I have wondered if alfalfa pellets would work to trap carp, goldfish, tilipia, etc.
Don't know, just asking. Those fish like plants. I wonder if a person could start feeding a few alfalfa pellets (created for dairy, rabbits, maybe horses) getting them used to it, then using it as trap bait.
Might be worth an experiment.
Tilapia easily and voraciously take to regular fish pellets, and others have stated the grass carp become feed hogs too. I would imagine traps that incorporated feed would work on both of those.
I have had no luck in using a cast net while the tilapia feed. They are just way to skittish. Keep in mind this is in my pond with my abilities. I know others can catch them just fine, probably without feed.
Could alfalfa pellets be made in a crisis situation? And then you have to weigh the trouble of making them, versus just letting the pond be self sufficient with LMB and BG. I would think with tilapia, you could just throw in freshly cut plant matter and they would devour it, if their regular food source was gone.
Edit-- at the very least, throwing in plant matter/nitrogen would create algae problems and then feed the tilapia....
