catching big yabbies in a collapsible bait trap

I caught big yabbies in this dam back in December before the major flash flood event that flooded Tarrawingee came through. That flood event filled all of these dams and swamps almost overnight, and since then I have been yabbying a few times but caught no yabbies.
Having all but given up on yabbying in this dam I drove past last week and noticed that the water was quite a sandy colour, something that I look for in a good yabby dam.
I wondered whether I could go back out and try catching some big yabbies once again, so yesterday I did just that.
This was purely a yabby recon type mission. Yabbying for the sake of knowing whether there were actually many yabbies still in the dam.
I was yabbying with collapsible bait traps, a far underrated yabby net in my opinion.

[@SEEYAIAYE]

Got a Keeper sized Callop today on the very first cast of a lure and both Robbie and Sick Puppy 4x4 uploaded new content, my day is made.

[@robbiefishing]

WOW mate awesome work. Well done.

[@SEEYAIAYE]

Thanks mate, been a bit of a dry spell lately so it was a surprise.

[@yakfisher6355]

A couple of solid ones in there Robbie. 👍🏼

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I was so happy to see them back in the dam.

[@yakfisher6355]

@@robbiefishing It's an awesome feeling to get that confirmation.

[@lovell_4651]

Wonderful video! Always puts a smile on my face, got so caught up watching your older videos I didn’t even realise you posted another!

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha thank you so much for your amazing support mate.

[@johnvella4889]

Great night.. how cool is the moon.. agreed sit in decky n relax looking at that....

[@HeliMicky]

Thanks M8 your making me hungry, love yabbies :-)

[@myfish4003]

Great vid Robbie, love the recon missions. Never know what your going to get!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate, me too. I LO e exploring and discovering.

[@kotarain9582]

Love the new intro, great video, and I love the yabby / fishing video. you should do more of these. great idea! I hope you and your family is doing well. can't wait for the next video.

[@robbiefishing]

Hi Kota thanks so much for the kind comment mate.

[@SinghFishing]

9:43 YABBY DAB!!! 😂 Love the new intro

[@robbiefishing]

Hahahaha love it.

[@ritchardclark5150]

Great new intro Robbie.

[@brad7979]

Like the new start Robby

[@KaneNicholson]

Love the new entrance vid mate

[@frankiepucek3652]

Great vid mate. And nice new intro!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps mate.

[@kerschristopher1267]

Like the new Intro Robbie!!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps Chris.

[@EDX2308]

One of the more fun things to do before you fish is "reconnaissance". I call this exploration and this is where you can do whatever you want until you find out that certain techniques or methods are limited to or suitable for that fishing environment. Another great video!!!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps mate. I have a stack of yabby recon, and trout recon videos. hahaha I love it too.

[@beckhorsburgh4741]

I like the new intro clip Robbie 👍🏻

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Beck. This intro will be staying but the closing scene will change.

[@fishingwithchip3987]

Those were huge great catch Robbie

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Dale. I was stoked.

[@adamwalker5903]

Cracking new intro and awesome vid again

[@steveransley8159]

who would have thought yabbing could be so entertaining...only Robbie could do it well done good video

[@huntinghq9172]

Nice video Robbie

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@MOOSEDOWNUNDER]

Nice size keepers there mate, liked the new intro. Cheers big ears. Moose

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps Moose.

[@Urbanfisho]

Hey Moose! Long time no see!

[@nicky9589]

That was great Robbie! Cheers mate. 👍👍🇦🇺

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps Nick.

[@bradtuckerman388]

Awesome video mate love your work

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps Brad.

[@nate.f5380]

Great video Robbie, I love your intro

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Nate.

[@jackjohnson9016]

Awesome intro Robbie, Love it and the vids

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps mate.

[@connorbulgersfishingandout8895]

Great video robbie! Great Fun! Love the new intro!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps mate.

[@harveycribbes3835]

Love the new intro Robbie👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Harvey.

[@lisacompton4453]

Hey Robbie fantastic video again. I saw a video from Florida where they used a whole fish for bait and they had tons of crawdads in their traps.

[@robbiefishing]

Hi Lisa WOW that sounds interesting. I have used carp for bait plenty if times but never a whole carp. Perhaps I should try it.

[@TheRelinquished2]

New intro, nice mate

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@lucasbarber3412]

Mmmm yummy poor mans lobster. I love a good feed of yabbies :-) Great work bro.

[@charliebarnes8637]

Loving the continuous content and new intro

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Charlie. The content wont be this regular forever. Once things cool down so will the fishing. I will still be uploading videos just not as regularly.

[@ashcutts3251]

Awesome video

[@johndwyer605]

Well done mate good size yabbies especially the first one wow Robbie's deadliest Catch Love the new look of intro and final to the video great format Well done mate.

[@robbiefishing]

Hi John thanks so much mate. A wonderful man by the name of Steven Ransley made them for me.

[@MurrayCrabbFishing]

Nice destructors mate

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I am going to miss this the most when the weather cools. LOL

[@Trojwaterman]

Great channel I been watching your back catalog of videos. I use the drop net & bicycle wheels here in Guernsey for catching spider crab the same as you use for crayfish & yabbies. Its great method and that anticipation of what will come up in the net 👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Trojs. Catch spider crabs sounds like a lot of fun. Thank you for watching.

[@haynerbass]

Whoa! New opening. Nice,

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps mate.

[@craigparry5648]

Nice yabbies, I like the new intro and extro?. Went gold detecting other day, bugger all gold but I found a dam with yabby holes as round as a longneck and I spooked some fish in the shallows reddies I'm thinking. Time for a recon mission.cheers Craig

[@robbiefishing]

WOW mate exciting time ahead for you I think. Awesome.

[@drw5252]

I'm from Texas but great video we call them crawfish but it's still great

[@robbiefishing]

Hi Doyle, WOW thank you so much for watching me all the way from Texas. I hope to get over there some day. I was on California and Nevada in 2001 but havent been able to make it back there ever since unfortunately.

[@drw5252]

You're very welcome my friend

[@PhillipWhite-uz3wu]

Good going Robbie. Caught a heap in a friends dam not long ago including my best yabbie ever. This dam is hardly touched so it is full of them. I have a picture of me holding the big one on my facebook page. It is funny because it came up upside down.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Phil. WOW that sounds awesome. Well done mate.

[@spicyrooster6539]

hey Robbie nice intro mate keep up the good work

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps mate.

[@Vincentdonnelly5158]

Great to catch a feed. You ripper 😉

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Vincent. They are the nicest things in the whole world to eat, even better than your breakfast sausages. LOL

[@brentfenwick8847]

Great new intro there Robbie. You've been taking me better go yabbying this weekend for a feed and bait. Hopefully the missus can peel them later. Enjoy.

[@robbiefishing]

Hahahaha put her to work mate. LOL. Good luck mate.

[@phoebemckenzie5707]

YEAH!!!!!!!!! so glad for you (big smiles) on the yabby how beautiful moon light to bad you are alone your family would probably enjoy seeing it with you. good catch with the big yabby come back and get more for appetizers for another day. good job robbie have a great day hoping as always to see you tomorrow (thumbs up)

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Phoebe. I hope you have a wonderful day too. I have a fee videos lined up, but over the next 4 to 6 weeks things will really start to slow down for me as everything cools. I will still be making videos, just not quite as many.

[@phoebemckenzie5707]

it is quite alright one of the homestead families that i watch has taken a week off to get there things in order. things like that happen and i understand. just know that i will be waiting for everyone that comes out. (big smiles) @@robbiefishing

[@Peter57808]

Lovely couple of yabbies there Robbie, How about a clean, cook and recipe for plating up to go with them?

[@F4LLENZEBRAS]

Good video

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@Urbanfisho]

Well done on the Serbian Nippers! But dude, for night fishing/filming, GET a good LED head lamp!

[@robbiefishing]

Hey UF, I have a really good headlamp but it is no good with my gopro. The moment they knock together it sounds like a hammer hitting my gopro. LOL

[@SEEYAIAYE]

Got a Fenix HL60R after losing my Black Diamond Icon and it's hands down the best bang for your buck. Metal casing, shock proof, water proof up to a metre, USB rechargeable and on the highest setting you can feel the sheer heat coming from the lens if you touch it. Only downside is you only have 40 minutes of battery on the highest setting lol. Fishing the river at night you can spot all the possums hiding in the trees on the other side, love this thing. While the Black Diamond was good, it had half the Lumen rating but a more focused beam on the highest setting but having that giant battery pack on the back of my head that fitted 4 AA batteries would give me headaches if I wore it all night fishing. You could detach it from the headband to wear on your shirt or whatever but I never really bothered with it.

[@Urbanfisho]

Yeah, can be a problem. EVER thought of a chest mount then maybe?

[@MrbishiCordia]

Makes me want to head out tonight with the nets

[@robbiefishing]

haha Thanks mate. They will slow down very soon. I will miss the yabbying when that time comes.

[@bettsiexx4050]

The new. Intro❤️😍

[@rodknowles7070]

Love the new intro

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps Lachie.

[@jacobmace7404]

love new into

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate.

[@tvshow2272]

Good job 👍🏼

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@RKJFishing]

I like the new intro and outro, are they permanent or are you just trying something new? Good to see the yabbies are present and active in the dam again mate that's awesome.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. The intro is permanent but the outro has changed again.

[@CamBill_ROBLOX]

Cool video, intros cool to

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps mate.

[@xbass123456789]

Hey robbie how do you decide which net you want to use like open top or the baitcatcher ones

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate it depends on a number of things. For example, in this case I wanted anything of any size just to show me what was in the dam. Small yabbies can climb through the nets with the open top nets, so it made sense to use these nets.

[@gregk9558]

Robbie, please for a Yank basically explain what these dam's exactly are, where do they get their water etc. Thanks, enjoy your channel.

[@robbiefishing]

G'day Greg, In my part of Australia these small ponds in paddocks are called dams. On outback New South Wales they are called tanks. Basically they are just a hole in the ground, duh by heavy earth moving machinery designed to catch rainwater or run off during time of rainfall and store the water so that cattle, and other domestic stock have access to water during the dry summer months.

[@FireoftheGreeks]

Dam yabbies.....

[@jtan5272]

They never go far mate even if the dam gets flooded. Whenever there is flooding generally a lot of grass and branches and what not wash in and puts too much oxygen in the water so half will head out of the dam for a while or dig down in the mud till the oxygen levels lower a bit. Used to happen all the time in our dams in flooding haha had to wait a month or two to get back to yabbying but the where back in full force.

[@robbiefishing]

Hi Jesse that is very reassuring. Thanks so much for the info mate.

[@ryanmellington5816]

Keep it up mate

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@SpAceProductions100]

Awesome Robbie. Do you kayak fish anymore would love a Murray cod kayak fishing in video would be awesome

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate I love kayak fishing and am hoping to get out again soon. The problem that I have is that a have hurt my back which isn't great for kayaking.

[@SpAceProductions100]

robbiefishing no good Mate hope you get well soon

[@violinoscar]

Hi Robbie. Loved the video. How do you get the yabbies to purge so they don't taste muddy?

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. To be honest these days I don't even worry about it. Theu yasye amazing straight out of the water no matter how dirty the water is.

[@Tiemurillo]

Hey robbie im stunbling on this video 4 years after its relief because my mum and dad gifted me thus bait trap for chrissie havent had a chance to try it out til now, what bait did you use mate?

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, thanks so much for tuning into my older videos. From memory I'm pretty sure that I was using dry dog food as bait.

[@jacktiver8906]

No need to reply, but great video.

[@danielmullen9610]

This is how i got 18 same nets, :) works good

[@randomfamilyman4876]

That was a bloody monster... so were the yabbies!! Haha jk

[@robbiefishing]

Hahahaha love it. Thanks so much mate.

[@randomfamilyman4876]

robbiefishing how do cook your yabbies ol mate? Any secret recipes or anything? Normally i boil mine, into ice water, peel then pickle the tasty little buggers!

[@ashhook61]

Noice vid haven't watched it yet

[@robbiefishing]

haha Thanks Ash, you're always so kind.

[@ashhook61]

@@robbiefishing Robbie u seem to be doing well fishing wise all my good spots have turned crap cos one was poisoned and other went dry and we've had no luck on the Murray. Only place doing good is mulwala do u have a reason why

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, Lake Mulwala always fishes well at this time of the year. @@ashhook61 love it down there in autumn. The fishing in my area has slowed too mate.

[@ashhook61]

@@robbiefishing thanks for replying Robbie always enjoy fishing chat with fellow fisherman hop I met u in person one day see u me at ur river

[@timgalley7435]

That was on the buzzjet

[@noone9059]

Can anyone tell me what a yabbie actually is? To me they look like signal crayfish but I'm not sure

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate they are signal crayfish in a lot of ways, they are the Australian version. Different genus and species but basically the same thing. A small freshwater crustacean that dogs into the mud.

[@noone9059]

@@robbiefishing Thanks for replying mate I'm in the UK and our native crayfish look completely different that's why I was asking, the signals here are an invasive spieces here and there's thousands of them I can put out a net like yours for an hr and have 30+ signals in it my mate even caught 1 on rod and line fishing for red fine perch

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Unbelievable

[@Riverleigh_Taxidermy]

Gday robbie love the vids mate if your ever up south east qld way hit me up. Got some ripper bass spots

[@robbiefishing]

Hey mate thank you so much for your very kind gesture.

[@Riverleigh_Taxidermy]

@@robbiefishing no worrie at all mate i think i use to drop a few lines in around your way

[@worldofcats4512]

What bait?

[@robbiefishing]

Dry dog food

[@crazyfishotezza6286]

All the dams i have access to have no yabbies anymore..i hope they come back

[@robbiefishing]

I hope they do too for your sake mate.

[@blakestewart5806]

What is your biggest yabbie

[@robbiefishing]

Hey mate the biggest this season was 27cm stretched out from end of tail ti end if claw.

[@timgalley7435]

I had a medium size booof at the junction tonight and almost hooked it but it let go

[@robbiefishing]

Hey Tim, so close mate. Wont be long buddy and you will have him on the bank.

[@timgalley7435]

Yeah was so close but theirs always next time

[@vinniemcintyre4987]

Can’t catch any yabbies any tips

[@robbiefishing]

Hey mate, look for dams that are really dirty.

[@sharpy0874]

Hey robbie

[@youtubespg13advisor48]

Hey Bro

[@robbiefishing]

Hey mate.

[@yiannikomniny4745]

I e caught baby reddies in those traps

[@crazyfishotezza6286]

All my comments appear twice now for some reason

[@robbiefishing]

Haha I have no idea sorry mate. It happens to me on Facebook but then one dissappears. LOL

[@ashhook61]

Put it back let them breed

[@huntinghq9172]

First

[@robbiefishing]

Well done buddy.

[@MohammedNovalija]

Hey - bet you didn't know the scientific name of the common freshwater yabby - (Cherax destructor) - I think that is a much better name than plain ol' yabby Oh yeah , and also , about the town chlorine water - if you leave the bucket of water in the shed for about a week or so , all thr chlorine escapes and should be fine - just sayin'

[@robbiefishing]

hahaha mate, I bet I did know that. LOL I often refer to them as Cherax Destructors in my videos. Here is a poem that I read once: A spinster to ease her frustrations, As dildos tried several crustaceans, A shrimp was too limp, And her prawn was soon warn, But Cherax Destructor sure f*$ked her.

[@MohammedNovalija]

OR - But Cherax Destructor was a sensation

[@JobeCurrie]

Hi

[@robbiefishing]

Hi champ.