family somehow so you can use that spot anytime you like lol, very successful outting

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha

[@larrylongprong5219]

Yummo! Great yabbying.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Larry. They were truly amazing mate.

[@victorbitter583]

Bloody awesome mate. cheers.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@jimpettitt3229]

Awesome feed Robbie yum yum 😋

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Jim. They were absolutely beautiful mate.

[@jimpettitt3229]

@@robbiefishing have you been out on the bike lately I took the v strom 650 out for a ride had fun. A bike camping fishing vid on the channel could be cool 😎 I'd nominate my self 😀 lol your a legend I reckon love you work

[@steveherbert1038]

G'day Robbie. Just a friendly tip from 'The Australian Yabby Farmer' by John Mosig: Be careful not to overfeed with meat in particular, as it has the potential to harm the water quality in the dam/pond.

[@robbiefishing]

Hi Steve, thanks mate. I didn't help them alive long enough to need to feed them. I ate them that same day. 👍👍

[@steveherbert1038]

It was rather about tossing the chicken carcasses back in the dam after trapping 🤙

[@philiphudson6919]

hey great video again 1 question do you put your yabbies in fresh water with a touch of salt to purge them of mud or just straight in the pot

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Nah, I just cook them as they are.

[@nickfishing13]

Hey Robbie, thought of a cool remix, do you know what videos you sang "oo yeah the fish are getting bigger"?

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, I have sang that song in heaps of my videos. Haha In fact I sing it in a redfin video that I just filmed and haven't even uploaded yet. LOL

[@nickfishing13]

@@robbiefishing haha nice, can’t wait for it to come out, that is what I will use for my remix

[@WHOmedia1]

good onya mate. Get down d'pub. Royal, Term, Railway, Prince.. all good...

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Dean.

[@blainesellars1548]

Well done mate great 👍🏻 feed!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Blaine. It was sooooo good to finally find a few decent yabbies. Haha

[@michaelwatson2276]

How do you find the Chicken carcasses as bait Robbie? looks like this session sure gave it a good run.

[@robbiefishing]

Hey Mick they're excellent bait for both yabbies and crays I reckon. They hold their scent unlike lambs fry which loses its scene.

[@michaelwatson2276]

@@robbiefishing Yea nice, I've got new dams to try going to have to give them a run see how much the catch rate changes.

[@alvanstan600]

Nice work !

[@robbiefishing]

Thabks Al.

[@Kearnesy]

Such a good session

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Definitely one of the best for quite a while.

[@gingerfisherman69240]

hey Robbie just saying you really inspire me

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much for your kind words Cohen.

[@captainfrank01]

Eat the nets, eh? That should boost your iron levels ..... That was a great haul - one, two, lots.

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha thanks Frank. I never even realised that I said that until I was editing the video. Hahaha

[@adventurewa3242]

Awsome video mate 🤙

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate

[@samroberts8365]

Do u still have to purge them Robbie?

[@robbiefishing]

I don't worry about it mate.

[@nathanbruce6421]

I went out the other day and never caught much the ones that I did get the Shell was still soft

[@audigga4396]

Nice...are you sure you didnt jump the fence into a yabby farm😁

[@robbiefishing]

Haha It might appear that way. LOL

[@phillipdean9879]

Hey Robbie did you check your blood pressure when you got home? 🤣🤣🤣🍺🍺

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha

[@russelblackwell6041]

Cooking tip if you have a wok or pot cook them in MOUNTAIN DEW OR 7UP lemonade absolutely delicious my wife put me onto this Filipino recipe YABBA DABBA DO

[@genevasimmonds8208]

cool yabby for dinner, makes me hungry

[@robbiefishing]

Haha They tasted amazing mate.

[@chriscoates2399]

Fantastic yum ...

[@nelsoncook1899]

The so called monster Yabby are Koonacs you can tell because of the blue colour around the claws

[@mrFU]

I was talking to my nurse about you Wednesday, he does some fishing too. I brought you up cause we were talking about cod opening and he told me he is not a fan of yours, I asked him why and he replied that he didn't like how he had seen you handling fish in the past. I told him I thought you handled fish with respect, I didn't push the point though cause he was about to do a catherta change on me.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks for trying mate. You can't please everyone I guess! Some people are just born to winge.

[@mrFU]

@@robbiefishing haha true, and considering he was born a Pom it applies

[@robbiefishing]

@F-U-2-2014 hahaha that explains it. LOL 🤣🤣 Maybe one day he will meet me and judge me differently.

[@chadcole9400]

Hey can you do shellfish videos. Like clams,oysters, crabs.

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate I don't live near the salt water sorry, but I do have a lot of yabby and crayfish videos on my channel. They are shellfish.

[@Tommy23_]

I think I might try making yabby pasta

[@robbiefishing]

Sounds lovely mate.

[@tinyjack8302]

Random but Do you like the movie up it’s my fav movie?

[@robbiefishing]

Hi buddy, I've never seen it sorry.

[@shauny2146]

Hey robbie why you using chicken carcasses and not the goodos dog food there’s days ?

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, I use whatever bait I have on hand. In these types of nets chi Ken is easier to tie in.

[@patrickcollinson3605]

Hey Robbie fishing they stop breathing when they'd be gone so put all the small on

[@Delete_The_Elite]

Save our Murray cod! Vote for a fishing friendly party

[@robbiefishing]

Sometging desperately needs to be done in the lower Murray River. What a disgrace it is to see all of those dead fish for the 3rd time in 12 years.

[@Delete_The_Elite]

@@robbiefishing vote out Andrews. Vote shooters hunters and fishers party!

[@BigPoppieSeed]

I'm thinking the actual "land owner" would be him that created it.

[@robbiefishing]

I reckon you're right.

[@BigPoppieSeed]

@@robbiefishing thats why in legalese it is recognized that "possession is only 9/10's of the law" One needs an aloidium title of ownership (not a certificate of deed) to actually own the property, which is pretty hard for most to attain. The corperation of the United States of America (1871) actually owns ones property through your fictious person (not you) evident by ones name spelled in all capps. (go check for yourself) This ALL CAPP person accompanied by your signature/endorsement seals the deal and most are none the wiser. They have even attached the national debt to our properties. We don't own our cars, businesses or even our children and I sh*t you not my friend.....going flounder fishin right now at Sebastian inlet....cheers!

[@jasoncarr9470]

Robbie there the only size u should be keeping. Everyone keeps yabbies too small and 2 many. If u want bait yes keep a few for bait. Enjoy Jason

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Jason. I will keep them smaller if there are no big ones, but if there's big ones the small ones all go back. Apart from fishing bait if I want them.

[@spudznuts3810]

CHeerS brother 🍻🇦🇺💪

[@debramage739]

Sorry Robbie, a bit late, working but nice job

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Deb.

[@Urbanfisho]

YUMMO!

[@TheThetechnician]

Gday Robbie

[@robbiefishing]

G'day mate.

[@jimdobies7314]

You missed a chance to sing Thunderstruck during this vid!

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha it certainly would have been appropriate. LOL

[@cointector]

Omg I am starving right now.. Ps my last pull .. Haaaaa 😅

[@robbiefishing]

Hahahaha I've had so many last pulls. 😅

[@cointector]

Loved it Robbie mate

[@lbrennan2479]

Being from Junee in the Riverina area of country NSW, that's the smallest Yabbie catch I've ever seen

[@robbiefishing]

LOL

[@qwilfish66]

That was an amazing haul of big yabbies and you should keep some small ones for Satan

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate.

[@tommytaylor4458]

Umm ummm👍😂😁

[@xenoptryx]

What the hell is a yabbie?

[@robbiefishing]

Hi Joe, it is a freshwater crustacean. Similar to a crawfish, or mud bug.

[@patrickcollinson3605]

Patrick couldn't

[@bbqshape5798]

Did the dam owner let you use savaloys as bait?

[@kurtgreen1040]

Water bugs yuckies

[@robbiefishing]

Haha they're the nicest eating thing on earth... trust me.

[@anno250]

Um you do know Yabbies are a major major pest .Right up there with carp. Man you shouldn't be releasing any. There is a reason they are getting rid of open channels

[@robbiefishing]

OMG I've heard it all now. 🤣🤣 Maybe in some places but not where I live, they are native here.

[@robbiefishing]

Meanwhile they are subject to a bag limit. LOL 🤣

[@anno250]

@@robbiefishing Then have a look at the damage they do . Why do you think they have been putting plastic liners in the channels and pipes. They were poisoned up to not that long ago .Look up blue stone and see what it was used for . Blue stone stays in the ground for years that's why dams aren't a good idea. Mossies are native as well doesn't mean they are a good thing.

[@robbiefishing]

Usually I am getting into trouble for releasing redfin, but this is the first time that I have ever been lectured for releasing yabbies. Haha

[@robertheywood5061]

The reason they are putting in pipes and filling in channels is due to the loss of water due to evaporation and the cost of the upkeep of the channels. Some channels are lined with black plastic due to constant leaking issues.

[@stebebone5896]

I seen better yabbies in my bathroom sink buddy u can’t cook yabbies that are that small they are well below size limit, plain old poaching of undersized yabbies

[@aussiesmoko]

Yabby dabby doo

[@andrewturk6562]

Iv seen heaps bigger must not be that big were you hang out