True, but my experience graphing abundance of shad would seem to make up that difference. Also, the size of the average tilapia would kill 90% of the bass if they were to try to eat and digest those 2lbers. I believe the threadfin population far outweighs the diminishing tilapia population, as far as having plenty of food for the fish to grow.

I think the tilapia were higher quality forage. The small bass you catch are always round little footballs, the larger bass more and more have 5 pound heads and 3 pound bodies.

In summary ... ban the netters, add hydrilla, add slot, add redfish, and open it up to night fishing!

Restock baitfish

Netter population is way up. Anyone think they keep the bass they net?

Good thinking but shad are thick on Squaw as I have seen on any lake. People list Tilapia as a prominent food source but I question for how long. The good thing is they spawn many times throughout the year providing fry and smaller Tilapia for baitfish year round but they also quickly grow to a size that only the alligators on Squaw could choke down. Part of the reason they are popular as a �farmed food source� is their fast growth rate. Do the biguns compete for the shad? Absolutely. I have been in coves and up close to the river when there was acres of Tilapia feeding on shad but as I said I still see a crazy amount of shad. I believe the baitfish population is more than adaquate. Maybe a few less winter tournaments and some of that old hydrilla �accidentally� getting reinstated would help with the bass QUALITY....or maybe it�s just a cycle like all lakes go through. Lots of conjecture but I do believe the bass QUANTITY and baitfish availability is still way above average on Squaw Creek.

My question is why does hydrilla NOT grow in Squaw? Welsh has a tone of grass...Is it because of the high salt content? You would think it would grow of the temp.

It's over populated with bass,people need to keep some.Also re stock the hybrids to eat the tilapia.

Yep, last time I was at Squawk Creek they still had hybrids so it�s been a while.

I think the bigger ones die when the water temp hits 108 degrees in the summer!

It's Trump's fault!

Might need to quit listening to "hearsay".

I represent Tackle Depot and I ran the tournament and can assure you I didn't just
"load up my boat and go Home". I made sure no floaters where left behind.
Any tournament I have run Fish care is Number one and sure as hell will not leave floaters at the dock.
I carry my fizzing needles with me and offer them up at weigh in.

I cant control what happens hours after we are gone.
there was a championship out there as well but I will not drag their name through the mud like you just did to Tackle Depot.

Get your facts straight

It did. I do not know where it went. Water temps? It flourishes in the other power plant lakes. Salinity? The Brazos River has a high salt content but hydrilla flourished on Possum Kingdom and Granbury forever. They pump from Granbury to keep Squaw full. Squaw now has as little vegetation as any lake I have seen. I only know it WAS there and it�s not there now.

We went last June and saw water temps up to 110 degrees. The fish were way up the river to get away from the hot water. I truly believe that the excess of hot water kills the bigger fish.