yabbies in cooper creek

Photos of Yabbies covering the ground alongside Cooper Creek Nth of Ballera.
Apparently they are either feeding at night, or the water they are living in is shrinking, so nowhere to live, anyhow they are collecting them with broad mouth shovels, no net needed, most are bigger than a "Red Bull" can in length

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Good feed

Mon, 2011-09-05 13:31

Now there's an awesome feed that's easy to catch if I ever saw one.

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I was working in Ballera back

Mon, 2011-09-05 13:41

I was working in Ballera back in 2000, and was talking to some of the guys who had yabbied in the creeks and was told they brought back 2 wheelie bins full back to the camp for dinner.

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That's the bloody mother load

Mon, 2011-09-05 13:44

That's the bloody mother load of yabbies!

Love to get into some of them

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now that is just wild    

Mon, 2011-09-05 13:48

now that is just wild

 

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 yummo

Mon, 2011-09-05 13:57

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insane, that turtle would be

Mon, 2011-09-05 14:29

insane, that turtle would be having a good feed

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thats awesome!!

Mon, 2011-09-05 14:35

thats awesome!!

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Crazy!

Mon, 2011-09-05 14:47

And tasty!

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Wow! 

Mon, 2011-09-05 14:51

Wow!

 

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thats nucking futs

Mon, 2011-09-05 14:58

thats nucking futs

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Crazy

Mon, 2011-09-05 16:56

Thats crazy, Ive never seen anything like that before. ( not anything you could eat that is )

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my goodness. Boil some water

Mon, 2011-09-05 18:25

my goodness. Boil some water

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feels like I just died and

Mon, 2011-09-05 19:28

feels like I just died and had a glimpse of heaven!!!!!!

Thats amazing.

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how goods that

Mon, 2011-09-05 19:35

Bloody impressive, hope they dont go to waste if the water is receeding.

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Crook water

Mon, 2011-09-05 21:26

My bet would be a flow of contaminated water, sheep manure will do it also a lot of gas wells around there ( i think ).

Marron will do the same very often when you try and introduce them to a new location , say to a farm dam, if they do not like it they just walk out and commit suicide.

That is why it is best to leave them in a bag or cage in the new water for a week or two. Females with berries are good, they are a lot less likely to walk and suicide.

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Handy fact that one mate...

Wed, 2011-09-07 20:59

Handy fact that one mate... ill remember that on my future poach and stock missions!!

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mate that is awsome i cant

Wed, 2011-09-07 22:32

mate that is awsome i cant belive the size of some of them yum!