What are theese things

[eslop]

Bloody things love the cat food maybe thats why I'm not getting yabbies the trap instantly fills up with these bastards

Chicken carcass for Yabbys :thumbsup:

Even an old piece of chicken or steak out of the freezer. I put a net in nearby with a freezer burnt piece of chicken and got about 30 good bait size yabbys overnight.

[eslop]

Ive caught heaps of those at rowville lakes to feed to my Murray cod.. Didn't know they were a noxious pest though lol

Not sure if they are or not...

[poodoo]

They are mosquito fish used to catch them as a kid....if they don't get eaten they nip at the fins of other fish....years ago had a mate that fed them to their pet trout.

[Beached]

Just curious.

Why are they called Mosquito fish?

[Fishsniper]

They were introduced to eat the Mosquito lava that sits on top the water in certain rivers, so as to help reduce or control the mosquito population but ended up being more trouble than they expected.
They are deadly species so don't use them as bait anywhere

[Boza]

Eslop I've been struggling to get any got 1 yabby the whole summer so far used steak also peeled spud and some fishy varities of cat food and no luck

[eslop]

Eslop I've been struggling to get any got 1 yabby the whole summer so far used steak also peeled spud and some fishy varities of cat food and no luck

You need to come up to the country

[Boza]

Yeah I know when I first got my license me and a mate used to fish around corop and shep an nagambie also used to go to eppalock anyway beside his property up there was an irrigation channel we used to pull a shitload from there every night we were up there then the bloody drought hit and we stopped going up there and lost contact with him were good times

[Scarecrow]

Boza,

They are definitely Mosquito Fish (Gambusia) which are classified as an introduced noxious species in Australian waterways, refer to the following link:

http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/fisheries/pes ... ic-species" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The link states that:

Once declared as noxious, people must not bring these species into the state, nor take, hatch, keep, possess, sell, transport, put into any container or release into protected waters any declared noxious aquatic species (unless otherwise authorised by permit). A number of offences have been created relating to noxious aquatic species in Victoria.



Regards

Rob

[eslop]

Yeah I know when I first got my license me and a mate used to fish around corop and shep an nagambie also used to go to eppalock anyway beside his property up there was an irrigation channel we used to pull a shitload from there every night we were up there then the bloody drought hit and we stopped going up there and lost contact with him were good times

I put 2 nets in last night before work. Got them this morning. Had about 50 or so good bait sized yabbys. I only keep what i need, so only kept 20. Got to keep this productive channel going.

Should head up this way for a fish one day. The Goulburn is fishing pretty good at the moment.