Very big crayfish
3,780 views · Published 18 November 2018 · 2:02 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: robbiefishing · 2018 · Autos & Vehicles
This spiny Murray freshwater crayfish is a big crayfish in anybodys book. Although it is not record breaking, it is still a very big crayfish. This was caught late at night on a fishing rod with a bunch of worms while targeting other species. I was targeting carp. but when I would normally go home I decided to stay on and fish into the night to see if I could catch a freshwater blackfish. I did not catch any blackfish, but instead caught this very big crayfish. Over size and out of season, this beautiful big crayfish was released. This is a spiny Murray freshwater crayfish. Very similar to the spiny crayfish found in Gippsland flowing streams. I believe the Murray crayfish grows a bit bigger than the normal spiny crayfish which are sometimes called spinies. Below paragraph was taken from Wikipedia: The Murray crayfish, Euastacus armatus, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Australia that belongs to the family Parastacidae. The Murray crayfish has the largest geographic range of any of the Euastacus crayfish in Australia, being found in the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers as well as many of their tributaries. Murray crayfish are also known as "Murray River crayfish", "Murray crays", "freshwater crays", "spiny freshwater crays", "spinies" and in the Wagga Wagga region of southern New South Wales they are simply known as "lobsters".
