Catch and Cook Yabbies in Murray River flood waters

We head out into the flood water of the Murray River to catch a feed of yabbies

[@aussieanimalsandadventures1557]

Awesome work mate, thanks for bringing us along 👍🇦🇺

[@GetUpAdventures]

No worries, glad you enjoyed it!

[@rebeccajarsmonkselway]

Good shit mate. Looks like you had an awesome time 🎉

[@GetUpAdventures]

Cheers for that. Love catching a feed!

[@michaelfreeman5057]

Awesome work mate !!!

[@GetUpAdventures]

Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it

[@non-stopfishing7426]

Ripper episode mate!! I’ve just finished filming a trip up Kingston way and the yabbies are crazy!! Keep up the good work👌

[@GetUpAdventures]

Thanks for that! Certainly enjoyed getting a feed of yabbies again

[@jamiebaynes9488]

Hello, from new subscriber from the US. This was a great video and I think it's time for another like this one. I love yabby videos. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming. (Fishing videos are not as exciting for me). Take care.

[@GetUpAdventures]

Thanks so much! Hope to get out again in the next couple weeks🤞

[@waenmanson3489]

Hi. Well done putting the yabbies to sleep before cooking them!! Fantastic video!!

[@GetUpAdventures]

Thanks, it's the most humane way of cooking them

[@Justthemow]

Oh geeze so u wanna make those things absolutely delicious you need to season the water 1# salt 1/2 cup black pepper 1/2 cup white pepper 1/2 cup cayenne pepper 12 Oz Lemmon juice 12 Oz Louisiana hot sauce in a 15 gallon pot bring to boil add crawfish bring back to boil add whole button cap mushrooms let boil 5 minutes turn off add frozen corn on cob to cool down water and sausage chunks let sit for 30-45 minutes serve with American beer

[@GetUpAdventures]

They are pretty good just as they are!! Sweet and juicy, just crack open the shell, dip in some vinegar and enjoy... with some ozzie beer haha!!!

[@Justthemow]

@@GetUpAdventures look up louisiana style crawfish boil we boil tons of them here in the south

[@GetUpAdventures]

Ill have a look, Thanks!

[@stevegerrd6688]

Love watching this video. Try steaming them with ginger next time. More flavourful I’ll bet you 😅

[@GetUpAdventures]

Thanks! Will definitely give steaming them a try

[@ElectricBluePresents]

Do you guys eat the claw meat too? Looks like thise bad boys have some big pinchers 😂

[@GetUpAdventures]

Yes, absolutely!! The claws have a more tender and sweater meat. 🤤 🤤 🤤

[@martindavoine7500]

Awesome viewing 🇦🇺

[@GetUpAdventures]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@Tony-ns4rn]

Next chilli garlic yabbie you guys are a great team

[@GetUpAdventures]

Thanks, sounds delicious!

[@tylerm7675]

I'm up on the darling when it flooded got 13 kg off a mates back block water was about 20 metres from the house rode the boat in maybe 600 metre distance on the flooded block was mint

[@GetUpAdventures]

Crazy times hey! Looking back on maps where I was catching them, was nowhere even near the river!

[@tylerm7675]

@@GetUpAdventures yeah mate for sure glad I got to experience it grew up seeing the river kind of average or even dry up this way

[@GetUpAdventures]

In 2009-10 we could nearly walk across parts of the Murray it was that low. Never want to see her that empty again though!

[@michaelcarlson8622]

It's interesting that you call them Yabbies they have about 5-6 names in the state of Louisiana.

[@GetUpAdventures]

We have different names for them in other States of Australia, but they are all slightly different species too which is pretty cool!

[@megamindtvsydney3967]

Use a red or amber colour light less bugs

[@GetUpAdventures]

Yes, I have been told that before!! My headlight is like a spotlight which I love, I’m assuming the red or amber lenses aren’t as good for distance though??

[@stringbean1010]

Just a couple of questions when yabbying in new flood water areas are you putting them in flowing areas? What sort of depth?

[@GetUpAdventures]

To be honest I just got to any water I could. With so many roads closed still I didn't have much choice on where to set a net. Water when I waded out was just over knee deep, so with a good throw maybe 1m deep.

[@stringbean1010]

@GetUpAdventures interesting thanks! Have you found any best baits since the floods ?

[@GetUpAdventures]

@@stringbean1010 these were all caught on chicken or carp

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Seriously Bro...😁😎🇦🇺

[@GetUpAdventures]

Bro, Serious… 🍺🦘🇦🇺

[@Justthemow]

Are those crawfish if they are they absolutely love chicken livers you can freeze them and bait your net with them and they will flock to them

[@GetUpAdventures]

We call them Yabbies here in South Australia. We do have a few different varieties like Marron, Red claw etc, but they are all a freshwater crustacean. If you put a yabby in a clear water aquarium they turn neon blue!!

[@liamcorbett6019]

but you just did :)

[@YeJames-ks8xf]

Hello, is there anyone around you who breeds and sells this kind of crayfish? Thank you very much!😊

[@michaelroberts504]

Never seen it done that way

[@GetUpAdventures]

Never seen the catching part or cooking?

[@T.J-and-Soul]

I hope you got rid of the opera house nets. They have been illegal since April 2021

[@GetUpAdventures]

Actually illegal since July 2023 in SA where I am from, and this was filmed during the floods December 2022. From what I’ve read and seen though, the new legal pyramid nets are catching more turtles than the opera houses ever did.

[@T.J-and-Soul]

@GetUpAdventures ok good, my bad I didn't realise you were S.A. pyramid nets are confusing too. You can use them for yabbies but not for crayfish. That makes no sense to me? I can understand turtles being confused and drowning in a pyramid net. Opera house nets were banned to save Platypus.

[@GetUpAdventures]

Yep, they sure were banned to save platypus in other states, but platypus have been extinct in SA since 1970’s. Now the pyramids nets are claiming all our turtles. It’s sad!