I hope some of the bait works for someone. I just gave a new rod to one of the kids who helps me around the pond and of course we had to try it out. All I had was a pair of heels from a loaf of bread. He caught 6 tilapia in about 30 minutes. As you know my pond is very small and I now only feed in one place, before I feed in the structure at each end. Anyway, I fish right after feeding, the bigger tilapia cruise just under the surface around the structure and the pacu are just a little deeper. So all of my experience is based on that time period. The tilapia are beginning to peel of line with the drag set at 2lbs. You should be home soon,huh?