Gulf Mud Crabbers: New Year, New Gear!

[@myfishingspot1244]

Abundant of the sea mate yummy crabs full support here

[@whatsupshittafabraans1926]

Mate a stainless 1 inch nut 50cm below the float would keep the rope prop free

[@teresatricarico7671]

Hi it’s Ashton you signed that stubby holder for me.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Gday Ashton. I hope you enjoyed your trip mate. It was great to meet you.

[@teresatricarico7671]

@@MikeyCunninghamFishing it was great to meet you to 👍

[@denisebrady6858]

What a fabulous video- Thanks Guys- hey I have probably bought & eaten one of your crabs. Cheers Denise- Brisbane😀😀

[@humorfaclubedasestrelas]

bom demais

[@alicestensland2873]

Shirt looks good I ment😊

[@alicestensland2873]

Like the shirt😊

[@spanishjo4282]

How I wished to be your neighbor and I can cook for you mud crab seafood noodle for life!

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Haha. Sounds good mate.

[@zacplithakis5854]

Love it Mikey. Living the dream!!! Can u ask king Ash if he needs an offsider🙂Cheers

[@kishuinupower9163]

My favourite food lol.

[@geoffgold6773]

Good to see you back I’m heading up to Arnhem Land on Tuesday away from the rat race in Sydney

[@unclefester]

Great to see you back mate we thought you must have given up or worse moved south.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Just did a bit of travelling around over Christmas. Back in the NT now mate. Back in video making mode.

[@rogerdudra178]

I would be a rookie at truck driving around there, all my Ford tough trucks had everything on the other side of the truck despite the country I was in.

[@guyschiefelbein7505]

welcome back good to see your videos again

[@brucearneil1462]

I love this Chanel more power brother's house GOD BLESS you all😊😊😊

[@21fastford]

That 2fiddy hanging off the back 😎😍

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

The big V6 sure does turn some heads mate. Sounds amazing.

[@zaqcz9211]

Mikey mate i remember being a little boy and you teaching me and now i just sit here and enjoy these videos mate. Hope for the best for ya mate love the vids keep them coming!

[@marsexpresschipper7915]

Great to see the gang again! Still amazes me how they tie up crabs in bare feet, if that was me, I'd be wearing steel cap safety boots ha ha.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Hahah. Me too mate. Although I’ve never seen one of them bitten on the toes or foot before. Only on the fingers.

[@chefcamsey1375]

❤ the content guys much appreciated 💪👍

[@nathanheatley112]

love the mud crabbing vids

[@harmy46]

Good to see ya back at it looking forward to the next one.

[@sierradelta8920]

Dude ya killing it! Professionals at their finest! Hats off to them lads slugging it out 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@LethalLee666]

welcome back great vid as usual hope to see your adventure more

[@sonnyzeitgeist2570]

Enjoyed watching the mud crab catching process. Well done.

[@TranJamie100]

Found your channel afew weeks back and smashed all your videos! Pick up the slack and keep uploading Mikey haha

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

I’m working on it mate.

[@jessecrisp6287]

Love the shirts

[@gavinsaron]

Great vid mate. All your best videos are the ones with these blokes in them. Great insight into the crabbing game.

[@myadventuresandtrips6279]

Done well boys love this channel

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Cracking Ep big fellow,

[@jodywetherall7857]

Love the shirts...great vid as always.

[@steveparfitt4908]

Mikey and Ash and the boys back! Ripper video as always.

[@desgamble7643]

Mate that was the best mud crab vid i have ever seen. The process you blokes go through to feed us is awesome. Well done to all involved. Quality of the vid was spot on. I am a newbie to this channel from SEQ and caught one crab in 12 months. Sold the shit pots from the bait store for more than i paid for them. Bonus.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

If you liked this one, check out my original “Gulf Mud Crabbers” episode I uploaded late last year. It’s a long one but by far my best episode ever. Let me know what you think. Cheers Mikey 🦀👍🏼🤠

[@markbrowne4750]

When I used to go to King Ash Bay the Crab truck would be loaded at the Ramp and they used Horse meat back then

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Yes mate, they load at the ramp still. It was too muddy for the truck to drive in during this video.

[@whitemanwhiteman6855]

Can order a cap they look great Having issues scanning.

[@The_Big_Unit69]

Shirts look awesome

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Thanks mate. Quite a few orders coming through… so I’ve already started on designs for some more. 👍🏼

[@Vanningtheland]

Awesome mate good to see you and boys back into it 🦀 love it

[@selwynellison8504]

Trust me building any commercial gear take a long time and costs a lot

[@k4543c]

Surely I didn’t just watch an entire video of you blokes without seeing a beer being drunk

[@The_Big_Unit69]

I thought the same thing.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Haha. Yea Ash is being a good boy at the moment. On the Zeros.

[@jamichannel6969]

Hello assalammualaikum mester mikey , sangat kreatif cara menangkap kepiting sangat bagus sekali , salam dari kami di Indonesia 🇲🇨 , Jami Channel 🙏🙏🙏

[@bigd4000]

Great to c u back again Mikey 👍 Stay safe budd🤙

[@lobsterman2632]

Hi just came across your channel, absolutely love it, what a great lifestyle, what size is the boat u pull the pots in, great pot boats

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Ash's boat in this video is just over 6 metres I reckon. Custom built for Gulf Mud Crabbing.

[@deano8628]

Love the channel. Could you do a go pro in the crab pot again like you did a few episodes ago and maybe one on the end of your fishing line? Keep the good work up guy's.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Yes mate. I have plans to get the GoPro back in the crab pot. 👍🏼

[@codythedog61]

Good to see you back with the boys. Great video. Well done lads 🤘Crabtastic! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wilsonbritza]

Just found this channel absolutely cracking video legend

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Thanks mate. Thanks for watching. 👍🏼

[@StephenJones-rn4vs]

New shirt,crabbing before blabbin.

[@bungiebenno536]

Claws n whores! 😂

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Hahaha. Classic mate. 👏🏼

[@bungiebenno536]

@@MikeyCunninghamFishing hahaha glad ya got a laugh out of it. Love the content! would be awesome sinking a few tinnies up there with you fellas for sure. Going to the Gregory River later this month after cherapin... no muddies where we are going but coming from the sunny coast it's always a treat heading up north. Keep the vids coming 👍

[@palihanlon833]

the big fellas back yewwww

[@vijayandrenvadiveloo7064]

Hi Mikey! It’s been a while!!🤓

[@ProSpeedPerformace]

Really enjoying your content mate keep them coming

[@ballistic350]

Mud crab or Dungeness crab??

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

“Scylla Serrata” is the scientific name. I’ve never seen a Dungeness crab before but after looking them up, I can see they do look a little bit similar.

[@reefchiefaustralia]

Awesome video Mickey 👍

[@garrynorth6199]

Woohoo Mikeys back 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Say mikey you should tell Ash to organise a hydraulic pot puller. All the pro crabbers use them here in Port Lincoln SA in their 5 to 7 metre tinnys for blue swimmer or sand crabs. It sure as hell beats the shit out of hand pulling.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Yea, interesting idea mate. They are usually crabbing in water less than 2 metres deep. So the rope is only 5 or so metres long I reckon. Might take longer with a puller?? I dunno.

[@garrynorth6199]

@@MikeyCunninghamFishing No way, I was a pro crabber for years myself, our water is often only shallow too, sometimes only a metre, believe me Mikey they are brilliant, just gaff the rope, throw it over the hydraulic wheel, and in she comes, it takes all the weight and shallow water is no problem. Most of us only have ten pot’s registered, but we pull them constantly up and down for hours. The professional scale fishermen are only allowed hoop nets or drop nets, so the crabs can crawl off if you don’t constantly pull them. The aluminium arm with the wheel on the end just swings out when in use, then swings back and is locked in when finished. Hydraulic hose is connected to a small generator. There’s not a single pro that pulls by hand anymore 😎👍🏽. PS.. your shirts look great and I’ve already ordered one ☝️

[@garykildey7407]

Well done Mikey and the gang.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Cheers mate!

[@ozineden2843]

Great video mate. Love the content and the shirts. As l live overseas l will wait abit until you are up and running before trying to get one

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Hopefully later this year mate.

[@scotthollingworth8887]

Great to see you boys back up and at it again . Keep ‘em coming Mikey.

[@repeatleaf7746]

i love your videos bro keep on posting it would be nice if i could get out wit u one day

[@bavan]

This video was awesome! I loved seeing the process of crabbing from start to finish. The Goldies Before Coldies shirts look great, definitely getting one. Thanks Mikey!

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Glad you enjoyed it mate. Thanks heaps for watching. -Mikey

[@craigkenny4254]

Would love to visit this place one day soon, when’s the best time of year, cheers

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

The dry season here is great. The weather is perfect every day. But there are lots of people. The wet season it hot and muddy. But less people. And the Barra fishing can be better in the warmer months. So it depends what sort of trip you want to do. Home this helps mate.

[@andrewiannello6548]

Nice one boy's 👌 nailed the merch, orders in

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Absolute legend mate! Thank you so much.

[@AriffAffendi]

yeaaa matee... sweetttttt

[@rodneyklein5139]

Great to see you back Mikey 😎

[@hxvoke.r6869]

Hey Mikey love the vids you doing the comp for Easter and keep up the good work❤

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Yea mate I’ll be there for the comp👍🏼🤠

[@slimjim8885]

Great video mate. Keep a the good work. 🎉

[@Thekingcraneman]

Great video as always mate. Ordered one of the hats. Can’t wait looks the goods.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Absolute legend mate. They should be here in a couple of weeks!

[@Thekingcraneman]

@@MikeyCunninghamFishing arrived in the mail yesterday mate, looks absolutely awesome. Great quality

[@chefcamsey1375]

Leave the crab handling skills to the professionals boys haha💪 he makes it looks easy.... Its Not 😂

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Every now and then a crab will drop on the floor. And it takes me about a minute to pick it up. Usually almost getting bitten 4 times.

[@markbrowne4750]

Are the Fry boys still crabbing up there at King Ash Bay ?

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

I’m not sure mate. Not from King Ash Bay. There are other crabbers in the Gulf though.

[@franklutton7149]

17:50..... young boy finished early.... come over to help, check for empties..... so no , " your my competitor" , all about , we are mates here...... i shoulda moved north years ago

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Yea he is such a good fella. Would do anything for ya.

[@roryhopkinson2882]

300 !!🧐 I’ll start making them. But I do understand it’s a big outlay 👍

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

I think you’ll find it’s the time involved in making each pot by hand. It’s a huge job. The fella that made all Ash’s new pots started making them in November. He doesn’t pay $300 a pot. In the video he was saying he wouldn’t let one go for less than $300. Hope that all makes sense mate. Thanks for watching. -Mikey

[@yutatfu883]

👍

[@fncursed2789]

I can’t wait for that hat to be released, looks unreal, awesome video as always Mikey

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

You can pre order it now mate if you like. It’s on the website. They should arrive in the next couple of weeks hopefully.

[@markfawcett4236]

Absolutely fantastic video mate! I’ve enjoyed watching these over the past couple of years, would really like to make the trip up there and check out king ash bay! We’re planning a trip this time next year! Just ordered a shirt 😉 Tight lines and take care out there Mikey!

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Thanks for buying the shirt mate. Has it arrived yet? And you’ll love King Ash Bay. Most people do.

[@petermcsween4163]

I,m form down south so wondering about ciguatera and the big reds. I thought it affected the bigger size fish?

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

I’ve never heard of it here mate. Maybe the fish I catch aren’t big enough to get it. Haha.

[@ayoengsr8055]

can i know where you can get that crab cage plss????? ur videos cool btww

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

These are custom made by a fella in Darwin mate.

[@h34evr]

Absolutely no way 300 a piece xD

[@tightlines106]

That’s NT top end prices for ya cost ton for slab

[@h34evr]

@@tightlines106 crikey. If 300% mark up is normal up there, count me out 🤙

[@keithwatkins708]

I wouldn't be selling them for any less. That way I wouldn't have to make them for anyone else

[@h34evr]

@@keithwatkins708 I think Ash was employing the same techniques when he said that

[@whatsupshittafabraans1926]

Tell him he’s dreaming by x10

[@dannygoh7810]

Where is this place ❤❤❤

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

King Ash Bay mate. On the McArthur near Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory of Australia.

[@timbrodie1678]

It’s been a while Mikey

[@yetti4817]

How is the bait held in ?

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

There is a spike that they push the bait onto. The spike then is locked into place by pushing it across onto a basic hook/eyelet kind of thing.

[@rigger314]

Our crabs in the Burdekin are bloody good too

[@warwickmilne3149]

great video mate! what's 1 mudcarb worth to a pro?

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

In a restaurant the customer would pay $100+ for a dish. The price changes throughout the year dramatically for mud crabs. I would say one individual crab is worth between $10 and $30 to the mud crabber depending on its size and price throughout the year. They are paid per KG rather than per crab.

[@vn6191]

😍👍👏

[@SparrowsFishing247]

👍🏿

[@paulrichards2239]

Mikey when’s the next vid coming.

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Soon mate. Been out here getting plenty of footage. 👍🏼

[@paulrichards2239]

@@MikeyCunninghamFishing sweet vid Mikey thx for the new one looking forward to the next one I’ll make sure I’ll call past for a beer in 24

[@terryharwood1969]

About time you posted a new video m8, you've been slack lol Are u living full time at King Ash Bay now....?

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Long story, but I’ll be spending a lot of time here at King Ash Bay this year.

[@terryharwood1969]

@@MikeyCunninghamFishing hope everything is OK... Are the Mrs n kids with u2..?

[@joelan93mtfworkshop89]

yeeeew been waiting 🤙🤙👌

[@timmyisdabom]

would love to see a video on the prossesing that happens in darwin

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

It’s something that I could possibly line up next year mate. I’ll try anyway.

[@brynleeelodie9510]

👏 *Promosm*

[@benwinter2420]

Jenny Craig escape

[@markbrowne4750]

What's a crab lic worth up there now I see one here just the other day @ $30.000

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

There are only something like 50 mud crab licences in the whole NT. Years ago there were hundreds… so now because there are so few, they have become quite expensive. A lot of crabbers will lease a licence or 2 for the year. It’s in the tens of thousands. (Eg maybe 20 or 30 grand a year). If a licence becomes available for sale I think you’ll find they will be asking north of $200,000.

[@tobias-vj7pe]

Whats one of those crabs worth

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

In a restaurant the customer would pay $100+ for a dish. The price changes throughout the year dramatically for mud crabs. I would say one individual crab is worth between $10 and $30 to the mud crabber depending on its size and price throughout the year. They are paid per KG rather than per crab.

[@trevorwescombe1621]

Hi Mikey. How do I go about joining your channel?

[@stephencostan207]

is it legal to allow crabbing on that scale...........oh well fishing on that scale will mean no mud crabs for anyone in 10 years

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

I can see that people might be concerned when they see the footage… It’s true that a lot of crabs are taken from this region each year. For over 30 years in fact. Yet they are still plentiful. This area is not overfished. Fisheries and scientists visit the area multiple times each year and gather data.

[@george08898]

Nah don’t eat the precooked muddies from the butchers. Soemtimes the butchers have em and they have been sitting there for days

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Fresh is always best for sure mate. 👍🏼

[@barrapete7948]

$300😂 not a chance, can get proper collapsible pro pots for $60 each

[@maxmiller9274]

Second veiwer

[@apintonut]

Should dm me and ship me some to the us washington state I'll send back some dungeness

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Hi mate. I’m going to be honest… I had to Google Dungeness… they look good mate. Probably taste quite similar to our Muddies here. 👍🏼

[@apintonut]

@Mikey Cunningham well.... I've wanted to try the mud crab And it has been said all my life that dungeness is the best tasting crab I didn't believe it so I have tast tested it up against probably 6 or 7 other crab and as of yet I haven't tasted better hence the interest