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Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 5:51 pm
by davek

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 6:41 pm
by Brett
I'll be swapping mine, when the exchange starts.

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 6:49 pm
by davek
Yeah, I'll even swap the old buggered ones that I haven't thrown out yet :super: cheers davo

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:51 pm
by Wolly Bugger
Years ago I set an opera house net hoping for a big catch of yabbies, the next day when I pulled the net out it was heavy and full of turtles and I never used one of them again.

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 9:45 pm
by Sinsemilla
I've only ever used opera house nets in dams on private property. I've only used the shrimp nets with the 1 and a half inch hole at each end in rivers, I find they collect more bait sized shrimp and yabbies because the bigger ones cant get in.

Cheers, Anth

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 9:46 pm
by DougieK
BUT WAT IF IM JUST TRYNA FEED MAH FAMILLLYYYY!!!????

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 8:19 am
by Brett
DougieK wrote:BUT WAT IF IM JUST TRYNA FEED MAH FAMILLLYYYY!!!????

There are other ways to catch platypus, turtles and rats :a_goodjob:

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 1:13 pm
by Texas
In 40-50years years of using "shrimp traps" (like anth),
I've only caught 1 water rat ( of course I've caught shrimp and yabbies)
Cheers Gra

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 1:14 pm
by Texas
DougieK wrote:BUT WAT IF IM JUST TRYNA FEED MAH FAMILLLYYYY!!!????
How do you prepare them turtles, they stink to high heaven

Re: Changes to yabby nets

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 7:40 pm
by ducky
Here’s what will happen. Fisheries will grossly under calculate how many people will want the free nets. They’ll stock a few hundred at each shop. They’ll go in a few days and everyone will be crying to the tackle shop that they aren’t getting their free nets.

I’m half tempted to go buy half a dozen $3 opera house nets to get the better quality And more expensive new nets. Lol