Tilapia as bait?

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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]The 2019 Guidebook is specific about what can, and cannot, be used as bait in Utah. On Page 7, it says:[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[#000000]While you are fishing, it is unlawful to:
• Use or possess bait in the form of fresh
or frozen fish or fish parts, except as
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Tilapia are NOT listed in the "provided below" section.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]However, the Guidebook also says:[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[#000000]You may use commercially prepared and
chemically treated baitfish or their parts as bait
in any water where bait is permitted.[/#000000]

So if you could find any "commercially prepared and
chemically treated" Tilapia, you could use those as bait. (Good luck with finding any.)[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]The only reference to Tilapia in the Guidebook is in those sections that pertain to Blue Lake (near Wendover). NO limit, MUST kill, & CAN dispose (waste).[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]I believe from all that, that it is not legal to use Tilapia for bait.
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