A large Australian crab found along northern river estuaries, highly prized as food; a mud crab.
can you really catch a muddie in the Brisbane River?
Example sentencesExamples
- The first photo features the slimy character we hope will attract a muddie into our crab pot.
- I even managed to tie up some muddies one-handed.
- He said to me, “Look, Roger, he's brought us some muddies!"
- The lads are getting some muddies in the higher reaches of the river.
- Apparently if you catch a female crab it's good to leave her in because she might attract the attention of a male muddie.
- The muddies are still being picked up in North Creek.
- The blackfish are in their usual haunts and there are still some muddies about, apparently.
- We'll be checking the crab pot each Saturday morning until we catch a muddie or give up!
- It is believed the muddie was recaptured without major incident.
- Bob and I next visited the fish market down by the harbour where he had been dispatched to buy some muddies.