Another question.. I imagine tilapia is probably popular and common in private ponds in the south, Texas, assume oklahoma, Florida, Georgia etc? If Texas has had so much high water, flooding etc I can imagine that many ponds are seeing their tilapia overflow into neighboring rivers and lakes.
I assume then the tilapia will then take up residence in nearby lakes and multiply. This is probably happening right? Are some of these nearby lakes seeing tilapia for the first time or do most lakes in the Dallas area already have tilapia in them?
Will they survive and multiply and provide new 'natural' forage for lakes and ponds that never had them before? Will this on balance be a benefit from all the recent flooding for the forage base for the local bass fisheries?
