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 Questions about Tilapia?
#591212
08/01/06 04:12 PM
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Momma Carp
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Don't know if Tilapia are considered "rough" fish, but they look like they should be to me....
I was wondering if anyone knows how they can be caught on a line? When we first saw someone who had caught them, they said you had to bowfish them......which I don't do and probably COULDN'T do, even if I wanted too!! Ha...
The people we saw cleaning them had a big cooler full of them. But, they bowfished them. I want to see about catching them on a line. There are gobs of them in Fairfield Lake, and you can even see them from the shore in the water, but we've never had any strikes. Can you catch them on a line and bait/lure?
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591213
08/01/06 04:33 PM
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FattyMcButterpants
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try cabbage or corn , the eat algae. they can also be caugh ton a flyrod. I have them in my pond they put up a nice fight
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591214
08/01/06 09:47 PM
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Ricardo
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Caught a whole mess of them last Xmas in Panama. All on canned corn. Just a couple of kernels on size 4 jig. I think I was using 1/16 oz jigs. About 18" under a bobber.
I think I was catching larger ones deeper but first had to make it past the little ones at the top.
They would hit within seconds of casting.
My dad was catching some with shrimp at the bottom but nowhere near the numbers we had with corn.
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591215
08/03/06 09:14 PM
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Momma Carp
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cool, thanks! Will give it a try!
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591216
08/07/06 07:57 PM
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Vaughn Coomer
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591217
08/07/06 08:43 PM
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FattyMcButterpants
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Caught this one with a watermelon fluke 2/0 hook this weekend at pond 
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591218
08/07/06 09:00 PM
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Starless
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On a Fluke? Very cool! Nice looking fish.
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591219
08/07/06 09:36 PM
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FattyMcButterpants
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591220
08/07/06 11:36 PM
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Conan_0822
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Down here in the Valley my brother-in-law catches them in the canals using a casting net!!
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591221
08/08/06 03:56 AM
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fisherdude
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i caught me biggest bass. only 4 pounds on a live tilapia. saw a guy pull a 30 pound cat on a cut up one. this was all in a pond. ive caught a couple on small rooster tails
PB largemouth- 7lb
PB buffalo- 9 lb
PB common carp-7.5 lb
PB channel cat-7 lb
pretty weak now but lots more to come hopefully
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591222
08/08/06 10:30 PM
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phr1969
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Trash Fish, NO. They are good eating fish. Just look in your grocery section where they sell fish and there they are. Even at Wal-Mart.
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591223
08/09/06 12:12 PM
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whiterockjesse
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they are fresher at fiesta or any mexican grocery food store phr 
P.B. Carp ....29 lbs .... P.B. Buffalo 34.4
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591224
08/09/06 10:47 PM
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phr1969
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OK, Fiesta then.
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591225
08/10/06 02:23 AM
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Brandon972
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Alot of real Mexican resturants have hole talapia. There is a little mexican joint by my friends house called Caesers (in Grand Prairie) they have it and it looked pretty good. I got it a few days ago and it had a real good flavor, almost like black bass. I always thought talapia was a saltwater fish?!
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Re: Questions about Tilapia?
#591226
08/10/06 06:13 PM
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forbiddenbling
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Originally posted by Fatty McButterpants:
bling caught it man that little guy put up a good fight
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