How to catch Native Australian Rainbowfish 

Great little video barracod. I liked when the Gudgeon grabbed the little Hardyhead for dinner. I have caught just about every know fresh water fish on the east coast of QLD I have lived in Cairns, Tully, Ingham, Gladstone, Bundaberg, and Brisbane and by far Gladstone had the most variety to choose from when fishing for Aquarium fish. Gladstone seems to be the hot spot. I have caught the following in Gladstone: crimson spot Rainbows, eastern Rainbows, ornate Rainbows, pacific blue eye, Hyrtl's Tandan, Tandanus Tandanus, Garfish, longtom, Hardyhead, Bullrout, Glassfish, Barra, mangrove jack, yellowbelly, Barred grunter, Spangled perch, Crescent perch, Jungle perch, Mouth almighty, Empire gudgeon, Midgley carp gudgeon, purple spotted gudgeon, sleepy cod, crimson tipped gudgeon, spangled gudgeon, and pipefish, plus heaps of ferals like sword tails, guppies, convicts, mother of pearl cichlids, Oscars. all the fish listed I've caught in Gladstone QLD. so if anyone wants to collect a few natives for their display tank well need I say more. Thanks again for the cool little video :)

There's a beautifully colored rainbow at 2:54. This is a really cool video, makes me want to visit Australia!

a couple of creeks between caboolture and bribie look ok, plus the creeks between caboolture and sunshine coast on the highway. easy access around the bridges,

It must be a healthy river to support such numbers and variety of fish. Nice underwater video. Thanks for sharing.

did u see the fish get eaten in 1:24

Awesome video, wanting to do this when I head north next month, great info

Great video, but I especially like that you put that info/warning at the end excellent job

Great video! New Aussie subscriber here !! 👍😉

nice work, reminds me of catching rainbows in Darwin NT

1:23 a fish is eating another fish D:

This is great catch. I will give it a go in Davies Creek QLD.

That Gudgeon went for the gold!

Im not going to disclose the actual location otherwise it will get overrun. Anywhere from youngs crossing, to the dam wall, and upriver from the dam you will catch fish, also south pine river from around bald hills all the way upriver to eatons hill and beyond, then there is cedar creek too, plenty of places around here.

This is so cool.

So much activity! Nowhere around Canberra is that good, and it's all full of invasive or introduced species anyway. How deep did you set this trap?

I wish I could do that where I live. Where I live there's no tropical fish like Platys, Swordtails, Guppies, etc. Only Trouts, Salmon, Sturgeons, etc. Which get HUGE! Sometimes I wish someday I could go somewhere and catch fish like these in Africa, Australia, and South America and keep them in like 50+ gallon aquariums. The freshwater, not the saltwater. Awesome video.

very nice video! Do you know what species of rainbows you caught there?

People need to do more under water fish videos I love it ay

To fish at the north pine dam you need a permit and also a boating permit from the PRFM hey? But what about the rivers?

Hey Mate, do you think there is still a bunch of fish there, I have young Murray cod and they love these fish

Just bought one today to try in my backyard which has a rain forest put peanut butter and bread in it and throw it in, could see the rainbows but non would go in after 30 mins they just swim passed it! Is it because it is blue it was the only color bcf had?

where abouts, like up as far as the dam or at petrie?

were did you catch them north pine is were Brisbane if im right I thought the pine river was salt water were do you go to catch them in fresh water

What's the fish right on 00:56 on the left with white spots around the the back end of the body?

Hi why the Vegemite and how close do you put it please. Loved that river and footage. Qld here

did you see the tiny fish get eaten at 1:19 (clue look in the middle)

Who saw the fish eating the other fish at about 1:21

what was that at 1:18

is it just me or did someone else see a little fish eat a little......

where did u catch these?

no permits needed for the rivers

There's one with a blue eye at 2:57

and one more thing what size pellet should i be feeding them iam useing nls .5mm now but it seems to small

Crikey what out for those Crocs!!!!

more of this mate !! :)

We used to do this in some creeks around Wollongong when I was a kid. Bread in a juice bottle with a door cut in the bottle. I still have no idea what fish we caught. I've done the same in the shoalhaven river inland near braidwood NSW. That was roughly 15 20 years ago too. I was still a clueless beginner in aquariums so id put my catch in with my shop bought fish only to gind within 36 hrs the wild fish killed and ate the others. Again no idea what they were bit only 4 or 5 cms long so no idea how they ate the other fish? I love my aquariums and ecoscaping them growing out of my tanks etc but I don't know anything about wild fish. Just how to build up and maintain planted tanks. Ots all great fun though and in my older age (45) I do a bit of research into things now. Not just blindly experimenting.

Will this method work for shrimp too? Cheers!

I always catch fish snorkelling at night with an underwater torch and small hand net. You can be 100% selective for size & species.

North Pine River, but you can catch them in just about any of the creeks around here

lol at the Vegemite bait.

Gudgeon for the win

i think its a flatheaded gudgeon eating a young hardyhead

at 1:17 a fish bit the tail of a smaller fish

What are the spotted larger fish?

Where can you find these fish? I live in WA.

G that fish was eating the other fish

Where can i get this im from victoria

What the HECK. A fish just ate another fish

or legally use a throw net, one which they wont swim through of course haha awesome footage!

Holy shit you're actually using vegemite for bait, I clicked on the thumbnail based on a suspicion that was vegemite, gonna have to have a crack myself.

and what are those little perch looking fish in the vid

You just get the one rainbow species there?

I am a aquarium fish keeper for 15years just new to Sydney from China! please tell me where to find Rainbowfish near Sydney or other place in Australia ? Thank you! it is nice to find your video in here! if you have Facebook connection will be nice !

Where can I find creeks like that in QLD??

damn

we call it "isda bogo"(dumb fish) cause we we can catch it bare handed

even the fish loves Vegemite.

min 1:18 You can see a fish catching a small one!

Will this work in America?

were do you get those nets from?

i saw it

I tried this arvo but I didn’t use Vegemite so I caught nothing

AND I NORMALY DRIVE MY DEFENDER IN THAT RIVER..... SORRY LITTLE FISH....

1:18 danm

Fish eating another fish at 1:18 :D

He got him likea dog bone Hahahaha fish are awesome whereu catch em at can I get them around Wollongong Sydney area

I did not know that they were that egrasive to eat oneother

me to i saw that

tank?

do u need licenses

Vegimite

Just did

I saw a fish get eaten lol

Why in the sweet fuck would you use Veggiemite to catch fish?

the only good part was the fish eating the other fish

to catch these

Gee vegimite...well that ain't working anywhere but Australia.

Hahaha at 1.19 fish got eaten

Then you take them home put them in your aquarium and they die of shock if not before reaching the aquarium. I don't like wild fish, I think they belong in the wild.

A 5 minute video and nothing tried to kill or eat you. Are you sure you’re in Australia?