Think I answered my own question about reproduction.
Was feeding today and noticed what looked like some weird minnows along the bank. Looked like they had the remnants of a yolk sack hanging down. Too big to be FHM FRY. I think they must be tilapia. I netted a dozen or so and put them in my wife's concrete pond and will feed them long enough to see for sure what they are. If they are tilapia fry, they will grow quickly to a size I can be sure.
Got the cast net out (which I previously have had very marginal luck with) and managed to catch two whites and two blues that were about 6" long and put in the main pond. Also caught a couple of 5" blues (some were smaller that we had raised in an aquarium instead of the pond and had been transferred to this pond when they over crowded the aquarium). Actually did a decent job of casting the net. Then later in the day tried it again and must have forgot all I knew because all I could throw was taco nets.
The tilapia wised up and I hardly see them now when I drive up. They learned the cast net trick pretty quick. Will have to go to a seine or trap or some other method of catching them.
Last edited by snrub; 08/09/15 11:12 PM.
