Here in Louisiana, we commercially harvest over 100 million pounds of crawfish annually. I couldn't figure out what a yabbie was until you pulled in a trap 🤪
I can remember this one exit just before the highway turns into I81 north at this McDonalds in Tennessee. Figure deep south. Then there is going to Boston or areas of NYC or long island.
We call them crawfish here in Texas (Louisiana too) and boil them up in giant containers along with potatoes, corn, sausages, lemons, and gallons of spicy oil and seasonings. Look up crawfish boils and see how we do it here in the south
OK, so here's a tip from pro breeder and seller in Gippsland, Vic. He has a coolroom set at around 4 degrees, FYI the temp of melted ice in cooler. Yabbies go into trays about a metre square, 120mm high, stacked on top of each other, water is sprayed from micro nozzles like for pot plants. They're kept in there for at least 8 or more hours. What happens is they think it's time to hibernate for winter, and purge themselves completely, also flesh gets a bit firmer as well. The difference in eating is a revelation, from that slightly muddy taste to almost prawn quality, heaps sweeter. You can do the same with an older fridge, set at 4 degrees, keep them damp somehow, but never under water. The downside to this method is the smell of the purged gunk, will stink out the cooler of fridge. Well worth a try.
If you’re worried about the water not being safe you can purge your catch in the bathtub for 48 to 72 hours in clean water to get rid of the mud flavour a couple of air stone’s now there to oxygenate the yabbies
In louisiana we just use a box of salt in a no 5 warshtub, a sack or two and a small box of Morton salt, let em sit for a bit. the salt makes em throw up all the mud..
In south Louisiana we call these "crawfish". This looks easier than when I did it which involved being knee-deep in mud and fighting off alligators, snapping turtles and water moccasins and the occasional alligator gar. The easiest way to get them is to wait for rising water, then you can just park on the side of the interstate and pick them up as they're trying to cross and get to higher ground, which we don't have.
@@karlslechta2222 same here in Washington state we called them crawdad ever since I was a kid going to The Rivers I would catch as many as I could and then we would boil them up
Gone are the days when you used to get a wheat bag full of yabbies the size of a beer bottle. That was a favourite memory of mine as a kid in the 80's.
How's that? people not letting them live long enough to grow big? Now you've got me curious to know more about their life cycles.. Like... How old can they get, reproduce, average number of offspring...? As a French Acadian, I'm something of an oddball because I could never get my nose close enough to eat their larger cousins, Lobster. too fishy smelling..
@@iscovidoveryet7828 It's been a very long time since I've even heard of a yabby as big as a beer bottle. I think the dams are poached out too much. I can still remember taking the big yabbies into the pub & putting them to sleep (no, not kill them) on the bar. Do you know how to do that? Lobster or Crayfish as I call them is rather nice, but nothing beats a good feed of yabbies as garlic yabbies, beer battered yabbies or an all time favourite, just soaked in brown vinegar & black pepper for 24 - 48 hours
Mate this was sensational. Thanks for the shout out. I would 100% eat the yabbies from that dam. Straight from the water to the pot. LOL 🤣 But that's just me. I love the Pram Dam. I have the pump hole, the fridge hole, pump creek, lucky dip creek and many more. Hahaha
I watched your video because I wanted to know what a Yabbie was. I must say your Aussie accent isn't as bad as a mining engineer I worked with thirty some odd years ago. I had to have him repeat himself every time we spoke. This was before email and I was receiving vehicle VIN's over the phone. What fun. Great video but I'm a bit out of luck in getting any kangaroo here in Arizona. Cheers mate.
I had to watch as I didn't know what the heck a yabbie was! But we get those by the 5 gallon bucket we call them mudbugs, crawdaddies and crayfish and now yabbies! We catch them with trouble hooks and bacon ends and pieces on a fishing rod. Thanks that was awesome. Have a good feed!
@Brandon Blount traps take to long and we get those bacon back with fat and they don't let go get 5 to 8 per toss and shake them over the bucket in about half and hour 2 people can fill a 5 gallon bucket. Works in California, Louisiana, Florida any where. BTW it works on lobsters too in CA if you catch a lobster on a fishing pole you can keep it! The power of BACON!
When we were kids we found a mama crayfish in the farm pond that was 6 inches long and had eggs all over her tail. Grandad sent us right back to the pond with the bucket and told us to VERY carefully PUT HER BACK. Then he gave us the entire story of that GIANT. We had never seen a crab that big before that day
Yabbies, crawfish! Yes, they can be delicious! Put the tiny ones in a bigger waterway, those evaporated puddles might not last. Actually, the larger one you show is a little bigger than any I'd ever seen. That's in the USA. I'd love to watch you cook and eat them, but if I remember, it's better to place them in fresh water for a few days. Bathtub or kiddie pool. Back in the 70's when I was a kid we lived in Cuba (GTMO) for years, and speared Langusta....a clawless lobster. We pulled in a basin of them in a few hours, and they were larger than some of the lobsters I see in restaurants today. It wasn't a "fishing area" so they had probably been able to thrive unmolested for quite some time. Nothing tastes better than food you caught/grew yourself.
Yup. Massachusetts USA here. Loved and still own property in Mississippi. Your mud bugs look about as tasty as ours. Got me fangin a feed from the old southern lands. Headed back soon. Gotta love it!!!!
Here in the states, we call those things: crayfish, crawfish, crawdads or mudbugs (crawdads and mudbugs are more of a southern states vernacular). Impressive haul for only 20 minutes soaking your trap. As for "eating" the ones caught in the green water, I'd put them (alive) in a holding tank filled with clean water and places for them to hide for about a week. It should be a slow introduction into the clean water (I suggest carting them out of there in the water they were found and slowly filtering the water until it's clean). Make sure to keep the water well oxygenated and then fed so they don't die during the week long cleansing.
Me and family went out to the mountains surrounding Warwick,QLD…..did a bit of yabbi hunting using a chook wing and presto - caught around 50+ nice sized buggers bigger than my thumb tip to my wrist - obviously they’ve been left to live their lives without any interruptions till we came along….cooked em up after we cleaned em and they were delicious…….tasted beautiful 💯 Good hunting brother Always be safe chief 💯
Just a friendly, money saving tip from the US!! Use chicken BACKS instead of legs!!!🙌😁👌 Old lady here who's crabbed🦀her whole life!!🙋🏼♀️ Works the same for crawfish!!🙌 And a tenth of the cost!!👍 Your videos are great!!;❤ NEED to show us HOW y'all COOK and eat them please!!!🥺👌 Super curious to see THAT!!🙋🏼♀️👌😁👍🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 Loooove me a crawfish boil!!🙋🏼♀️😁🦐🦐🦐🦐🙌👌 Nice haul btw!!😊
Never heard the term "Yabbie" before! We call them Crawdads or Crawfish in America. 🦐 That kangaroo meat was really red. No wonder they say it's good eatin'. Enjoyed the video! 👍❤️
We used to live by a swampy area in southern Indiana, we would wait for that first big thunderstorm of spring and the road ditches would be full of them, we brought them home by the bucket full, not sure if I would eat them now with all the poisons sprayed around, but they were delicious back when I was a kid. Crawdad.
That’s what we call crawfish, crayfish or crawdads here in the US. I eat them sometimes, though I’m in coastal Maine so we eat lobster. Regardless, brother I’d share a cold one with you and a heap of them any day brother! Nice fishing!
Well done Lee. I’d be transferring some from the puddle to the big dam where there aren’t many just to save them from running out of water. Definitely purge them in freshwater but yabbies eat algae so they will be fine.
@@johnelkins4250 They sure do. It still would’ve been a good opportunity to stock another dam. I had a dam dry out for two years and when rainfall alone refilled it they came back out and the dam was alive with yabbies. There were however a lot of dead ones that didn’t burrow down into the soil when the dam dried out.
When I was a kid we always used sheep shanks as yabby bait, tie one on a piece of baling twine, chuck it out and let it sit for a couple of minutes then slowly pull it in towards the edge of the dam, once in nice and close follow it in with the dab net and scoop them up
never heard knew you guys called ponds, dams. I'm curious what you call dams? Like the kind that hold back water, usually intended for power generation.
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If you're in the know, there is a series of dams that used to service the old Canning stock route that always had yabbies. I don't know about the ones north of the wheatbelt, but we found a few dams just off the bitumen on the way to Meekatharra. Long way to go for a feed, but if you happen to be in the area-----. Also road work dams and old rail dams. I know the dam just out of Leonora got productive when the water got low.. Talking 25 years ago but I can't see them dying out ever.
Geeeez, Leeee! How many yabbies were in that smaller dam, wow. Had to laugh when you said, if I’m not on the air next week, I could be in hospital. Hahahahahahaha 😅… good one mate.
As kids we would take some raw chicken necks and string, drop it in the water for about five minutes and slowly draw it up. Usually had 4 to 5 clinging to the chicken.
I was wondering what a 'yabbie' is. In America they are called crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, and in Virginia I've heard them called mudbugs. One summer it rained so much I had crayfish in my yard in Virginia, big ones. I've only just steamed them and dipped them in butter.
...LOL... "steamed them and dipped them in butter"... ... darn... Virginia has crawfish as big as lobsters...??? ... have only eaten them from a highly seasoned crawfish boil...
@@s.a.morris8625 They weren't big as lobster, I just ate them like lobster. And that was in New York, I bought them live at the seafood market. I only ate them that once. I know the spicy boil dust, Old Bay Seasoning, cook crabs in it.
Thanks for sharing. Amous you are one intelligent young man. It would be a honor to spend a few months learning how to survive off the land and make the absolute best of all mother nature has to offer.. your most informative and I thank you for sharing. Stay safe n god bess
Louisiana here in the states have the best crawfish. I eat 5 lbs at a time. Never realized I had it so good. Your style looks like a ton of work compared to our ways.
Crawfish like any kind of meat! I didn't even know yall had them. We do giant crawfish boils over here. You'll have to order some boil seasonings from Louisiana!
So I clicked on your video first thing this morning before coffee and food because I wasn't sure what a yabbie was. Then you started talking and I had trouble understanding you, I thought I just wasn't awake yet. But when you got out of your truck on the wrong side it clicked - you ain't from around these parts now are ya? Then the real clincher was when you mentioned kangaroo for bait and that's when I realized you were in Australia! Some things (like fishin') are like going to Walmart. They all look the same until you hear someone speak and realize you're in a different state or country. Thanks for the entertaining video and I'd be interested in how you all cook and season yer yabbies.
I stopped hitting public dams in the southwest because the yabbies are bloody tiny. Hakf an hour of shelling yabbies to get a sandwich worth. If you have any tips on where to look id love to hear it
Dude! If you kept them all, you'd have had a crawfish boil. Throw some Cajun seasoning in with some taters and corn on the cob with smoked sausage, and it would be a feast! I've even thrown some crappie in with it, and it was great!
You Should Be Making Your Own Spot!!! Put Your Yabbies That You Catch In A Cleaner Dam When You Catch Them In A Shallow Dirty Dam Like This, And Let Me Know So I Can Fish There Too 😂😂
So that it will be well clean , you should wash them in running water , leave there at least an hour before cooking so that the mud taste will be gone .
Grew up in country NSW and the yabbying pass time. Great taste and even putting them in vinegar and herbs and seal them in jars for later. Still enjoy going to damn and catching a few to add to the bbq feast in summer.
In the USA the “crawfish” feed off their tails when they burrow and hibernate when water levels are low so if they are similar in Australia he either has some meaty tails or just shells depending on everything but great haul from the wild for sure.
have up packed up your cooking gear in a bag and keep it in your truck and add wire dipper to take out chips I have not stopped watching you since I first found you and love you stuff very much
Here in N California we had a crawfish packing house that purged the mud out and they separated them by size. Alas the owner retired and couldn't find anyone to buy it.😢
Wow! We call them crawfish here in Louisiana. Boiling a couple sacks for Easter. Try Beef Smelt for your bait, thats what we use and we wreck them everytime!
I'm here because I want to know what a yabbie is. ? And curious I see his location he's fishing and his traps. Here in America I would guess they're not be much in there but . Mudbugs , crawdads, crayfish. But he is in Australia and God only knows what's in that water hole !! . Learn something new everyday yabbie is Australian for mud bugs. Thank you for sharing Australian man.😊🏝️ Yum yum enjoy your meal of yabbie. Please share your recipe how you prepare them. And any secrets that you know.
im a Murray river kid. what's the go with the roo bait holder?? steak, chicken, fish, roo! never used still get results! just curious never seen before!!
Ecrevisse in French, a luxury there... According to Wikipedia: "Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as baybugs, crabfish, crawfish, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, mudbugs, rock lobsters, signal crawfish, or yabbies."
