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Thinking that my order of Tilpia was going to be 3-5 ", I went ahead and started to treat my pond with Cutrine. I treated one bank 180'and 4' out yesterday morning. The Tilapia was supposed to be delivered by 10am yesterday morning, then 3pm, then 7pm, I finally got them in the water at 9:30pm last night. To my surpise they were around 1/4#,and I ordered 25# so I figure I got 80 to 100 Tilpia. Went out to the pond this morning to feed, and no floaters were found so thats good. I will check again this afternoon when I feed. Would not have bought so many if I knew they were going to be that big, will give some to my brother-in-law this weekend if I can get some of them out. What is a good bait the use on them, never fished for Tilapia before. They were in good condition considering they came from Alabama to Kentucky and being in the tanker all day.
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where did you get your tilapia and how much did you pay if you dont mind me asking. I am in Ohio and want to try some?
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The best bait I found was to take about two cups of pellets and grind them in a food processor or coffee mill, mix in 1/4 of flour, 1 egg and enough water to form a stiff dough. Put a pea sized ball on a small trout hook and fish under a small bobber with no weight on 4lb test line.
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." Stephen W. Hawking
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I put 15 big males in my Male CNBG pond a month ago and caught and release 5 of the 15 Tuesday evening with 1" pieces of night crawler on a #6 Mustad hook with the barb bent down. Hook the worm piece on each end with no weight and a very small float. The bite is extremely light almost like crappie fishing when they are finicky.
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Brian, sorry for not answering sooner, thought this post was dead. Three of us here went in and bought 225 lbs of them. I have not been billed as of yet, but my 25lbs will cost me somewhere around 200.00. They came from Alabama, but I dont know the name or county, could find out for you if you want. I was a little disappointed in them, I bought them for FA control but they did not clean my pond. I put them in on May 2nd and the FA contuined to grow untill it covered the entire pond. I made the gadget with the wire ties and rope and my wife and I cleaned the pond (took two complete days) then I sprayed Curtine Plus and applied Aquashade three days ago. Yesterday I installed an aerator that I bought from Ted Lea of Forever Green and so far so good, will know more in a few weeks. My problem may be too many fish I first stocked 12LMB 500BG 50CCats 25RE than added 25# of Talapia, not counting all the spawnings that have taken place. I have not harvested any of the fish so I am sure I have too many. I am going to try the suggestions from Family Tradition and Ryan Freeze on catching some Talapia.
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