At this point I agree with esshup about 14"+ bass frequently eating 4" tilapia and will disagree with Rex until I see some stocking and survival data. I like esshup have seen 13"-14" bass and sometines groups of bass attack kill or eat newly stocked tilapia that were 5"-7" long. What do you think would happen with a 4"-5" tilapia that is newly stocked into a pond with a fair number of 17"-19" hungry LMB?? If there is plenty of food items in the pond when smaller 4"-6" tilapia are stocked, then the chances of survival will be better IMO.
It would be very interesting to see a study where 4"-6" tilapia were stocked into a LMbass pond and look at the survival rate of those tilapia stockers after 3 to 4 weeks. Rex has told me that tilapia are quick and keen at escaping bass, but I wonder how quick a tilapia would be when it is focused on eating some filamentous algae or with its snout sucking up some algae - bacteria laden sediment.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 02/05/13 11:50 AM.
