is it normal to catch tilapia on artificial bait? i have been catching them on beetle spins and hair jigs. does this mean they eat young bg? also catching goldfish on artificial bait.

Yes, it's normal, but you are doing some negative reinforcement by forcing said Tilapia to smell your sandal before release.

Now that was FUNNY!!!! Good one Sunil!

RC

he was a bad tilapia. he knows how my wife feels now!!!

Thanks RC, I also thought that was one of my better one-liners of late.

Ughhh, I cant wait for Tilapia NEXT YEAR!!! *sigh*

scott keep fishing for them see what all you can catch them on,

I don't think there are many fish out there that wouldn't feed on the fry of other fish.

I was amazed when I caught one on the bottom with liver.

Scott, the tilapia in your pic appears to be a Mozambicus. A good choice for your area to assure they die each winter.

I catch them pretty regular on jigs...they seem to hit it out of curiosity

You you telling us tilapia have a shoe fetish? Gosh I keep learning more stuff about tilapia every day!

There was a weird guy in my college dorm that had a sock fetish. My dastardly roommate told him my socks stunk. The guy sat down next to me at lunch one day and grilled me about my socks. I almost killed my roommate.