Yes the are fun to catch. Put up a good fight on light spinning tackle. They do a great job at keeping the FA under control but not very good to eat. They are hard to fillet and not much meat on them. I heard that the tilapia farmed for commercial sales are different than the Mosambique tilapia.
I've never eaten a tilapia from our ponds - the filets from the fish market are my favorite.
I hate to clean fish anyway ...
