Dropnetting big yabbies with Robbie Alexander

This yabbying session was SO AWESOME! Crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, mudbug etc... Theyre all pretty much the same thing all around the world with different names and different characteristics.
Here in Australia we call these small freshwater crustaceans yabbies. Their scientific name is Cherax Destructor. We have dozens of different species under the Cherax genus here in Australia however it is the Cherax Destructor, or "Yabby" that is the most populat, particularly in Eastern Australia.
We also have several different species of freshwater crayfish which tend to grow much larger and have a preference for cooler well oxygenated water.
From what I have read, I believe the Australian Yabby is very similar to the crawdad in America. Although the crawdad has a different genus and species they have similar characteristics.
I believe the crawdad is actually a signal crayfish which is prone do a disease called the crayfish plague. If anybody reads this knows better, please feel free to correct me if I am wrong. I am only going by what I have read on websites.
Anyhow, yabby, crayfish, crawfish, mudbug, crawdaddy etc... etc... It does not matter. The one similarity that they ALL have in common is that they are AMAZING fun to catch no matter where in the world you are.
Catching crustaceans in nets is always stacks of fun.
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