11-20-2014, 09:53 AM
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Rockfish won't eat them. We all know rockfish only eat shad. 
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11-20-2014, 10:44 AM
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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.
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11-20-2014, 11:50 AM
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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.
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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?
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11-20-2014, 12:04 PM
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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?
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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.
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11-20-2014, 12:28 PM
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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?
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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.
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11-20-2014, 12:30 PM
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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?
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Trout Magnets work well for them. I've also caught them on small in-line spinners.
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11-20-2014, 01:56 PM
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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.
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11-20-2014, 02:47 PM
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Mealworms threaded on sz 6 Owner Mosquito Hook below a float...
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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.
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11-20-2014, 02:55 PM
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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.
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I know Jimmy will be out in the morning. I am hoping to get out around 11-12 and fish till dark.
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11-20-2014, 03:18 PM
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Jimmy and Juice, you guys will be out on Friday morning?
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11-20-2014, 03:28 PM
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Jimmy and Juice, you guys will be out on Friday morning?
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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.
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11-20-2014, 03:44 PM
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I never said I was going to GSP for the Rockfish though. Maybe I know of another secret location...
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11-20-2014, 03:51 PM
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I never said I was going to GSP for the Rockfish though. Maybe I know of another secret location...
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I'm sure you do........
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11-20-2014, 11:19 PM
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I'll see you at that spot next to that place lol 
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I never said I was going to GSP for the Rockfish though. Maybe I know of another secret location...
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