What do I do with all these tilapia?

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What do I do with all these tilapia? #526883 10/19/20 09:29 AM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 103 Bridgeport, Texas C Chandler1 OP Lunker
OP Chandler1 Lunker C Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 103 Bridgeport, Texas	I've tried every bait possible and my tilapia just sun on the surface taunting mel! We are having periodic cold fronts so I know they will die soon. So my question is, what do I do with these fish when they die? Does anybody want to come help me fish out these fish before they die? Help!

Re: What do I do with all these tilapia? Chandler1 #526884 10/19/20 09:57 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,966 Likes: 276 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,966 Likes: 276 Central Ohio	You've got buzzards and raccoons there, right? "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: What do I do with all these tilapia? Chandler1 #526886 10/19/20 10:31 AM
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OP Chandler1 Lunker C Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 103 Bridgeport, Texas	Ok. That answers my question. Great Blue Heron party

Re: What do I do with all these tilapia? Chandler1 #526890 10/19/20 11:40 AM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,512 Likes: 831 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,512 Likes: 831 Grovertown, Indiana	Get a heavy duty spinning rod, and a large treble hook. Practice your casting skills and snag them. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: What do I do with all these tilapia? Chandler1 #526899 10/19/20 02:11 PM
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OP Chandler1 Lunker C Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 103 Bridgeport, Texas	Thanks! Great advice.

Re: What do I do with all these tilapia? Chandler1 #526909 10/19/20 04:29 PM
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DDD Lunker D Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 19 Texas	Ours started eating at the feeders mid summer. We have been catching them easily on a 1/8th or 1/16th oz jig head with a piece of brown rubber worm/crawfish about the size of the fish food. We tried a piece of cork. They would hit it, but the hard cork made them miss the hook more often than not.

Re: What do I do with all these tilapia? Chandler1 #526916 10/19/20 09:23 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,051 Likes: 277 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker
Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,051 Likes: 277 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	Try a small brown Stubby Steve on a number 8 hook under a small cork It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP

Re: What do I do with all these tilapia? Dave Davidson1 #526927 10/20/20 05:40 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,966 Likes: 276 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,966 Likes: 276 Central Ohio	Originally Posted by Dave Davidson1 Try a small brown Stubby Steve on a number 8 hook under a small cork It may help to chum with some fish food. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

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