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 Texas tilapia fishing
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02/16/25 04:53 AM
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Hooked on fishing
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Where In texas can you go and catch a bunch of tilapia?
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: BPbassp]
#15333553
02/16/25 09:40 AM
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tmd11111
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As many gillnets that are in that lake I'm surprised there's any fish at all.
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Hooked on fishing]
#15333616
02/16/25 01:16 PM
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Posts: 80,243
banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Pumpkin Head
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Calaveras and Victor Braunig Lake. 
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Hooked on fishing]
#15333655
02/16/25 02:13 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
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SteveHummert
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pawpaw
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Squaw Creek and Fayette County Lake have them as well
Last edited by SteveHummert; 02/16/25 02:28 PM.
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Hooked on fishing]
#15334024
02/16/25 11:39 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
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Minner Bucket
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Fayette is loaded with Tilapia! Monster schools out on the points.
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Hooked on fishing]
#15334074
02/17/25 12:42 AM
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Joined: Nov 2008
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361V
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Squaw Creek right here by my house! Millions of em. You can fish for them with worms on a heavy drop shot rig or just go out in a undersized row boat and throw a cast net until your boat is literally filled from gunnel to gunnel and then swamp and drown on your way back to the boat ramp. Sorry, got carried away with the factual commentary. Squaw Creek has millions of em!
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: 361V]
#15334371
02/17/25 01:53 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
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Jimbo
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Squaw Creek right here by my house! Millions of em. You can fish for them with worms on a heavy drop shot rig or just go out in a undersized row boat and throw a cast net until your boat is literally filled from gunnel to gunnel and then swamp and drown on your way back to the boat ramp. Sorry, got carried away with the factual commentary. Squaw Creek has millions of em! You forgot the part about pulling into a cove where people are fishing and pull in between them and the bank and start throwing your net. 
Just one more cast!
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Hooked on fishing]
#15334377
02/17/25 01:55 PM
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Vogey
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Not sure if it's true, but I had a relative tell me you can catch all you want on cut up celery pieces ?
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Jimbo]
#15334441
02/17/25 02:58 PM
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Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 653
Cuervo Jones
Pro Angler
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Squaw Creek right here by my house! Millions of em. You can fish for them with worms on a heavy drop shot rig or just go out in a undersized row boat and throw a cast net until your boat is literally filled from gunnel to gunnel and then swamp and drown on your way back to the boat ramp. Sorry, got carried away with the factual commentary. Squaw Creek has millions of em! You forgot the part about pulling into a cove where people are fishing and pull in between them and the bank and start throwing your net. Just make sure to bang the lead weights against your tin boat the whole time and slam coolers around too.
“Slideâ€
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Vogey]
#15334461
02/17/25 03:16 PM
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SteveHummert
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Not sure if it's true, but I had a relative tell me you can catch all you want on cut up celery pieces ? Interesting, had not heard that. Will give it a try this year and report back. I stock them in my pond each year to help control algae. Grandkids have a blast catching them on earthworms
Last edited by SteveHummert; 02/17/25 03:17 PM.
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Hooked on fishing]
#15334520
02/17/25 04:08 PM
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Joined: May 2019
Posts: 9,075
avid_basser
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Second the Squaw Creek statements. I caught one that was 3.5 lbs a few weekends ago on a jerk bait. Fun fighting fish.
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Re: Texas tilapia fishing
[Re: Hooked on fishing]
#15335452
02/18/25 05:29 PM
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 2,946
Jim Ford
Extreme Angler
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It's been many years since I fished Gibbons Creek, but I caught a lot of really huge ones on crankbaits in there. I imagine the warm water discharge has sustained the population through the really cold periods since then.
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