Dam Stocking Yabbies

The yabby is a resilient freshwater crayfish and is known by many names—crawchi, crawdad, craybob, or even lobby—depending on where you come from.

These adaptable creatures thrive in a wide range of freshwater environments, including rivers, lakes, and dams.

Yabbies are tough and resourceful, capable of enduring long periods of drought by burrowing deep into the earth.

Creating the ideal habitat for your yabbies is essential. Incorporating structures like tarps, shade cloths, shrubs, and PVC pipes can provide the cover and complexity they need to thrive. These materials easily sink and create a natural, protective environment, ensuring your yabbies are well-equipped for a healthy life in your dam.

Yabbies do not need as much acclimatisation as fingerlings. When you receive your yabbies open the foam box next to your pond, before releasing them splash a little amount of the dam water into the box so their moisture levels are high, this will ensure that they swim immediately into the water and out of site from predators.