Murray River Yabbie in a fish tank. There is a tank cleaning fish in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWant to\u00a0know how to Catch Yabbies and keep them? Living in Australia we have access to Yabbies in the Murray River which there is a huge supply.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
How to Catch Yabbies in Australia<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
The Australian Yabbie (Cherax Destructor) is very common in a lot of backwater streams and freshwater rivers\/dams, and especially in the Murray River. They like to live under the river banks where they burrow into the river walls or they live under logs and branches.<\/span><\/p>\nYou can easily catch yabbies with a crab\/yabbie net using various food items.\u00a0<\/span>Yabbies can be fussy sometimes about what they eat, so If I’m out for a feed of yabbies for the cooking pot I will take a variety of bait.<\/p>\n\n
People think that yabbies are meat eaters but there are some conflicting ideas out there. I have tried Fish, pork, lamb, sausage, and vegetables It all works at one time or another.<\/span><\/p>\n So if you have a few Yabbie nets try a variety of food in each and see what works in your area. Place the food in the net and place the net in the river or Dam for a few hours and then check. Place back into the water if nothing. But you most probably at least get some shrimp.<\/span><\/p>\nI sometimes take out my Sea-doo jet ski to drop off the pots and use an old milk bottle as a float.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n