When I put in the talapia to attack the filementous algae ,I was told that they were hard to catch since they preferred algae and pellet food. Well I am catching them big time using Berkley Power Bait. Using the power bait micros-white and pink and the brown earthworms. The talapia fight real good . I have even caught my grass carp on this stuff. This stuff sure beats keeping red wigglers in your pant pockets when fishing around the pond. And makes for a faster reload for a bare hook. And I seem to catch multiple fish per loaded hook. I debarbed the hooks, so it is a fun way to survey the fish growth of my coppernose, redears, and now talapia. Since the talapia should die off when the water gets below 60 degrees, I plan to start harvesting them in Sept-Oct. I am told that when the water temp gets below 60 then they will start laying up in the shallows and that they can be scooped up with a net. We shall see.

Now for the question, what are the thoughts taking bass from a friends apparent healthy farm pond that needs to have bass removed and transferring them to my pond? I'm thinking 8-10-12 inchers. One to work on the smaller talapia and a fairly established coppernose & fathead minnow population . And would the bass do any thing on the thriving tadpole population .This is versus buying the bass. My goal is not a bass pond but really a coppernose,redear bream pond. I thought that a few ( How many bass this size per acre ?) would help keep the bream population from over crowding and help to grow bigger bream. Since I am not talking about large numbers, am I better off buying fish from a known source if available ? Comments please.