Wow! 50lbs per acre! Was that all brood stock? Or did that consist of smaller talapia that would suffer immediate predation by the LMB? Nashville has a little lower avg temp than Birmingham. Did any of your talapia survive the winter or do you just restock every spring?
OH, thanks for the welcome Yolk Sac. There are a bunch of great peeps on this forum with a bunch of great information. It seems I can't help but succeed.
I can get talapia in Hale county for 6.00/lb this spring. And I found a picture of the bass I have been catching just for reference.

notice the filet knife in the upper right... you know the rest of the story.
The bottom left fish sure does remind me of Big Head Uncle Cyrus.

My wife wanted a Bill Dance impersonation. Actually, this is a preliminary taste test just prior to evisceration.