freshwater yabbies and bass yabbies for docklands

[5ubzero]

Hey guys, i searched up the site and people have talked about this briefly.
I once used a box of bass yabbies, which bream destroyed them at docklands!(once i cut the claws off them). However they are quite expensive,and i have no clue where to pump them close to dockland area.

so i was thinking can i use baby freshwater yabbies in these places with the same effect? Has anybody used them before and how did it go? i can buy them in bulk and much cheaper, and go on a fishing spree haha.
Also any body know any locations to buy bass yabbies close to docklands? or epping. thanks:)
The guy i would buy it from never has them nomore.

[eddyt]

I find the freshwater baby yabbies actually work better. Tends to catch the bigger ones, and bream love them. The bass yabbies get destroyed by the little pickers.

[adamk]

Douglas Parade Bait & Tackle
Address: 363-365 Douglas Parade, Newport VIC 3015
Phone:(03) 9399 3066
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dougl ... l=AU&hl=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[jsonh]

Douglas Parade Bait & Tackle
Address: 363-365 Douglas Parade, Newport VIC 3015
Phone:(03) 9399 3066
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dougl ... l=AU&hl=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another vote for Douglas Parade Bait & Tackle,
the owner seems really grumpy but I think his a nice guy deep down... (well thats what I tell myself, after leaving his shop )

[Fish-Hunter]

Small freshwater yabbies are a good alternative to bass yabbies for Bream, Malones bait on Douglas pde Newport sells freshwater yabbies for $12.00 for a dozen..

[cheaterparts]

Small freshwater yabbies are a good alternative to bass yabbies for Bream, Malones bait on Douglas pde Newport sells freshwater yabbies for $12.00 for a dozen..

I'd be tempted to try Raw Banana Prawn - I've used them on Bream before further up Gippsland and are a really good bait

head - tail and shell them then cut the meat into 2 fillets and then cut these into 4 or 5 pieces ( 8 - 10 baits per prawn )
I recently paid $ 12 per KG from my local Coles and thats a lot of Bream baits - they normaly sell for around $ 18 P/Kg

By the way Pinkies - Flathead - Whiting and most other things smash the good old prawn and for the cost of these , and they are food grade so are about as fresh as you get with out catching them your self

Just a thought

[4liters]

Never tried banana prawn on bream but I've caught most of my fish on them. You can sometimes get those little school prawns from Woolworths too, I reckon they'd be great as a whole bait retrieved slowly along the bottom.

[walbanga]

Douglas Parade Bait & Tackle
Address: 363-365 Douglas Parade, Newport VIC 3015
Phone:(03) 9399 3066
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dougl ... l=AU&hl=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another vote for Douglas Parade Bait & Tackle,
the owner seems really grumpy but I think his a nice guy deep down... (well thats what I tell myself, after leaving his shop )

Went in there one day just after his freezers broke down. Luckily my 6 year old stayed in the car with her mum because the language would have made a pimp blush!

[Fish-Hunter]

Why not try Banana prawns, am sure they will work fine..