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spottedbass 11-20-2014 09:53 AM
Rockfish won't eat them. We all know rockfish only eat shad. ;)

jad2t 11-20-2014 10:44 AM
I'm curious now. Next one I take home (hopefully on Saturday) will have the stomach examined to see what's in there. I ate one from last weekend surely big enough to swallow Tilapia and there are plenty to gorge on.

Pookie 11-20-2014 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by txnative (Post 59067)
I called TWRA about them when I first caught one in 2012. The agent told me that there are no tilapia in OHL...I responded by telling him I had a cooler full that says he's wrong. I've caught several in the 14-16" range, and ate every one if them...guess I should've submitted my catches. I'm curious to see how the bass and flatheads react to a new potential forage species...we may start seeing lake records changing for a number of different species.


Chris Bryant
Someone here may know different, but as I understand it, Tilapia are stocked in farm ponds as a food source for bass and catfish. I further understand that they eat aquatic bugs and plankton. If that's the case, what do you use to catch them? Trout Magnet?

Travis C. 11-20-2014 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Pookie (Post 59077)
Someone here may know different, but as I understand it, Tilapia are stocked in farm ponds as a food source for bass and catfish. I further understand that they eat aquatic bugs and plankton. If that's the case, what do you use to catch them? Trout Magnet?
They have actually been eating a huge variety of things including trout magnets. All I read too was what you stated they eat prior to catching them. I have seen where bigger ones will hit and get the whole back treble of a shad rap in their mouth. Not sure if its food or just an aggressive nature.

XxthejuicexX 11-20-2014 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Pookie (Post 59077)
Someone here may know different, but as I understand it, Tilapia are stocked in farm ponds as a food source for bass and catfish. I further understand that they eat aquatic bugs and plankton. If that's the case, what do you use to catch them? Trout Magnet?

I use a trout magnet mostly. Last year I caught a skip jack and cut him up into pieces and caught a tilapia on about every cast. I think I am going to head up Saturday to try and catch some of those and maybe Sauger then focus on the striper as it gets later.

jad2t 11-20-2014 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Pookie (Post 59077)
Someone here may know different, but as I understand it, Tilapia are stocked in farm ponds as a food source for bass and catfish. I further understand that they eat aquatic bugs and plankton. If that's the case, what do you use to catch them? Trout Magnet?
Trout Magnets work well for them. I've also caught them on small in-line spinners.

txnative 11-20-2014 01:56 PM
Mealworms threaded on sz 6 Owner Mosquito Hook below a float is my go-to, but that was pre-barrier. My best technique this year is a cast net, lol.


Chris Bryant

goreds.king 11-20-2014 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by txnative (Post 59083)
Mealworms threaded on sz 6 Owner Mosquito Hook below a float...
I'll be chasing them for the first time in the morning and this is the method I was going to try. If anyone is out and you see a white Old Town Predator stop and say hey.

XxthejuicexX 11-20-2014 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by goreds.king (Post 59086)
I'll be chasing them for the first time in the morning and this is the method I was going to try. If anyone is out and you see a white Old Town Predator stop and say hey.

I know Jimmy will be out in the morning. I am hoping to get out around 11-12 and fish till dark.

agelesssone 11-20-2014 03:18 PM
Jimmy and Juice, you guys will be out on Friday morning?

XxthejuicexX 11-20-2014 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by agelesssone (Post 59089)
Jimmy and Juice, you guys will be out on Friday morning?

Saturday afternoon, Wife is having a girls party and I have to get out of the house. So I am fishing. Jimmy is going Saturday morning.

jad2t 11-20-2014 03:44 PM
I never said I was going to GSP for the Rockfish though. Maybe I know of another secret location...

XxthejuicexX 11-20-2014 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jad2t (Post 59092)
I never said I was going to GSP for the Rockfish though. Maybe I know of another secret location...

I'm sure you do........

Fishaholic 11-20-2014 11:19 PM
I'll see you at that spot next to that place lol:p
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Originally Posted by jad2t (Post 59092)
I never said I was going to GSP for the Rockfish though. Maybe I know of another secret location...


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