Where can I catch yabbies in Darwin, nt?!

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Where can I catch yabbies in Darwin, nt?!

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Hey guys,
Anyone on here know of any good spots to catch some decent yabbies around Darwin?
Is manton dam any good? Idk... Help please! :D :titanic: :croc:


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pretty much any of our freshwater running creeks really, like the iron bridge area at howard springs, just remember if it holds water it more than likely has crocs !!
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Go to lake bennet, seen a few recent hauls big red claws and even bigger cherabin, seen a couple around a foot long. The locals catch them on everything from cat food to soap
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The lakes at Fairway Waters hold a good population of red claw
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Smudge, am I allowed to put a opera house trap in there?
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Scotts creek usually produces a few this time of the year
I got this lot last night, in about half an hour we bagged out but I'm not letting it out of the bag yet as to where at so as it does not get plundered by the wrong people
I can tell you that parks and wildlife are on the ball to bag limits on them t the moment so do the right thing or pay the price
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shaggs wrote:Scotts creek usually produces a few this time of the year
I got this lot last night, in about half an hour we bagged out but I'm not letting it out of the bag yet as to where at so as it does not get plundered by the wrong people
I can tell you that parks and wildlife are on the ball to bag limits on them t the moment so do the right thing or pay the price
Send me your phone number in a pm and I'll have a chat with you
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Didn't realise there were bag limits on red claw except for the Daly.Are they the same for all of NT.
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Pots not allowed in Maton Dam.
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hit up the lakes gunn and durack there are plenty in there just put them in fresh water for 24 hours to clean themselves
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30 bag limit per person N.T.
and that's mixed redclaw and cherabin
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BigJack wrote:
shaggs wrote:Scotts creek usually produces a few this time of the year
I got this lot last night, in about half an hour we bagged out but I'm not letting it out of the bag yet as to where at so as it does not get plundered by the wrong people
I can tell you that parks and wildlife are on the ball to bag limits on them t the moment so do the right thing or pay the price
Send me your phone number in a pm and I'll have a chat with you
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Always thought that the Daly was the only placewith bag limits on them.Ive had more than 30 cherbin on me more than once didn't know I was doing any thing wrong.
If you have more than one person in the boat/vehicle does it increase per person.If there are 2 or more does the limit go up to 60

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10 per person on Daly. Boat limit 30.

30 per person and boat limit it 90 elsewhere.

Fisheries have been pumping this info for a couple of years now. http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Fisheries/recrea ... mits.shtml
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