Gulf Mud Crabbers: New Year, New Gear!

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 153

  • @teresatricarico7671
    @teresatricarico7671 Рік тому +4

    Hi it’s Ashton you signed that stubby holder for me.

  • @myfishingspot1244
    @myfishingspot1244 Рік тому +3

    Abundant of the sea mate yummy crabs full support here

  • @zaqcz9211
    @zaqcz9211 Рік тому +2

    Mikey mate i remember being a little boy and you teaching me and now i just sit here and enjoy these videos mate. Hope for the best for ya mate love the vids keep them coming!

  • @brucearneil1462
    @brucearneil1462 Рік тому +2

    I love this Chanel more power brother's house GOD BLESS you all😊😊😊

  • @sonnyzeitgeist2570
    @sonnyzeitgeist2570 Рік тому +3

    Enjoyed watching the mud crab catching process. Well done.

  • @spanishjo4282
    @spanishjo4282 Рік тому +3

    How I wished to be your neighbor and I can cook for you mud crab seafood noodle for life!

  • @k4543c
    @k4543c Рік тому +7

    Surely I didn’t just watch an entire video of you blokes without seeing a beer being drunk

  • @chefcamsey1375
    @chefcamsey1375 Рік тому +4

    ❤ the content guys much appreciated 💪👍

  • @marsexpresschipper7915
    @marsexpresschipper7915 Рік тому +3

    Great to see the gang again! Still amazes me how they tie up crabs in bare feet, if that was me, I'd be wearing steel cap safety boots ha ha.

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому

      Hahah. Me too mate. Although I’ve never seen one of them bitten on the toes or foot before. Only on the fingers.

  • @TranJamie100
    @TranJamie100 Рік тому +5

    Found your channel afew weeks back and smashed all your videos! Pick up the slack and keep uploading Mikey haha

  • @21fastford
    @21fastford Рік тому +3

    That 2fiddy hanging off the back 😎😍

  • @whatsupshittafabraans1926
    @whatsupshittafabraans1926 Рік тому +3

    Mate a stainless 1 inch nut 50cm below the float would keep the rope prop free

  • @unclefester
    @unclefester Рік тому +3

    Great to see you back mate we thought you must have given up or worse moved south.

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      Just did a bit of travelling around over Christmas. Back in the NT now mate. Back in video making mode.

  • @StephenJones-rn4vs
    @StephenJones-rn4vs Рік тому +4

    New shirt,crabbing before blabbin.

    • @bungiebenno536
      @bungiebenno536 Рік тому

      Claws n whores! 😂

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      Hahaha. Classic mate. 👏🏼

    • @bungiebenno536
      @bungiebenno536 Рік тому +1

      @@MikeyCunninghamFishing hahaha glad ya got a laugh out of it. Love the content! would be awesome sinking a few tinnies up there with you fellas for sure. Going to the Gregory River later this month after cherapin... no muddies where we are going but coming from the sunny coast it's always a treat heading up north. Keep the vids coming 👍

  • @myadventuresandtrips6279
    @myadventuresandtrips6279 Рік тому +3

    Done well boys love this channel

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 6 місяців тому +2

    I would be a rookie at truck driving around there, all my Ford tough trucks had everything on the other side of the truck despite the country I was in.

  • @steveparfitt4908
    @steveparfitt4908 Рік тому +4

    Mikey and Ash and the boys back! Ripper video as always.

  • @guyschiefelbein7505
    @guyschiefelbein7505 Рік тому +2

    welcome back good to see your videos again

  • @sierradelta8920
    @sierradelta8920 Рік тому +3

    Dude ya killing it! Professionals at their finest!
    Hats off to them lads slugging it out 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

  • @nathanheatley112
    @nathanheatley112 Рік тому +3

    love the mud crabbing vids

  • @deano8628
    @deano8628 Рік тому +3

    Love the channel.
    Could you do a go pro in the crab pot again like you did a few episodes ago and maybe one on the end of your fishing line?
    Keep the good work up guy's.

  • @denisebrady6858
    @denisebrady6858 5 місяців тому +2

    What a fabulous video- Thanks Guys- hey I have probably bought & eaten one of your crabs. Cheers Denise- Brisbane😀😀

  • @harmy46
    @harmy46 Рік тому +3

    Good to see ya back at it looking forward to the next one.

  • @gavinsaron
    @gavinsaron Рік тому +2

    Great vid mate. All your best videos are the ones with these blokes in them. Great insight into the crabbing game.

  • @geoffgold6773
    @geoffgold6773 Рік тому +3

    Good to see you back I’m heading up to Arnhem Land on Tuesday away from the rat race in Sydney

  • @Vanningtheland
    @Vanningtheland Рік тому +4

    Awesome mate good to see you and boys back into it 🦀 love it

  • @markbrowne4750
    @markbrowne4750 Рік тому +2

    When I used to go to King Ash Bay the Crab truck would be loaded at the Ramp and they used Horse meat back then

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому

      Yes mate, they load at the ramp still. It was too muddy for the truck to drive in during this video.

  • @leecoates6524
    @leecoates6524 Рік тому +3

    welcome back great vid as usual hope to see your adventure more

  • @jessecrisp6287
    @jessecrisp6287 Рік тому +3

    Love the shirts

  • @jodywetherall7857
    @jodywetherall7857 Рік тому +3

    Love the shirts...great vid as always.

  • @zacplithakis5854
    @zacplithakis5854 Рік тому +2

    Love it Mikey. Living the dream!!! Can u ask king Ash if he needs an offsider🙂Cheers

  • @desgamble7643
    @desgamble7643 Рік тому +3

    Mate that was the best mud crab vid i have ever seen. The process you blokes go through to feed us is awesome. Well done to all involved. Quality of the vid was spot on. I am a newbie to this channel from SEQ and caught one crab in 12 months. Sold the shit pots from the bait store for more than i paid for them. Bonus.

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      If you liked this one, check out my original “Gulf Mud Crabbers” episode I uploaded late last year. It’s a long one but by far my best episode ever. Let me know what you think.
      Cheers
      Mikey 🦀👍🏼🤠

  • @palihanlon833
    @palihanlon833 Рік тому +2

    the big fellas back yewwww

  • @The_Big_Unit69
    @The_Big_Unit69 Рік тому +3

    Shirts look awesome

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому

      Thanks mate. Quite a few orders coming through… so I’ve already started on designs for some more. 👍🏼

  • @codythedog61
    @codythedog61 Рік тому +4

    Good to see you back with the boys. Great video. Well done lads 🤘Crabtastic! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @craigtomkinson2837
    @craigtomkinson2837 Рік тому +3

    Cracking Ep big fellow,

  • @bigd4000
    @bigd4000 Рік тому +2

    Great to c u back again Mikey 👍
    Stay safe budd🤙

  • @ProSpeedPerformace
    @ProSpeedPerformace Рік тому +4

    Really enjoying your content mate keep them coming

  • @craigkenny4254
    @craigkenny4254 Рік тому +3

    Would love to visit this place one day soon, when’s the best time of year, cheers

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      The dry season here is great. The weather is perfect every day. But there are lots of people.
      The wet season it hot and muddy. But less people. And the Barra fishing can be better in the warmer months.
      So it depends what sort of trip you want to do. Home this helps mate.

  • @alicestensland2873
    @alicestensland2873 Рік тому +3

    Shirt looks good I ment😊

  • @garykildey7407
    @garykildey7407 Рік тому +2

    Well done Mikey and the gang.

  • @chefcamsey1375
    @chefcamsey1375 Рік тому +3

    Leave the crab handling skills to the professionals boys haha💪 he makes it looks easy.... Its Not 😂

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому

      Every now and then a crab will drop on the floor. And it takes me about a minute to pick it up. Usually almost getting bitten 4 times.

  • @andrewiannello6548
    @andrewiannello6548 Рік тому +2

    Nice one boy's 👌 nailed the merch, orders in

  • @ozineden2843
    @ozineden2843 Рік тому +2

    Great video mate.
    Love the content and the shirts. As l live overseas l will wait abit until you are up and running before trying to get one

  • @rodneyklein5139
    @rodneyklein5139 Рік тому +2

    Great to see you back Mikey 😎

  • @scotthollingworth8887
    @scotthollingworth8887 Рік тому +2

    Great to see you boys back up and at it again . Keep ‘em coming Mikey.

  • @Thekingcraneman
    @Thekingcraneman Рік тому +2

    Great video as always mate. Ordered one of the hats. Can’t wait looks the goods.

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      Absolute legend mate. They should be here in a couple of weeks!

    • @Thekingcraneman
      @Thekingcraneman Рік тому +1

      @@MikeyCunninghamFishing arrived in the mail yesterday mate, looks absolutely awesome. Great quality

  • @alicestensland2873
    @alicestensland2873 Рік тому +3

    Like the shirt😊

  • @hxvoke.r6869
    @hxvoke.r6869 Рік тому +3

    Hey Mikey love the vids you doing the comp for Easter and keep up the good work❤

  • @kishuinupower9163
    @kishuinupower9163 Рік тому +3

    My favourite food lol.

  • @selwynellison8504
    @selwynellison8504 3 місяці тому +2

    Trust me building any commercial gear take a long time and costs a lot

  • @whitemanwhiteman6855
    @whitemanwhiteman6855 Рік тому +2

    Can order a cap they look great
    Having issues scanning.

  • @reefchiefaustralia
    @reefchiefaustralia Рік тому +2

    Awesome video Mickey 👍

  • @bavan
    @bavan Рік тому +1

    This video was awesome! I loved seeing the process of crabbing from start to finish. The Goldies Before Coldies shirts look great, definitely getting one. Thanks Mikey!

  • @slimjim8885
    @slimjim8885 Рік тому +2

    Great video mate. Keep a the good work. 🎉

  • @h34evr
    @h34evr Рік тому +14

    Absolutely no way 300 a piece xD

    • @tightlines106
      @tightlines106 Рік тому +1

      That’s NT top end prices for ya cost ton for slab

    • @h34evr
      @h34evr Рік тому +1

      @@tightlines106 crikey. If 300% mark up is normal up there, count me out 🤙

    • @keithwatkins708
      @keithwatkins708 Рік тому +1

      I wouldn't be selling them for any less. That way I wouldn't have to make them for anyone else

    • @h34evr
      @h34evr Рік тому +1

      @@keithwatkins708 I think Ash was employing the same techniques when he said that

    • @whatsupshittafabraans1926
      @whatsupshittafabraans1926 Рік тому +1

      Tell him he’s dreaming by x10

  • @markfawcett4236
    @markfawcett4236 Рік тому +3

    Absolutely fantastic video mate! I’ve enjoyed watching these over the past couple of years, would really like to make the trip up there and check out king ash bay! We’re planning a trip this time next year! Just ordered a shirt 😉 Tight lines and take care out there Mikey!

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for buying the shirt mate. Has it arrived yet? And you’ll love King Ash Bay. Most people do.

  • @wilsonbritza
    @wilsonbritza Рік тому +2

    Just found this channel absolutely cracking video legend

  • @garrynorth6199
    @garrynorth6199 Рік тому +2

    Woohoo Mikeys back 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Say mikey you should tell Ash to organise a hydraulic pot puller. All the pro crabbers use them here in Port Lincoln SA in their 5 to 7 metre tinnys for blue swimmer or sand crabs. It sure as hell beats the shit out of hand pulling.

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому

      Yea, interesting idea mate. They are usually crabbing in water less than 2 metres deep. So the rope is only 5 or so metres long I reckon. Might take longer with a puller?? I dunno.

    • @garrynorth6199
      @garrynorth6199 Рік тому

      @@MikeyCunninghamFishing
      No way, I was a pro crabber for years myself, our water is often only shallow too, sometimes only a metre, believe me Mikey they are brilliant, just gaff the rope, throw it over the hydraulic wheel, and in she comes, it takes all the weight and shallow water is no problem.
      Most of us only have ten pot’s registered, but we pull them constantly up and down for hours.
      The professional scale fishermen are only allowed hoop nets or drop nets, so the crabs can crawl off if you don’t constantly pull them.
      The aluminium arm with the wheel on the end just swings out when in use, then swings back and is locked in when finished. Hydraulic hose is connected to a small generator. There’s not a single pro that pulls by hand anymore 😎👍🏽.
      PS.. your shirts look great and I’ve already ordered one ☝️

  • @vijayandrenvadiveloo7064
    @vijayandrenvadiveloo7064 Рік тому +3

    Hi Mikey! It’s been a while!!🤓

  • @fncursed2789
    @fncursed2789 Рік тому +2

    I can’t wait for that hat to be released, looks unreal, awesome video as always Mikey

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      You can pre order it now mate if you like. It’s on the website. They should arrive in the next couple of weeks hopefully.

  • @lobsterman2632
    @lobsterman2632 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi just came across your channel, absolutely love it, what a great lifestyle, what size is the boat u pull the pots in, great pot boats

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  10 місяців тому +1

      Ash's boat in this video is just over 6 metres I reckon. Custom built for Gulf Mud Crabbing.

  • @roryhopkinson2882
    @roryhopkinson2882 Рік тому +3

    300 !!🧐 I’ll start making them. But I do understand it’s a big outlay 👍

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      I think you’ll find it’s the time involved in making each pot by hand. It’s a huge job. The fella that made all Ash’s new pots started making them in November.
      He doesn’t pay $300 a pot. In the video he was saying he wouldn’t let one go for less than $300.
      Hope that all makes sense mate. Thanks for watching. -Mikey

  • @repeatleaf7746
    @repeatleaf7746 Рік тому +2

    i love your videos bro keep on posting it would be nice if i could get out wit u one day

  • @rigger314
    @rigger314 Рік тому +3

    Our crabs in the Burdekin are bloody good too

  • @timbrodie1678
    @timbrodie1678 Рік тому +3

    It’s been a while Mikey

  • @jamichannel6969
    @jamichannel6969 Рік тому +1

    Hello assalammualaikum mester mikey , sangat kreatif cara menangkap kepiting sangat bagus sekali , salam dari kami di Indonesia 🇲🇨 , Jami Channel 🙏🙏🙏

  • @franklutton7149
    @franklutton7149 10 місяців тому +2

    17:50..... young boy finished early.... come over to help, check for empties..... so no , " your my competitor" , all about , we are mates here...... i shoulda moved north years ago

  • @terryharwood1969
    @terryharwood1969 Рік тому +3

    About time you posted a new video m8, you've been slack lol Are u living full time at King Ash Bay now....?

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      Long story, but I’ll be spending a lot of time here at King Ash Bay this year.

    • @terryharwood1969
      @terryharwood1969 Рік тому +1

      @@MikeyCunninghamFishing hope everything is OK... Are the Mrs n kids with u2..?

  • @humorfaclubedasestrelas
    @humorfaclubedasestrelas Рік тому +2

    bom demais

  • @MadFishing247
    @MadFishing247 Рік тому +3

    👍🏿

  • @markbrowne4750
    @markbrowne4750 Рік тому +1

    Are the Fry boys still crabbing up there at King Ash Bay ?

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      I’m not sure mate. Not from King Ash Bay. There are other crabbers in the Gulf though.

  • @petermcsween4163
    @petermcsween4163 Рік тому +2

    I,m form down south so wondering about ciguatera and the big reds. I thought it affected the bigger size fish?

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому

      I’ve never heard of it here mate. Maybe the fish I catch aren’t big enough to get it. Haha.

  • @joelan93mtfworkshop89
    @joelan93mtfworkshop89 Рік тому +2

    yeeeew been waiting 🤙🤙👌

  • @warwickmilne3149
    @warwickmilne3149 Рік тому +2

    great video mate! what's 1 mudcarb worth to a pro?

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      In a restaurant the customer would pay $100+ for a dish. The price changes throughout the year dramatically for mud crabs. I would say one individual crab is worth between $10 and $30 to the mud crabber depending on its size and price throughout the year.
      They are paid per KG rather than per crab.

  • @AriffAffendi
    @AriffAffendi Рік тому +2

    yeaaa matee... sweetttttt

  • @ballistic350
    @ballistic350 Рік тому +3

    Mud crab or Dungeness crab??

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      “Scylla Serrata” is the scientific name. I’ve never seen a Dungeness crab before but after looking them up, I can see they do look a little bit similar.

  • @yutatfu883
    @yutatfu883 Рік тому +2

    👍

  • @yetti4817
    @yetti4817 Рік тому +2

    How is the bait held in ?

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому

      There is a spike that they push the bait onto. The spike then is locked into place by pushing it across onto a basic hook/eyelet kind of thing.

  • @ayoengsr8055
    @ayoengsr8055 Рік тому +1

    can i know where you can get that crab cage plss????? ur videos cool btww

  • @trevorwescombe1621
    @trevorwescombe1621 Рік тому +1

    Hi Mikey. How do I go about joining your channel?

  • @markbrowne4750
    @markbrowne4750 Рік тому +2

    What's a crab lic worth up there now I see one here just the other day @ $30.000

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому

      There are only something like 50 mud crab licences in the whole NT. Years ago there were hundreds… so now because there are so few, they have become quite expensive.
      A lot of crabbers will lease a licence or 2 for the year. It’s in the tens of thousands. (Eg maybe 20 or 30 grand a year).
      If a licence becomes available for sale I think you’ll find they will be asking north of $200,000.

  • @dannygoh7810
    @dannygoh7810 Рік тому +2

    Where is this place ❤❤❤

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      King Ash Bay mate. On the McArthur near Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory of Australia.

  • @vn6191
    @vn6191 Рік тому +2

    😍👍👏

  • @tobias-vj7pe
    @tobias-vj7pe Рік тому +2

    Whats one of those crabs worth

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      In a restaurant the customer would pay $100+ for a dish. The price changes throughout the year dramatically for mud crabs. I would say one individual crab is worth between $10 and $30 to the mud crabber depending on its size and price throughout the year.
      They are paid per KG rather than per crab.

  • @paulrichards2239
    @paulrichards2239 Рік тому +2

    Mikey when’s the next vid coming.

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +2

      Soon mate. Been out here getting plenty of footage. 👍🏼

    • @paulrichards2239
      @paulrichards2239 Рік тому +1

      @@MikeyCunninghamFishing sweet vid Mikey thx for the new one looking forward to the next one I’ll make sure I’ll call past for a beer in 24

  • @benwinter2420
    @benwinter2420 Рік тому +2

    Jenny Craig escape

  • @george08898
    @george08898 Рік тому +2

    Nah don’t eat the precooked muddies from the butchers. Soemtimes the butchers have em and they have been sitting there for days

  • @barrapete7948
    @barrapete7948 Рік тому +1

    $300😂 not a chance, can get proper collapsible pro pots for $60 each

  • @stephencostan207
    @stephencostan207 Рік тому +2

    is it legal to allow crabbing on that scale...........oh well fishing on that scale will mean no mud crabs for anyone in 10 years

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      I can see that people might be concerned when they see the footage…
      It’s true that a lot of crabs are taken from this region each year. For over 30 years in fact.
      Yet they are still plentiful. This area is not overfished.
      Fisheries and scientists visit the area multiple times each year and gather data.

  • @maxmiller9274
    @maxmiller9274 Рік тому +2

    Second veiwer

  • @brynleeelodie9510
    @brynleeelodie9510 Рік тому +2

    👏 *Promosm*

  • @apintonut
    @apintonut Рік тому +1

    Should dm me and ship me some to the us washington state I'll send back some dungeness

    • @MikeyCunninghamFishing
      @MikeyCunninghamFishing  Рік тому +1

      Hi mate. I’m going to be honest… I had to Google Dungeness… they look good mate. Probably taste quite similar to our Muddies here. 👍🏼

    • @apintonut
      @apintonut Рік тому

      @Mikey Cunningham well.... I've wanted to try the mud crab
      And it has been said all my life that dungeness is the best tasting crab
      I didn't believe it so I have tast tested it up against probably 6 or 7 other crab and as of yet I haven't tasted better hence the interest