How to cook and shell crayfish

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  • Опубліковано 14 чер 2020
  • Want to learn how to cook crayfish? Well this is the way that I do it anyway.
    These crayfish are spiny Murray crayfish found in Australia, in particular, in the Murray Darling basin.
    Murray crayfish are subjected to a short 3 months season, and catch limits have been greatly reduced in recent years to protect the vulnerable Murray crayfish.
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  • @robbiefishing
    @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +16

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  • @ewandillon3427
    @ewandillon3427 4 роки тому +3

    Love the catch n cook vids mate. I know catch and release is everything but keeping something every now and then is oh so great. Awesome vid Robbie.

  • @RKJFishing
    @RKJFishing 4 роки тому +2

    Brilliant! I've bookmarked this video for when I bring home a crayfish of my own. I like how you don't waste any of the cray

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks heaps mate. I hope you can catch a legal on your next adventure.

  • @GavinClarkdiy
    @GavinClarkdiy 4 роки тому +1

    Another excellent video mate, you explained it all very well, I am learning all the time.

  • @ryanpowell244
    @ryanpowell244 4 роки тому

    Buddy that’s brilliant!! I’ll have a go at these one day if I ever get down your way!! The kids and I are heading to Tinaroo for a feed of redclaw in a few weekends! Time for the kids to run there own traps over night ! Thanks for all your work Robbie !! LEGEND!!!

  • @Thewoodlandworkshop
    @Thewoodlandworkshop 4 роки тому +1

    Looks so delicious Robbie. Wish we had big crays like that around here. Great vid mate!

  • @geoffdean1361
    @geoffdean1361 3 роки тому +4

    thought I was going to learn something new, turns out you do it almost identical to how I was taught 45 yrs ago. About the only thing I do differently is use a metal skewer instead of the fork, and it lets you get a fair bit of meat out of the body. it’s fiddly, but you can really end up with a fair bit more to eat.

  • @deerhunteraus5014
    @deerhunteraus5014 4 роки тому +1

    Been waiting for this video and it’s great as i expected. Keep up the good work robbie👍

  • @loudmouf9246
    @loudmouf9246 4 роки тому +7

    The salt makes the meat sweeter. I don’t know how it works but that’s what the chefs do lol. Awesome video Rob! Loving these daily uploads!

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Well there you go, I didn't know that. Thanks mate.

    • @SEEYAIAYE
      @SEEYAIAYE 4 роки тому +1

      A local breeds Murray Cod up in small rainwater tanks in slightly salted water and sells them to restaurants around the area. I was taken aback by how sweet the meat tasted.

    • @Thewoodlandworkshop
      @Thewoodlandworkshop 4 роки тому +2

      Same principle as brining any meat. The salinity draws out the moisture and flavor from the meat, then it reabsorbs back into the meat more concentrated and thus accentuates the natural flavor of the meat. When it comes to shellfish and some fish, it emphasizes the natural sweetness of the meat.

    • @SEEYAIAYE
      @SEEYAIAYE 4 роки тому +1

      @@Thewoodlandworkshop Nice to know, now I kinda want to try that on a Carp

    • @ar-sithf.austin3744
      @ar-sithf.austin3744 3 роки тому +2

      In Louisiana, Texas, etc. We purge our mudbugs in a salt water bath. You've got to or they don't taste as good. They excrete all the crud out of them before boiling them. Then they are liberally doused in Louisiana seasoning like Tony Chacheres and crab boil. Make em as spicy as you want (and we like 'em hot for most outsiders taste). Get 10lbs and a gallon of beer and sit back a couple hours and eat. I skip the corn and potatoes cooked with em usually. Of course, ours are all grown in stock ponds by the millions of pounds. We don't waste our time out looking in creeks and swamps since they don't get as big (some cūnass done et em if they was, hah!)

  • @antoniogonzales8499
    @antoniogonzales8499 4 роки тому

    Its amazing the difference in crayfish in Australia and crawfish here in Georgia. Love the videos your a real guy just doing simple things. Keep it up brother

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Hi mate thanks so much fir watching, and foe your kind wirds.

  • @lukebrooks1653
    @lukebrooks1653 4 роки тому

    Top job Robbie your a legend mate 😉👌 keep the videos coming I love watching them you inspire me and other people thanks mate

  • @mitchellbradley4308
    @mitchellbradley4308 4 роки тому

    Hey Robbie mate I used to just chuck them head first in the boiling water too, but like everything times have changed. Now I just put the Cray in my freezer for an hour or so before I plan on cooking it and it puts them straight to sleep. Keep up the great work mate love the vids

  • @huntindownunder1
    @huntindownunder1 4 роки тому

    Awesome presentation on cooking and extraction, great job👌👌👌👌

  • @jase22
    @jase22 4 роки тому +3

    Awesome Robbie, I’m ment to be going up craying for my first Murray cray session ever this weekend for a mates birthday, the freshwater spiney cray down Gippsland are absolutely beautiful so be good to see if these guys are just as good. Thanks for the videos there great.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  11 місяців тому

      Thanks so much mate. Good luck on the crays.

  • @mikefinfe9886
    @mikefinfe9886 4 роки тому +4

    Awesome, Cant wait to try it myself! thanks for making this catch and cook robbie
    We need some RobbieFishing stickers for our cars ;)

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +4

      Thanks so much Mike. I actually do have a few stickers here somewhere but they are not bumper stickers. Maybe that is something that I should look into.

  • @thecombatwombat782
    @thecombatwombat782 4 роки тому

    Loved this mate!

  • @vilmacordero2974
    @vilmacordero2974 Рік тому

    Good tutorial video, for sure 👍
    Thank you😁

  • @jameskohn5878
    @jameskohn5878 4 роки тому

    Love your work rob

  • @CyrusCageSCWS
    @CyrusCageSCWS 4 роки тому

    Love the vid Robbie. Please do some more catch and cooks. All the best from Wollongong.

  • @33kiel
    @33kiel 4 роки тому +3

    Nice vid Robbie, I'm not a "seafood" eater but still love these videos

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Hey buddy thanks so much for your kind words. To be honest, i would eat seafood for breakfast, lunch and tea if I could afford it. LOL

    • @stuartsmith4882
      @stuartsmith4882 4 роки тому +1

      robbiefishing I used to think that too, then I got put up in a hotel for 4 days with all meals (courtesy of fog in Sydney making me miss the connecting flight). After eating my own weight in prawns, bugs and oysters at the seafood buffet for lunch and dinner, the last night I had to ask for a pass out to the steak restaurant....

    • @1Lukemusic
      @1Lukemusic 2 роки тому

      It's not seafood. It's from a river .

  • @samwesson1555
    @samwesson1555 4 роки тому

    Great job mate keep up the good work

  • @jameslennox4242
    @jameslennox4242 4 роки тому

    Awesome video Robbie I loved it! I need to try this soon... I only have viniger and salt on all my sea food as well

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Thanks James, I reckon you will love it mate.

  • @BigHighWarGodBandos
    @BigHighWarGodBandos 3 роки тому

    I dont eat seafood but i absolutely love your videos

  • @jasonbrooker7625
    @jasonbrooker7625 2 роки тому

    Very informative. thanks

  • @PhillipWhite-uz3wu
    @PhillipWhite-uz3wu 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the vid Robbie. I use scissors with the larger yabbie tails too. I would like to go craying , but a few years ago we had a "black water event" which killed a lot of them off. Cray fishing was stopped for a time. Will have to get down to see the bloke at the outdoor centre to ask if it is going again. He would know.

  • @pub6023
    @pub6023 3 роки тому

    Hey mate, I grew up not far from the Murrumbidgee river....my father, brother and I chased those spiked lobsters every month of the year that didn’t have an R in it! Back in the day we run drum nets left in for 2 days with sheep’s heads left in the sun a bit too cure and would pull up 50 at a time per drum, we used pans for the short term on daily runs and would pull an average of 4 per pan. Cooked them in stainless 18 gallon beer kegs with the top cut off over fires x 3, 4 or 5 depending on how they were running, my father always added the salt, vinegar n lemon just as you do...sometimes it was no lemon and I do believe the lobster wasn’t as good....so that’s a must. I still have the shelling scars from those days but I also have the best memories of my life. I appreciate your channel, reminds me of good people.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  3 роки тому

      Hi mate, thank you so much for your very kind words. I grew up on the Ovens in Victoria. Very similar memories although we never used drummets.
      We had the old beer kegs with the 3 legged tripods to hang them over the water.
      Sheep heads were the best bait ever.
      We use to eat the brains ourselves. Haha Such amazing and similar memories.

    • @pub6023
      @pub6023 3 роки тому

      Thanks for your channel mate, pulls me back in time with my brother Andy giving a similar commentary on the fish he hooked. He would tell me before landing it what to expect, never experienced anything close to that till I found your channel today. All the best and thanks again.

  • @gordonpeden6234
    @gordonpeden6234 11 місяців тому

    Hey Robbie, I'm 3 years late.......BUT.......Love your work/site Onya! mate.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  11 місяців тому

      Haha better late than never. Thanks so much mate.

  • @AncientMantis
    @AncientMantis 3 роки тому

    Hey Robbie, take a pair of pliers to those tongs and put a gentle curve to the paddle part and about a 30 - 40 degreed bend 15mm down the tips. Makes grabbing em buggers out of the pot easier.

  • @katechildofgod2596
    @katechildofgod2596 3 роки тому

    Robbie! Pull the pointy part off the claw, the part you said the "fin" is in...This becomes your scraper to remove meat from your yabbie!!
    It's how I eat crab.
    It's perfect for snatching meat even from the legs. Just a tip for you. I hope you see this comment. God bless.

  • @linusmedia
    @linusmedia 3 роки тому

    Try Swedish seasoning sometime - beer, preferably porter, and heaps of fresh dill, salt and a shot of your favourite spiced schnaps. bring to a boil, chuck in all the seasoning, add a heap of crayfish, put a lid on and boil as usual BUT - let it cool in the brine. Serve with a nice cold beer, an iced schnaps and Västerbotten cheese on buttered hard bread.

  • @BasicFishingNZ
    @BasicFishingNZ 4 роки тому

    congrats on ur milestone subscription Robbie!

  • @fallofmanbrand
    @fallofmanbrand 4 роки тому

    amazing video

  • @beckhorsburgh4741
    @beckhorsburgh4741 4 роки тому

    Looks delicious 🤤👍🏻

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks Bek. Let me assure you.... it was. LOL

  • @CamBill_ROBLOX
    @CamBill_ROBLOX 4 роки тому +2

    That fork was forked 😂. Good one that’s very similar to how we used to do crabs

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Haha thanks Cam. Its my favourite piece of cutlery because when I use that it means I am eating crayfish. LOL

  • @SinghFishing
    @SinghFishing 4 роки тому +1

    Looks good bro! I've actually never tried crays/crabs that way my grandma always makes a curry and god damn it taste good!!!

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Hey mate, I bet it does. I would like to swap you a feed of crayfish for a feed of your nannas curry. haha

  • @craighill6164
    @craighill6164 4 роки тому

    Yep well done cobba i miss the ol murry cray

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks mate, i can see why you would miss them. I would too if I ever left.

  • @brensangling7344
    @brensangling7344 4 роки тому

    Great vid Robbie didn’t know how to cook a cray 👍

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Hey Bren thanks heaps mate. I hope this gives you a fee pointers buddy.

  • @anthonybroad2463
    @anthonybroad2463 4 роки тому +1

    Hey mate awesome video. I use a rolling pin to get the meat out of the small legs and if u twist and pull the middle paddle on its tail before u cook it it pulls the poo pipe out.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Thanks mate. I have done that with yabbies plenty of times. I don't think that it would make this video very user friendly though. LOL

  • @fallofmanbrand
    @fallofmanbrand 4 роки тому

    amazing video keep it up dude

  • @samlatsis8956
    @samlatsis8956 4 роки тому

    Wonderful recipe almost exactly what it's like cleaning and cooking blue swimmer crabs and threre probably just as good

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks mate. I reckon they probably probably are. Im yet to taste a crustacean that i haven't liked. LOL

  • @Stevenjackson-zl6bb
    @Stevenjackson-zl6bb 6 місяців тому +1

    Very nice yummy crayfish 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @craigparry5648
    @craigparry5648 4 роки тому

    Mouth watering stuff, you forgot the pepper 😁. They are even better once cleaned up place the meat in a jar of vinegar, salt and pepper, placed in fridge or Esky and eaten later, same as yabbies, don't know how the double strength vinegar will go, maybe like a double jackdaniels can the stronger the better.
    If to be eaten on the spot, boil first cut in half straight down the middle, (wash) add butter and garlic on insides then fry it off.👍
    My two large pet yabbies are getting worried, I keep drooling on their tank.
    Also when cooking fish try the cheeks. Yummy for your tummy.

  • @augustuselliott8305
    @augustuselliott8305 4 роки тому

    Lovely

  • @PNGIslandVIBES
    @PNGIslandVIBES 4 роки тому +1

    Hey Robbie, I'm new to the channel. I absolutely love your content, particularly fishing the small, clear rivers. I was just wondering what camera or gopro you use. I live in the jungles of PNG and would love to do this sort of thing myself. Your footage is extremely clear and stable. Is the camera mounted on your chest or head? Really enjoying your content!

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks so much for your kind words mate.
      Most of my action videos are filmed with my gopro. This was filmed with a mirrorless camera.
      There's links in the video descriptions to the cameras that i use mate. 👍👍
      Moreso the newer videos and not so much the older videos.

  • @MOOSEDOWNUNDER
    @MOOSEDOWNUNDER 4 роки тому

    Your killing me mate, I was planning to head up the river this weekend for two nights but weather is 80% chance of 6 + MLs on Sat and Sun........ crappola. Scoff looked lovely.

  • @jamesdrakos7256
    @jamesdrakos7256 4 роки тому

    Nice vid Robbie making me hungry mate yummo

  • @Urbanfisho
    @Urbanfisho 4 роки тому

    Robbie, MOST people overcook crustacea! Usually once they turn RED, they're pretty much cooked!
    Pretty YUMMY either way, esp with some butter and garlic! Mmmmm!

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Thanks UF. I reckon you might be right mate, and I may even be guilty of it myself. LOL

    • @Urbanfisho
      @Urbanfisho 4 роки тому

      @@robbiefishing Yeah. Crustacea, cook very easily!

  • @prestinnguyen9329
    @prestinnguyen9329 Рік тому

    thank you

  • @funkyfluffynutts173
    @funkyfluffynutts173 4 роки тому

    Thanks so much for that I'm going up to tocumwal next week to try my luck

    • @funkyfluffynutts173
      @funkyfluffynutts173 4 роки тому

      You actually got my little brother an I into it we went up last week an got our 1st ones each ever definitely doing it every year now

  • @davidparker4028
    @davidparker4028 4 роки тому

    Now i'm bloody hungry. Good on ya mate. 👍

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Haha sorry about that. LOL Thanks mate.

  • @dylanbrennan8371
    @dylanbrennan8371 4 роки тому

    Hey robbie how do you go about purging them? Leave them in clean saltwater before cooking?

  • @jed3806
    @jed3806 4 роки тому

    Looks tasty, just a little jealous LOL great little cooker those are, I've used mine a few times now.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Hey Jed, so you bought this one? That's awesome. Does yours whistle like mine does as it's first warming up?

    • @jed3806
      @jed3806 4 роки тому

      @@robbiefishing yep got myself one for $179.99, mine whistles as well when the pan etc is cold but I found it's usually the light pots and pans that whistle or I just hold it above the flame until it heats up.

  • @aidynskrzelinski1054
    @aidynskrzelinski1054 4 роки тому

    Love your work Robbie 👌
    Love the coffee mug aswell, any chance you could share where you got it from?? Cheers

  • @christyler5722
    @christyler5722 Рік тому

    Nice job robbie.

  • @deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344
    @deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 2 роки тому

    Looks very tasty anyway. Here in Ireland our cráifisc (crayfish) are small but some people eat them, our crabs and lobster are much better to eat than our tiny crayfish🤣
    Our traditional way of cooking a crustacean involves freezing it in water for 2 hours ( done inside a Uaimh-thalún before the glorious freezer was invented ) and then putting it into the pot and boiling it. I'd love to try a big crayfish like that one
    Yer so lucky in Australia, all yer animals are on roids🤣

  • @jetcyclezero8907
    @jetcyclezero8907 Рік тому

    Good day Robbie,here in Missouri I see big-1or 2inch holes with piled up sandy soil at the opening in our yard quite a ways from the creek .I have seen them when the terrain is flat and its has flooded then receded up to a mile from the lager creeks that flood.I have never seen any Craws crawling out .I bet the holes are pretty deep.I hope they make it back to water so they can propigate and have a swim.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  Рік тому

      Sounds great mate. We have smaller freshwater crustaceans here called yabbies. They're similar to your crawfish. They have been known to burrow as deep as 5 meters (15 feet) in order to stay cool and damp.

    • @jetcyclezero8907
      @jetcyclezero8907 Рік тому +1

      @@robbiefishing Yabbies,okay.thanks for sharing your habitat and how to prep a Aussie Craw.I carry a telescoping ultralight pack rod and jigs ina mini plano box when I go creek hiking.I find arrowheads and see lotza critters.Almost every evening I talk with Aussies and Tazzies on my CB radio.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  Рік тому

      @@jetcyclezero8907 That's unreal, my friend Tim does that. He lives around the corner from me and talks to Americans on his CB radios. He loves his CB radios, he has quite a collection of them.
      He says he talks to America on the Skip.

  • @campcreekhill8933
    @campcreekhill8933 3 роки тому

    Cook them in Cajun spice mix!
    I also cook them the same way as you and then soak them in vinegar and sprinkle on some white pepper

  • @jamiesuvo7420
    @jamiesuvo7420 3 роки тому

    Thank you mate my friends and I as kids Used to go down to our local Dam and catch yabbies and just cook them straight on the fire they tasted the best They built a school near the game in the kids they're destroyed

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158
    @Vincentdonnelly5158 4 роки тому

    Must taste great. Looks like a lot of effort for such a small meal. I think i would just eat the dog biscuits. 😁😂 Gordon Ramsey wouldn't have got as much meat out of that crayfish as you did. Great video. Very entertaining.

  • @jindatackle
    @jindatackle 4 роки тому

    I'll take your word on Cray's that looked pretty quick 👍 I've never ate one they've always been too small or way too big 😁but definitely make a slurry for a lobster unless you like seeing something have a horrible death.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Ahh OK. Do they feel anything coming out of the ice slurry? I honestly don't know. All I habe is what I was taught growing up, and the opinions I have received on social media.... of which there are plenty and all varying. LOL

    • @jindatackle
      @jindatackle 4 роки тому

      @@robbiefishing all is I can say is bloody oath they do if there's no ice slurry nothing compared to that Cray, and I will never do it again without a ice slurry, to be clear this is for a lobster not a Cray 👍

  • @ashleyflanigan8038
    @ashleyflanigan8038 4 роки тому +1

    hmmm.... yum yum yum. I use the part of the claw that u break of to scoop the meat outta the other parts, it has a nice hook point to help extract the meat. Now I feel like a feed of lobsters.

  • @lorchid23
    @lorchid23 3 роки тому

    Dude, those damn tongs were making me crazy 😆

  • @joshtush1672
    @joshtush1672 4 роки тому

    your cup is so cool

  • @FrozenDictator
    @FrozenDictator 3 роки тому

    that "fin" part in the claw is connected in between. I haven't seen a crayfish before, but looking at it gives me the impression that it looks kinda same a a mud crab claw, so in my opinion I'd prefer to eat a muddy than a cray because of the "edible things" you can eat (even though I haven't eaten any cray at the moment) x)

  • @joshtush1672
    @joshtush1672 4 роки тому

    love ya videos robbie

  • @dontsearchthis3479
    @dontsearchthis3479 4 роки тому

    Hey Robbie do you have redclaw down there, they are practically like those cray but there are tones of them in the large public dams around the scenic rim

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Hi mate, unfortunately we do not get them down here.

  • @CodrinMt
    @CodrinMt 4 роки тому

    Nice video Robbie ,but I gotta ask,why so much vinegar ?I know that one can use vinegar (few splashes) so the shell comes off easier ,but that much?Doesn't it affect the taste?

  • @TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic
    @TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic 4 роки тому

    Nice 1! Looked bloody COLD there with all that steam coming out of your mouth!

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Thanks mate. I was cold. It got down to -4 here that night. I was wearing shorts. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic
      @TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic 4 роки тому

      @@robbiefishing Spanner weather!
      DID you see my latest upload?
      Please check it out!
      Cheers1

  • @mangothecarnotaurus9708
    @mangothecarnotaurus9708 4 роки тому +1

    You have some cool tatts, You should do a video explaining your tattoos like what they mean and why you got them.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Thanks mate, maybe one day I will do that.

  • @ar-sithf.austin3744
    @ar-sithf.austin3744 3 роки тому

    Purge mudbugs first in a clean animal drinking trough Galvanized tub of FRESH water, if they need "purging" which takes several hours. The crawfish purge by fasting. Most good crawfish growers today sell their crawfish purged, live in sacks and ready to cook. This purging gets all the crud, garbage out of them during the process (Crawfish excrete waste thru their gills) you've got to purge mudbugs at some point if your providers don't, many do. We don't use any vinegar or salt in purging (Salt purging is an old wives tale, we use to before we learned better) and no vinegar in cooking them. Boil a large army pot (10 gallon at least) on a propane burner stand with a little lemon, crab boil seasoning bags and crab boil seasoning (we use Zatarains crawfish, shrimp and crab boil here in Texas) add in red potatoes and corn on the cob first and cook them near done if you like them, I do use them but rarely eat them with crawfish). After they are about done add your crawfish in to cook till done.
    Dump it all in a very large cooler and add extra Zatarain seasoning and Tony Chacheres, make it as spicy as you like. We like it extra spicy around here, dump them on a table covered in newspaper and enjoy... We get "a sack full", about 35lbs over here near Louisiana, at close to $2.50 to 3.00lb live, generally).
    Call a few buddies up while they are finishing purging if necessary and make sure you've got enough beer on hand for all around who drink, almost a necessity with spicy mudbugs imo). A real "cūnass" (that's a Cajun) of which I'm part French but old, Orleans France, I'm not from French Creole decent, but them boys and girls can eat 10lbs alone and drink a gallon of beer(don't call them up unless you got 3 sacks full and they BYOB, HAH!) Average person will eat 2 to 4 lbs. of mudbugs. I take down about 8lbs usually and suck the tamale from the head on some of them. Suck all that spice heat and flavor, guts out and drink about half gallon of beer over a couple hours period. Crawfish boils are about family and friends, playing music, getting around a fire and bull shitting and reminiscing. Good times. If you're ever in the South hit a few bars up on "the back roads and off the beaten path". It's likely if you ask someone you may just find out someone's buddy is having a "mudbug boil", if you're friendly and want a real southern cultural experience ask, they'll likely invite you out, don't be afraid when you go out into the middle of no where, you won't hear banjos down here and folks around here was taught to respect EVERYONE, even if they don't respect you, everyone gets a pass at least once. Everyone is always welcomed when new friends and experience are to be had. No reason to be afraid whoever you are. We're fully intermarried, integrated and far more progressive in that respect than what I've seen living up in Northern states--they are more backward than any southern man whatever his background and skin tone. Even if the folks voted for Trump and likely they did (but not always, my closest good time life long buddy and his wife are staunch Democrats but we leave the politics at the door, generally, good times don't include debates around here) there are no hidden supremacy idiots down here, that's all a lie by the damn news media, it's disgusting, and very offensive. They've tried to ruin decades of goodwill and civil rights victories in America because they want people at each other's throats. Folks here don't buy it and we respect EVERYONE! They always need a straw man to demonize folks who want to live free of the government and everyone is welcome at the table around here. Sorry to sound political but it isn't, it's about loving your neighbor, helping each other and we have "Southern hospitality" for a reason. Anyway, that's how we do it, everyone is slightly different in their seasoning/cooking method but that's generally it. Good times, great food is what this life is about!
    We grow millions of pounds in stock ponds in and around Louisiana. They are usually ready when it's getting warm close to spring time and into summer. So come on in about late March, then and grab a few pounds of mudbugs cooked to your taste and have a cold Abita beer with us!!

  • @kerryljones8767
    @kerryljones8767 Рік тому

    Yum.

  • @FishHunting7
    @FishHunting7 4 роки тому +1

    Wow amazing the best bro 😲

  • @coryday9486
    @coryday9486 4 роки тому

    hey robbie that is a cool cup

  • @obryan240
    @obryan240 4 роки тому

    Never would have thought about vinegar, I'll give it a try.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Thanks mate, don't overdo it though. LOL

  • @vincecotton127
    @vincecotton127 4 роки тому +1

    I took an extra Blood Pressure tablet just wtching this video Robbie

  • @GregPalmer2
    @GregPalmer2 4 роки тому

    One of my favorites,can't eat shell fish these days because of the high cholesterol intake,have to stick to eating carp.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Carp? I tried that once... It wasn't great. I will try it again some day.

  • @HUNTINGNT375
    @HUNTINGNT375 4 роки тому

    I’ll try to come down there one-day and see if my technique works Oregon there’s still meat that I can show you in that body but good work anyway mate there’s plenty of people up in the territory would just eat claws and barely any body meat

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks heaps mate, yep there's plenty around here like that too.

  • @billymay6461
    @billymay6461 4 роки тому

    Also the shells are great in a compost or veggie patch

  • @THEFISHINGMAFIA
    @THEFISHINGMAFIA 4 роки тому

    Just what we've been waiting for mate thanks. How far down south in Victoria do freshwater crayfish go do you know?

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Hey Jaron, I am so sorry mate. I thought I answered this question. Maybe I typed my answer and didn't hit send?
      These crayfish are found only in the Murray Darling basin. These are Murray crayfish. There are Spiny Creayfish that are found on and south of the Great Dividing Range. They are quite similar but I don't think they have the white claws. Exactly where they are I am not sure sorry, but I do know they are somewhere in Gippsland. I am not sure about your area though sorry buddy.

    • @THEFISHINGMAFIA
      @THEFISHINGMAFIA 4 роки тому

      @@robbiefishing no worries thanks mate

  • @Xxxxxxxxxxxxx774
    @Xxxxxxxxxxxxx774 Рік тому

    Hi Robbie, can i pls ask a question? Why do you add vinegar? Thx

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  Рік тому

      Hi Valek I just find that it goes well with crayfish meat. It's not a necessity, just my personal preference.

  • @TheMouseCop
    @TheMouseCop Рік тому

    When we have our crawfish boils in the states we absolutely suck the “mustard” out of the heads as it’s one of the best parts. We also like to season much differently so maybe that’s why things are different.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  Рік тому

      Quite possibly drew. I wonder if that mustard flavour varies between different species?

  • @TheWaggaBloke
    @TheWaggaBloke 4 роки тому

    G’day Rob, it’s a Lobster 🦞 Mate! Yanks call ‘em Crayfish, Aussie Call them Lobsters 🦞 Yabbies are what Yanks call 🦞. Place them as you did straight into Boiling Water 💦
    I totally love your Clips and info so Job we’ll done... keep’em Coming

  • @fishycritters3839
    @fishycritters3839 4 роки тому

    Enjoyed to catch vid mate. do you know what areas of australia those giants can be caught

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks mate. They are found in the Murray Darling basin.

  • @georgematthews9205
    @georgematthews9205 4 роки тому

    Nice mate

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Hey George thanks mate. Just the smell coming out of the pot as it was cooking was magnificent.

    • @georgematthews9205
      @georgematthews9205 4 роки тому

      @@robbiefishing I could imagine, I need to get down to the ovens or the murray river and give it a crack sometime

  • @michaelcarlson8622
    @michaelcarlson8622 Рік тому

    I'm curious, if the crayfish has meat in the chest section where the legs attach to the underside of the crayfish like crabs? On King crabs I like the section that the legs attach to the body on the bottom of the carpus which has a lot of meat. I would like to try crayfish some time.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  Рік тому

      Hi mate I think there is a small amount but not a lot and it's hard to get to with the spikes on the legs.

  • @griffinswildlife200
    @griffinswildlife200 4 роки тому

    good vid

  • @1tr1ck
    @1tr1ck 4 роки тому

    Awsome video mate. U should of put of but on the end with the taste test !!. Cheers mate

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому +1

      Haha thanks mate. I actuallt did film that, but didnt realise I had crayfish bits and pieces all over my cheeks and moustache from that moment in the video where I break the claw and it sprays all over me. So I left it out. 😂😂😂

  • @Tom.N
    @Tom.N 4 роки тому

    Great video Robbie, you should plant a lemon tree in the yard.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Thanks mate. We had one at work in my last job. LOL

  • @noahmark655
    @noahmark655 Рік тому

    I am from America my name is noah and I catch crawfish all the time and I love your videos I absolutely love fishing I live in the state of Tennessee I catch carp trout bass horny head catfish and a few other keep doing what you are doing I look forward to watching more of your videos

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  Рік тому +1

      Hi Noah, WOW Thank you so much for your kind words. I dream of going crawfishing in America some day.
      One of my favourite youtubers is from America. It's a fishing channel called Ace Videos. Have you seen that?
      I love watching American crawfish videos.
      Thank you so much for your very kind comment mate. 🙏

    • @noahmark655
      @noahmark655 Рік тому

      If you are ever in America give me a shout and I will show you some of my favorite fishing spots it would be an honor to fish with you sir and I'll show you a few tricks that I learned I've been fishing and crawfishing since I was 4 and absolutely love the outdoors

  • @TheMinimalistFisherman
    @TheMinimalistFisherman 4 роки тому

    Dang. Wish our crayfish were that big!

    • @ar-sithf.austin3744
      @ar-sithf.austin3744 3 роки тому

      We done ate all the big ones around here in LA years ago. Lol.

  • @Nanamowa
    @Nanamowa 3 роки тому

    Your pot was screaming because there were water droplets on either your pot or the heating element that were evapourating and expanding between the element and the pot. To solve this, wipe your pot down well with a dry rag and let your stove heat up for a few minutes before cooking. My guess is that it was condensation on the bottom of your pot, so it stopped once the pot was hot enough it stopped.

  • @jonathanflud492
    @jonathanflud492 3 роки тому

    I heard from some animal show there in australia that the species of crayfish that your cooking is close to being extinct there just the one with the spikes is it coming back they said they were trying to breed them back? I found the name of them Murray River crayfish,

  • @ashwakelin1464
    @ashwakelin1464 4 роки тому

    Hey Robbie I’m in SA and I don’t think that there are any crays around but I still catch heaps of yabbies. Cooking and cleaning a cray is literally the same thing. Just asking for some some Redfin and trout fishing tips please?

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Hey buddy I have over 300 trout and redfin videos buddy.... all loaded with heaps of tips. 11👍👍

  • @williamdetlefsen9359
    @williamdetlefsen9359 2 роки тому

    Robbie I find pliers best for crushing crays . And the meat just falls out

  • @lukeevans3557
    @lukeevans3557 3 роки тому

    Could you use the carcass as bait for them?

  • @wooly5081
    @wooly5081 4 роки тому

    Soak them in the water until it cools and the juice sucks back in to the body same with yabbies makes for excellent head sucking and juicy bits, much love top dog rob 👍

  • @stewartmackenzie7304
    @stewartmackenzie7304 4 роки тому

    Love it true Aussie yobbo

  • @Legend-gi3zz
    @Legend-gi3zz Рік тому

    You should purge the crawfish for an hour or so in a salt water bath just fill up an ice chest enough for how ever many crayfish or crawfish depending on were you live what you call them but then dump salt how much depends on how much water we normally dump a hole container of regular iodized table salt, once purge the poop shoot should be clean now!
    Start your boiling water Louisiana style you will cut onions in big pieces its just for flavor then cut and add lemons same big pieces normally just in half and add whole heads of garlic you don't really need to peel the cloves most just throw whole heads in and let cook add to water then add a bag of crawfish crab boil Note if adding mushroom add twice as much to three times the boil seasoning 3 only if you like them spices like Louisiana do lol, then add baby red potato's they take longer cut up the sausage in 2 or 3 inch pieces add sausage and fresh whole mushrooms and fresh or frozen corn on the cob, after 30 minutes total add crawfish let cook another 5 minutes while steering a couple times a minute then turn the heat off and add ice to cool to 100 to 120 degree's let soak for 30 minutes so the crawfish or crab soak up added flavor and spices! O almost forgot a lot of people suck the mustard out of the heads and eat it here they say its really good but never tried it myself!

  • @davidgilmore2405
    @davidgilmore2405 3 роки тому

    Drop them in head first so they can’t flip hot water everywhere with their tail. Also put them in slightly warm water for an hour it puts them to sleep and they clean themselves out

  • @kevjo13
    @kevjo13 4 роки тому

    Robbie, my dad using a rolling pin to squeeze the meat out if the legs of a lobster. I'm sure u could try it with a cray. Just rool over the legs like u rolling a pie crust.

    • @robbiefishing
      @robbiefishing  4 роки тому

      Hi Bailey thanks for the great tip mate.