I hope not that's the way I put all black bass back.

Well thanks for the replies; now I'm definitely going back there this weekend. If anybody feels like meeting me there I'll show you the spot I'm talking about. We'll net enough tilapia to last a year.

Actually, you don't even need a net. I just grabbed a few of them right out of the water. Kind of a bummer that there is no challenge involved. Maybe I will have a race to see who can net the most in a hour or who can kill one by throwing a beer at it. lol.

+1

since 2003 the tilapia business has grown from a $1billion industry to a $5billion dollar industry. costs anywhere from $1 to $4 to raise each fish from a fingerling to mature processing size and can be sold for up to $10/lb. this species has been made into to hybrids with all male offspring in the last few years on aquaculture farms and this is a growing marketable species with very white meat and very versatile ways to cook it in fine restaurants. invasive species? perhaps in one aspect. removing intestines may help delete a naturally occurring disease in wild populations. farm raised tilapia do not have this problem to my knowledge. I hope to start a tilapia farm in the near future(anybody with a big checkbook care to invest?haha)the tilapia has become the 4 most consumed seafood species, up from the high teens just 7 years ago. they aren't the bad guys, they just need to be put in the proper environments imo

anyone who would gut 10 huge tilapia on there boat is just serious.. that's stupid!