Caught These Monsters

[Renagade]

has any one ever cought marron?? i used to water ski in an irrigation dam near harvey in south west WA. we used to get pretty big ones as a kid. i also cought a beast that was about 1 ft in nannup several years ago.

 

[Magpie]

Renagade, we used to go marroning down near Dwellingup at least 3 times a year and often to other places as well. We caught one monster one year and checked out the guiness world record, wasn't even close.

 

[Renagade]

i heard the legacy of the 3ft marron that was ment to exist near the pilon (deepest part) of the dam. some guy lost the outboard off his boat and went for a dive to get it. apparantly he saw 3 ft marron. i don't know if it's true or if my parents were taking the p**s out of us. i'll check out the world record and see if it stands up. thanks magpie. oh yeah... how good is dwellup. all those little towns along the blackwood river are awesome.

 

[expansa1]

Went yabbying this morning and caught these monsters only got 2.
They are a bit dirty and have lots of parasites so im going to treat them.
They look like they will turn out bright blue when they are cleaned up.
Glad my fingers didn't get in the way of these big girls.

These are Spiny Crays and are protected. There are huge fines in Qld and NSW for having or collecting this species! They are an endangered species under the EPBC Act 1992
They don't also survive for long in aquariums.

Cheers.

 

[mandie]

imo they are crays, not yabbies, i didn't think yabbies have any spikes on their tails? could be wrong,
Magpies pics look like real yabbies

 

[mandie]

opps, didn't see expansals1 reply,

 

[Inkslinger]

people who call them yabbies should be shot
damn nice size tho

Just for you

English


Etymology

Wemba-Wemba (Australian aboriginal language of Victoria) yabijDate:1894
Noun

yabby ( Plural: yabbies)

1. an Australian crayfish, cheerax destructor .
2. ( Australian ) any freshwater crayfish

Verb

yabby

1. to search for yabbies

Derived Terms

• yabbying

Cherax is the largest and most widespread genus of fully and partially aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Its members may be found in lakes, rivers and streams across most of Australia and New Guinea. In Australia the many species of Cherax are commonly known as yabbies. The most common and widely distributed species in Australia is the common yabby (Cherax destructor). It is generally found in lowland rivers and streams, lakes, swamps and impoundments at low to medium altitude, largely within the Murray-Darling Basin. Common yabbies are found in many ephemeral waterways, and can survive dry conditions for long periods of time (at least several years) by aestivating (lying dormant) in burrows sunk deep into muddy creek and swamp beds.

Species

• Cherax albertisii
• Cherax albidus - yabby
• Cherax angustus
• Cherax aruanus
• Cherax barretti
• Cherax bicarinatus
• Cherax boschmai
• Cherax buitendijkae
• Cherax cainii - marron, smooth marron. (see: C. tenuimanus)
• Cherax cairnsensis - smooth crayfish
• Cherax cartalacoolah
• Cherax communis
• Cherax crassimanus
• Cherax cuspidatus - cusped crayfish
• Cherax davisi
• Cherax depressus - orange-fingered yabby, orange-fingered freshwater crayfish
• Cherax destructor - yabbie crayfish, Common yabby, Australian yabby
• Cherax dispar
• Cherax divergens
• Cherax esculus
• Cherax glaber - koonac
• Cherax glabrimanus
• Cherax gladstonensis
• Cherax longipes
• Cherax lorentzi - blue lobster
• Cherax misolicus
• Cherax monticola
• Cherax murido
• Cherax neocarinatus
• Cherax neopunctatus
• Cherax nucifraga
• Cherax pallidus
• Cherax paniaicus
• Cherax papuanus
• Cherax parvus
• Cherax plebejus - koonac
• Cherax preissii - koonac
• Cherax punctatus
• Cherax quadricarinatus - redclaw, north Queensland yabby, Australian redclaw crayfish, red claw crayfish
• Cherax quinquecarinatus - gilgie
• Cherax rhynchotus
• Cherax robustus
• Cherax rotundus - rotund yabby
• Cherax setosus
• Cherax solus
• Cherax tenuimanus - marron, hairy marron
• Cherax urospinosus
• Cherax wasselli

 

[carpetsnake]

lunch time

 

[Brettix]

Thanx inks,i thought all australian crayfish were all called yabbies too.
Great info and proof.

 

[mattmc]

dude they are massive although have personally caught larger down south and up north and in my suburb aswell. they also pack a punch when nipped. try not to when your catching them to get bitten. they can seriously take a couple of fingers off at once. 1 have seen atleast 5 about 1.5ft. if seen these ones that were orange/aqua and ones full red and ones full blue
jmt
matt

 

[herptrader]

I am glad somebody id'd them and made this point.

Spiny crays are no longer common in the creeks and river systems of eastern Victoria where I used to encounter them. They are certainly not as common as the the old Cherax destructor.

These are Spiny Crays and are protected. There are huge fines in Qld and NSW for having or collecting this species! They are an endangered species under the EPBC Act 1992
They don't also survive for long in aquariums.

Cheers.

 

[PhilK]

These are bigger! http://147.72.68.29/crayfish/IAA/images/Agouldi.jpg

Are you releasing these, mate?

 

[herptrader]

These are bigger! http://147.72.68.29/crayfish/IAA/images/Agouldi.jpg

That looks like one of the Murray Crays. I have never seen one of these in real life. A monster like that one could probably take your hand off at the wrist.

Are you releasing these, mate?

They looked like they were for the pot which is a bit sad :|