Red Claw as bait

[Aaron H]

Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone has had much success fishing for natives using Redclaw. I used to use freshwater yabbies down South and had great succes with Yellowbelly, Cod and redfin using yabbies but have tried redclaw a few times up here but have only caught one yella and a bass in about five or six attempts at using them. Tried them again at North Pine with Dave yesterday as nowhere has shrimp at the moment and got nothing on them (Thank god we had worms as well). Very frustrating

[BIG DAVE 1]

Aaron the barra loved those redclaw they muched down those large ones with out any hesitation. The only thing i have caught while using them was a bream in bulimba creek.

DAVE

[Feral]

Redclaw are good for Bass, and Yella's but shrimp is better.

[rayke1938]

redclaw are ok at hinze and somerset as second choice to shrimp but in samsonvale have yet to catch a bass or yella on them even though we have dissected bass and yellas there and found redclaw in their stomachs.

Saltwater yabbys work well at Boondoomba, Bejelke peterson and Baroon pocket and Somerset but definatly dont work at Sampsonvale and catfish love them at Wivenhoe

Ray

[Aaron H]

Good to see they were good for something Dave, yeah its kind of weird that the lake is full of redclaw but you cathc stuff all on them anyone know anywhere that has shrimp at the moment it appears Annerley are all out of them and with the drought don't know when they will get more.

[werewolf]

Mate I think the problem is that you are substituting good tucker as bait

I got a good haul with my old man once. He cooked them up in a curry and served with rice. YUM :cheer:

cheers

MattB)

[Aaron H]

True mate, I come from the land of Murray crayfish which I thought were tasty but Redclaw are just as good if not better and a lot easier to catch

[Jim]

It might be a bit far to travel but if you go to churchbank weir on the warril creek you can get as many shrimp as u need in a day

[BIG DAVE 1]

Aaron i popped into annerly aquarium today and they had a whole tank full of shrimp. I think that was their excuse for being out of stock.

DAVE