success with Tilapia - 10/06/08 12:40 AM
Just wanted to say how great Tilapia stocking turned out to be. I was getting overrun by algea and had waited really late in summer to try to attack it. Covered over half of my new 5 acre pond. Then my fish guy brought me about 30 tilapia. That was mid July. I have had little problems since, even though we have had a hot Sep. And they spawned a gazillion little fellows 1-2" now and munching any algea left in shallow water. The adults are crazy curious and follow me around the pond on the surface like pets as if they want to watch my every move. Really fun to watch them. And what is really cool is that my May stocking of LMB are now 10-11", and they seem to hang around the tilapia beds a lot, and all I have to do is reel a white grub or jig across the water and pow! I will definitely do this again except start in the late spring next year. I truly recommend to anyone wanting to try it.