Carp Plague Rages, My yabby nets are full of carp

Thanks to recent widespread flooding, we now have a massive carp problem. They are in plague proportions right throughout the eastern states. The carp are turning up in my yabby nets EVERYWHERE! The carp plague rages...
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[@fatmanwookie5180]

Good to see you clearing them out imagine if they grew then how many eggs they'd produce

[@garytaylor5273]

It’s not just about how many eggs they produce, it’s about eating all other fish eggs. I’m a mad pommy angler that carp fish in U.K. and France, but it’s a whole different thing in oz,carp do so much damage

[@hippo5346]

Interesting watch , Robbie . Reminds me of a commercial carp fishery , I used to visit here in the UK . The owner decided to put some crayfish into his ponds to eat the anglers excess bait . Trouble is , they bred and took over and now you cant catch anything else (You`d love it 😄) . Of course , the carp is a prized catch over here , and the crayfish end up on the road ! Because of the cooler climate , the carp don`t breed so well , so you only tend to catch fish that have been stocked into the lake , so don`t get plagued by small stuff .

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I thought the climate may have something to do with it. Every time we get a flood we end up with huge numbers of carp. I even found one still alive on the road a while back. If I was in the U.K. I would pay to go carp fishing and then fish for crayfish. Haha

[@debramage739]

Good work getting rid of those carp. Well done. Love getting rid of the ferals. Cheers.

[@brucemoffatt]

As others have commented you can only do what you can do. Sometimes it doesn't seem to be enough. But you never know what might come of doing it and sharing the info. Your a legend mate. Stay legendary. Luv ya work.

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Bruce.

[@aussieauntynette6892]

Glad I caught your latest, wasn't getting any of your notifications for ages. All sorted now. Happy to be hooked back up online to your latest :) Gotta go and look for the vids I missed. Cheers from just over the border :)

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much for tuning in Nette.

[@John-pn7bh]

Those carp are good fertilizer for the garden. Our carp, in Canada, look much different.

[@RKJFishing]

Those carp are probably mopping up on the tiny baby yabbies unfortunately! The carp plague certainly rages you've got that right. It's the worst I've ever seen it. Hopefully it turns into a good yabbying spot for ya in the future.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. After what you told me on the phone today I can't wait to see your video.

[@heathmansfield6948]

Same with me Robbie !!! Love the videos

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate

[@downunderfishing105]

Good work rommoveing them all

[@mickgatz214]

Great INTRO, (and video of course) :)

[@kiarawhalen1544]

Bloody hell mate. Well done!

[@ralphhalwes3376]

reminds me of 1972-73 with all the carp

[@moomoo9611]

Hopefully the cod and yellas get their share of those carp and get big and strong Thanks for sharing Love your work Healthy habits

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Moo Moo, I am hoping so roo. There's some very fat cod around at the moment.

[@GrowbaG2381]

Cod love carp

[@MikhailSutormin]

Carp of this size is the best to eat, if you fry them, all the small bones melt and the skin becomes crunchy. WhenI was a little kid we would catch half a bucket of them and eat like cookies.

[@petercarter6086]

Ah ha, will give it a try !

[@beckyrobinson5672]

Thanks and God bless.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Becky. God Bless you too.

[@pitbullcustomlures1917]

They sure are thick this year and seemingly everywhere. Went bait fishing the other day here in the Goulburn and a bunch of little ones kept stealing the bait the buggers! lol Will have to take the yabbie nets next time to try get some out like that. Another great video Robbie 👍

[@lewis5605]

Had the same issue so I just put a tiny hook on. Ended up finding an old can of corn all dry put that on got a little trout cod. But endless baby carp and a few silvers

[@pitbullcustomlures1917]

@@lewis5605 Isn't it nuts! they are everywhere at the moment mate

[@michaelhayes1068]

Hiya rob Well I'm really surprised by the numbers of the fingerling carp.. they really are and invasive species and I can see there a big problem for your native stock fish... Mate lovely stuff , I'm defrosting still 2- in my garden at midday, think I'll start work on cleaning the pond next week 🥶 Rob thank you and best wishes to all the family. 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Michael. I hope your pond isn't frozen mate. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

[@sharonwylie1104]

How 😢sad all those carp. Good work Robbie 👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Sharon..hopefully nature thins them out a bit.

[@brendangrray8017]

Good job Robbie, it's mind blowing how many native fingerlings these carp are Taking out of the waterways .. drag nets are illegal, but gee whiz , something has to be done, I've found live carp in mud.

[@codz2304]

They can usually survive out of water as long as their gills are wet.

[@braxgames8115]

Well done

[@Pete__outside]

good work getting them little ones out

[@lightningsfishingadventures]

Wow.... that's a lot of carp! They're going nuts!

[@christopherbegg6686]

Hey Robby love watching your videos keep up the good work you could use those carp for fishing bait and to catch yabbies

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. They're great bait for crayfish but not allowed to use them as live bait for fish. I reckon a cod would eat them when they're dead though.

[@brettellis1837]

BEST CARP SLAUGHTERING POT EVER. UNREAL.

[@BradGryphonn]

That's insane! I don't think we have quite the Carp plague up here in Queensland as yet but I reckon we're getting there.

[@FergHyde]

Did you know that the CSIRO actually have the means to target and kill specifically every single carp? The only reason that it hasn't been deployed is that the incredibly huge biomass of dead carp would completely destroy every inland waterway that they inhabit.

[@02bigkev]

Unbelievable amount of carp, I hope they make good Yabbie food. Great vid as always.

[@hunterblacka835]

Bruh a search carp just come from everywhere and yet caught in the dumbest ways haha anyways great vid Robbie

[@martyndavison5259]

hi Robbie , in the Bairnsdale area , E Gippsland Victoria AUS. my local area there used to be heaps of carp but have almost disappeared during the last couple of years. not far away 100km at the Glen Maggie dam it has been reported huge numbers of carp.what is going on!!!!! cheers

[@robbiefishing]

They vary so much from waterway ratings waterway mate, depending on conditions.

[@davidlandells4443]

that's bloody insane the amount of carp mate.

[@jamesledwidge1913]

Always entertaining Robbie. I have never seen a small carp. Unbelievable how they can achieve such a high birth rate. Would the small ones do anything for the Cod numbers (having so much food in the system)? Thanks for a great vid.

[@codz2304]

Small carp can still eat cod eggs

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, the any carp this size that enters cod water is in trouble. I doubt that they would eat any cod eggs as they finished spawning 6 weeks ago on average. Even if there were carp this size they wouldn't have got ro the eggs and the cod protect their eggs and destroy anything that comes close, a bit like magpies. There are a lot of fat cod around at the moment.

[@craigboden9455]

No natural predators like in the UK so they'll breed out of control and take over.

[@willmtb6620]

good job getting rid of all the carp

[@malcolmwasher2308]

Jesus i never seen carp land in a yabby net like that

[@deekaym836]

Man I wish there was an answer to Australia's carp problem. We have some incredible native fresh water fish.

[@jimbojones5083]

We do it's called not being fkn lazy. But you try tell land owners that most won't let you hunt ferals and the rest are a bunch of lazy fools who can't afford to take care of the land they own. That's why bush fires and ferals are rampant nothing to do with size at all just lazy mfs everywhere.

[@larrylongprong5219]

Pommys love the mirror carp🤣 squish.. 🤣🤣🤣

[@robbiefishing]

LOL

[@brentonclarke]

The carp sure are a pest. Do you recall if carp numbers were as bad as they are now from the last major flood? I had similar results with hundreds of small carp in the Murray river a few weeks ago. Fingers crossed the carp numbers don’t impact the native fish too much

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I've seen them come and go like this several romes over the years. In well managed waterways they thin right out, but in poorly managed waterways they will remain a problem.

[@zakijan456]

Coming home from work to a new Robbiefishing upload, what could be better?

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks so much mate. I hope you had a great day at work.

[@Megs24theJokerQueen]

I've witnessed a carp being caught before.. I barely batted an eye when it was killed They truly are annoying things.

[@PonyFoot123]

Christ you squashed them like bugs. A quick but brutal and necessary death. The amount of stomping you had to do in the second go 😭

[@robbiefishing]

Mate I was tap dancing like Michael Flattley. Lord of the carp!!

[@alanatkins4315]

Could we export the little carp to England so they can restock their lakes.

[@robbiefishing]

I dare say there would be quarantine issues, but what a great idea.

[@Ckktopa]

Good on ya Robbie, every dead carp counts!

[@CamBill_ROBLOX]

Good one not much yabbies but plenty of carp hahaha 👍👍👍👍👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thabks heals Cam.

[@DaveyGrimmett]

Central vic here and I didn’t catch a carp for a few years until New Year’s Day. I think I’ll be getting a few more unfortunately.

[@AlboSleezy]

The Poms will be spitting out their carp of tea 😁

[@robbiefishing]

Hahahaha they will probably get mad at me for the disclaimer and then call me fat... that's what they usually do when I kill carp. LOL

[@AlboSleezy]

@@robbiefishing 🤣🤣

[@robleary3353]

At Jamieson near Mansfield we had river frontage and the adult Carp averaged 5-6 pounds. Hardest part of catching them was killing them, tended to blunt your fishing knife. Composted well though.

[@robbiefishing]

I use my heal and just stomp on them. It keeps my knife sharp. Haha

[@robleary3353]

@@robbiefishing Alright with the small ones!, it's the big bastards that are the problem, heads like concrete!. When the water level dropped in the river you'd have pockets of deepish water between the rapids. Back in the day I was known as the Carp hunter as I would specifically target them. Got to the point in our and neighbouring stretches of river where the Trout, Redfin and even the Blackfish started making a good comeback. Problem is, Carp can survive in very poorly oxygenated water and water tainted by aggricultural run off where other fish cant. Also Australias climate suits them as food is always abundant and they dont have to 'shut down' for winter. Last female I caught 9-10 pounds on the old scale had at least 1-2 pound of roe in her. That is just one fish!!!. One upside, Carp here in Aus tend to fight like buggery, if you want an inexpensive way of teaching your kids how to play/fight a fish before taking the Barra fishing. 🤣🍺

[@malcolmwasher2308]

I miss cacthing marion next season might have to do a 2 hour trip and work on my snare skills

[@peterhipwell4632]

Back in the 70’s we threw buckets with holes in them so the water would drain out in a drainage channel and every time we pulled the buckets out they were full of carp that size it was horrible to watch - literally the amount of carp was mind blowing and I fear that’s where we are now

[@robbiefishing]

I think so Peter. This reminds me of the 1980s when the rivers were teaming with carp. I do think that their numbers will decline a lot though.

[@ollieamos7602]

Hey Robbie you should try out blowering dam😊

[@quantumhit1837]

Hi robbie do u use redfin for bait and what baits do you think are best for yabbies

[@robbiefishing]

I sure do mate and I reckon redfin is one of the best baits. So is chicken.

[@quantumhit1837]

@@robbiefishing Thanks for the tip robbie ill give them a go next time i go yabbying

[@ssg_AliirAliir]

I'm a big fan of the channel what is the best bait for corp

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate I like worms and corn.

[@ssg_AliirAliir]

@@robbiefishing thank you mate

[@chriscoyne4827]

The Goulburn river is full of little carp it's just shocking big time. All we can do is try our best to get rid of them in big numbers

[@bussieboy7064]

I live in Shepp mate. Went fishing along there. Seen soooo many small carp

[@chriscoyne4827]

@@bussieboy7064 I'm not far from Murch mate and I put the shrimp net in and I'm getting 100 carp in every check it's just wow. How's the fishing in Shepp? I know Murch is fishing really well I've been getting a few cod and yellow belly each time I head out biggest is 97cm

[@bussieboy7064]

@@chriscoyne4827 Cod wise: It’s good, lot of small stuff (I catch and release anything even the cod In legal range here). If I get a cod in legal range in a lake or stocked area. I’ll probably keep but: here also, all cod are Super SUPER fat

[@chriscoyne4827]

@@bussieboy7064 yeah nice they are far this year. I'm the same I release all my cod but yellow belly is a different story I love eating them but won't take to much out of one spot. Like lake Eildon great fishing this time of the year

[@bussieboy7064]

@@chriscoyne4827 yellas, if they’re 30+, they’re in the esky for me, especially out at nilla 🤣. My doc said to me: I need to eat more fish, I said: so go fishing more, he said yes

[@lewlew5735]

In Yarrawonga in a yabby nets that happens all the time😅

[@murraydocfishing4052]

The yabbie are getting a good feed 😂

[@dannoroy]

Not too many yabbies. On the brightside thanks for helping clean out an invasive species 😅

[@LarrysFishing]

Same issue here, have had a few spots where the yabbies are around, but those little carp are everywhere. Just put on some tunes and do a little dance, easiest way I found to get rid of them. (I apologize if I've offended anyone with my comment.)

[@HLsab]

C’mon Larry please don’t encourage him , can imagine Robby doing an Irish river dance on that bridge………….and loving it . 😂😂😂😂😂🤪

[@LarrysFishing]

@@HLsab I was thinking a bit of tap dancing, but like your idea better LOL

[@HLsab]

@@LarrysFishing Hahaha 😂

[@robbiefishing]

Haha I would become lord of the dance. LOL The day I start dancing you will all feel the earth move. LOL

[@qwilfish66]

Wow that was a lot of Magikarps 😱

[@declansb641]

I have never seen so many little carp in a yabby net in my life!

[@robbiefishing]

Me either. They are everywhere at the moment.

[@danielybarra8680]

you got to do what you got to do.

[@Urbanfisho]

TIME to maybe stew up some 'sardines' in tomato sauce and garlic? Europeans often do this with little fish like carp!

[@robbiefishing]

Sounds like an interesting recipe. LOL

[@Urbanfisho]

@@robbiefishing Ya NEVER know, little carp like that shouldn't taste too bad, + the bones would cook up to nothing!

[@eamonruhl2464]

Just wanted to know if yabbies like to hang out near structure

[@robbiefishing]

They sure do mate. Theu often climb on it to get air, and also use it to hide under.

[@wayneberry8703]

That is just unreal, Robbie! How many Carp are in the system? Only god knows mate…..

[@ollieamos7602]

Carp have been the only fish I have been catching since the floods

[@robbieblackwell7642]

Same with Redfin here in tas .. not to be released

[@antsdownunder2738]

In the murrimbidgee you catch a small carp every 5 minutes

[@skoopwalker5903]

Carp are so bad I went to swan hill early this year, I fished for an hour with a mate we had one rod we were using to catch the carp and they were coming so fast we had one reeling them in and one taking them off the hook we were using worms. there was about 3-5 groups on that litle dock that day all catching carp in 2 hours we caught 56 carp. and the record that week was 89 in an hour. there were so many groups doing that. that is most of the murry system sadly.

[@robbiefishing]

You're not wrong mate. The lower Murray River is very thick with carp.

[@godlessbastard4162]

Any carp is better out than in - any one of those could have grown up to produce millions more - you might have made a huge impact on the future of that waterway just by getting rid of a few...

[@petercarter6086]

Wishful thinking mate, will have zero impact 🙄

[@tinyjack8302]

Sorry I haven’t been here i was on a holiday caravaning I’m back now 😀

[@robbiefishing]

Sounds exciting mate, I hope you had lots of fun buddy.

[@terrytoughnuts3029]

I watched them slowly destroy Lismore River we used to catch flathead bream and bass all in the one area

[@robbiefishing]

They certainly are a big problem.

[@jacobsfishing5702]

If you think that’s a lot of carp do a day trip to the yarra weir and look at all the carp at the fish ladder and if your lucky you might see some big cod 1m+ eating the baby carp. Thousands of the things and we saw about 1m+ carp swimming there. Also went fishing just below the weir on the nsw side and got 3 trout cod and 4 Murray cod biggest going about 50cm all on cheese then went to the boat ramp next to the caravan park and pulled in about 15 carp on worms and one trout cod on bardi grubs. Back in cold Ballarat now.

[@robbiefishing]

WOW mate it sounds like you had an awesome time. Well done.

[@jacobsfishing5702]

@@robbiefishing For sure

[@bangonfishingadventures]

for heaven sake thats insane

[@geraldhinde681]

Great to see so many carp.we love them in the UK get used to them because you will.never get rid of them. Lol 😆

[@robbiefishing]

Haha you're not wrong mate. They are here to stay. We probably would mind them if they didn't take over. Every tome we get a decent wet spring they just explode in numbers. We even have a garden fertiliser company called "Charlie Carp" that nets bulk amounts of carp and turns them into garden fertiliser. LOL

[@geraldhinde681]

@robbiefishing lol its us poms that put carp Into your waters back in the 18 century

[@robbiefishing]

It's the gift that keeps on giving. 🤣🤣🤣

[@petercarter6086]

@@geraldhinde681 wrong Gerald, they were farmed for food here in the 50s and some clown let them escape a pond in a flood .....and that was that !

[@19ZOLTAN18]

You did what you had to do as a responsible fisherman. Carp breed like crazy when the water level rises. In Europe and Asian they’re a staple diet in some parts. Great for famine or to be fished uncontrollably. My uncle from Hungary catches carp and loves it but it’s natural species there. Probably introduced from Central Asia hundreds of years ago

[@robbiefishing]

I wish they were good eating, what an amazing resource they would be. I've eaten them a few times. The biggest problem with them is the bones.

[@19ZOLTAN18]

@@robbiefishing imagine how many filets you’d get! I had one in Hungary and it was not the best tasting fish. Quite muddy taste 🤢

[@matthewcullen1298]

@@19ZOLTAN18 yeah Ive eaten them out in westerns Queensland Australia I tried cooking them whole with the insides cleaned out and seasoned with salt pepper as lemon sections. I wrapped it in aluminium foil and sat it in the coals. I started feeling off so I didn't continue eating. I was told that some of the Italians here used to marinate them in wine for a few days and make a fish Pattie out of them. From what I heard they were quite tasty that way. I love hearing stories like that. My mum was born on a property a few hours west in the 40s. Her parents survived by hunting fishing trapping and having a vege garden.

[@dopamining6932]

Every carp removed helps reduce pressure on our recovering natives. Get the dogs!

[@bdogvids6714]

Do you live in Australia?

[@robbiefishing]

Yep.

[@haynerbass]

Are carp any good for bait?

[@robbiefishing]

They're great carp and yabby bait, but it's illegal to use them alive as bait. In some states you can't use them for any kind of bait.

[@haynerbass]

@@robbiefishing Thank you. We have some similar rules here in Canada.

[@raystewart7561]

Should be some sort of bounty on carp, maybe then more people would target them, Good job Robbie keep squashing them

[@JohnClarkGaming]

Carpets of carp in that net

[@davidtognoli5317]

WOW

[@ninjabreadman733]

Best I could could count with zoom and a sideways squint was 46 in that pot

[@maxl3189]

They would be great bait for snapper and gummyshark, take some down to welshpool robbie

[@maxl3189]

They would be in the dam too

[@fishtaco8616]

You should try a catch and cook with the baby carp

[@muscat3804]

at 6:30 you can see a fish on the surface, just over the fence that goes through the water

[@maJEZtic]

Hello mate really love your content but from what i heard about the new youtube rules and regs please be careful stepping on the little rodent fish i love your content and dont want your awesome vids to get demonitised. Your a legend and youtubes getting strict please be careful and keep up the great content love ya mate

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much for your kind words mate. Yeah it's a bit of a concern

[@alistairshanks5099]

Put more nets in and go into the fertilizer business. It was a windy day, was it?

[@robbiefishing]

Sure was a windy day mate.

[@brent1486]

stop the poms getting mad 🤣🤣 but shit that’s bad hey we all need too go carpying lol

[@brent1486]

Wonder why it is?? Just perfect breeding conditions maybe plus all the water we’ve had

[@robbiefishing]

Yeah they usually get mad at me and call me fat. LOL Yeah, the recent floods provided perfect spawning habitat for them. I believe they will thin out.

[@brent1486]

@@robbiefishing 😆 wingers!! Once the water dries up and everything starts going back too normal hopefully they become yabby and cray feed

[@typer6986]

Can you use the carp as bait?

[@robbiefishing]

Each state has different rules. Here in Victoria we can use them as yabby bait and crayfish bait, but NOT as live bait.

[@typer6986]

@@robbiefishing thank you!

[@kharnifex]

thank god in nsw we are finally allowed to bowfish carp, the size and quantity of them in menindee wier is insane, theyve probably all been flushed down to victoria

[@robbiefishing]

I wish Vixroeia allowed vow fishing for carp too. It's OK to hint rabbits, foxes and pigs with a bow, and even deer.... but not carp. I don't get it!

[@jamesbowen2030]

U had lots of yabbie bait their U should take same kids out their fishing they have fun

[@captainfrank01]

Carpaggedon Robbie 😮

[@robbiefishing]

Haha yep.

[@dougpetty6854]

I am a POM and I like catching big carp on light tackle but THAT is ridiculous.... euthanasia is the only option with those numbers of mini fish... ATB

[@tinyjack8302]

I went in a fishing boat and caught like 50 flathead a lot of dinners ahead of me

[@robbiefishing]

WOW sounds like a great session mate, well done.

[@chrisdore6387]

Here in Queensland, it's illegal to put dead carp in the water. They must be left on the bank.

[@mickleeming6497]

If you want to get carp out of the system there has to be a better way than crushing them with your boot and leaving them to rot on the bank?

[@robbiefishing]

I didn't, I kicked them back in the water to rot. Do you have any suggestions for a better way?

[@eclipseau_1765]

I saw this on KZbin shorts

[@raydunne5562]

Robbie Fishing /carping 😂

[@blainesellars1548]

Wow 😯 that’s insane looks like a species that can never be eradicated

[@robbiefishing]

I agree mate. I doubt that Australia will ever be carp free again.

[@fisherman5517]

who introduced carp to austrlia and why , here in england fisherman pay big money to fish for them and in europe and america .

[@Ckktopa]

You Poms did... Thanks not!

[@robbiefishing]

Hey mate they were released here a lo g tome ago. I believe they were released onto a farm dam but escaped and now they make up over 90% of the fish biomass in may areas.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

@@robbiefishing like a lot of pests here, they were released as part of "socialisation programs" to make the place more like England in order to encourage immigration as well as to keep the imported 'management' class to stay longer. Many of the upper tiers of the colonial administration were professional managers brought in either from posts in India and other colonies or directly from England, in order to run the new colony until local talent could be found to take up the slack. Many of them were signed to long term contracts (usually 5-10 years). Their travel and moving costs were paid by the colonial office. To avoid people getting homesick and leaving early (and the subsequent costs involved) socialisation programs were intiated to keep it more like 'home'. So now we have carp, redfin, pheasant, sparrows, starlings, foxes, rabbits, deer etcetera.

[@petercarter6086]

@@TheCaptainbeefylog goodish answer beefy, although the carp back in the 1800s didn't multiply like the fish now. The carp were stocked in a farm dam by "an Aussie farmer" in 50s for food and they escaped in a flood, unfortunately this is the end result

[@MINIMOTOMADNESS]

the irony is we love carp in the uk,but we have american signal crayfish here which are invasive,so i feel your pain robbie,

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I've watched some stuff about the signal crayfish. I believe your native crayfish are in decline as a result. What a bugger!!

[@MINIMOTOMADNESS]

@@robbiefishing dude decline, i have fished for 44 yrs, i have never seen a uk crayfish, so sad

[@tubby5006]

That’s a worrying amount of carp Robbie

[@ChronicSensei]

Why not try eating them? I've eaten carp in the states and the only thing wrong with them is they're flavorless so it all becomes about how you season them. They soak up seasoning real well.

[@robbiefishing]

I have tried eating them several times. Once filleted they are OK but the bones are horrific. LOL

[@bussieboy7064]

Hey Robbie man these carp numbers have exploded also All states are banned from releasing carp alive

[@petercarter6086]

Wrong bussie, can return in NSW,