04-27-2019, 09:20 PM
[quote RockyRaab]Since it neither a saltwater species, nor preserved/pickled, one would lean to the illegal opinion.
On the other hand, it is not a game fish, and can't do any harm, which leads to the "who cares" opinion.
(And the chances of being ticketed for it are next to nil, but don't take that as anything official.)[/quote]
Tilapia CAN live in salt water,,, in fact tilapia can thrive in water twice as salty as the ocean.
One reason they might not want Tilapia to be used as bait is people will leave a whole dead fish along the shore after they are done fishing and there by start a panic because it looks like they have been introduced into a water where they do not actually exist.
That has happened.
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On the other hand, it is not a game fish, and can't do any harm, which leads to the "who cares" opinion.
(And the chances of being ticketed for it are next to nil, but don't take that as anything official.)[/quote]
Tilapia CAN live in salt water,,, in fact tilapia can thrive in water twice as salty as the ocean.
One reason they might not want Tilapia to be used as bait is people will leave a whole dead fish along the shore after they are done fishing and there by start a panic because it looks like they have been introduced into a water where they do not actually exist.
That has happened.
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