10-04-2005, 11:06 AM
[cool][#0000ff]I have caught them in Florida and in Arizona. The canal system in southern Florida is full of "exotics"...tilapia, Oscars, peacock bass, South American catfish, etc. When you fish there it is like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates. You never know what your gonna get. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In Arizona there are populations of Tilapia in several of the lakes and in the lower Gila river. They are really good fighters and as KS pointed out, they are good eating too. They get to be almost 5 pounds and they fight like a crappie on steroids.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Too bad they can't hack cold water. There are some weedy lakes in Utah they would find to their liking, and I am sure they would develop a following. But, our cold climate pretty well puts a lid on the bucket biologists.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In Arizona there are populations of Tilapia in several of the lakes and in the lower Gila river. They are really good fighters and as KS pointed out, they are good eating too. They get to be almost 5 pounds and they fight like a crappie on steroids.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Too bad they can't hack cold water. There are some weedy lakes in Utah they would find to their liking, and I am sure they would develop a following. But, our cold climate pretty well puts a lid on the bucket biologists.[/#0000ff]
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