06-02-2009, 04:03 AM
I used to live in Yuma Arizona where there are tons of Tilapia. I mean muchas pescas!
They are very very very very hook shy. They just don;'t swallow the hook! Ooooof!
They can use their mighty nibble abilities and nibble nibble nibble nibble a worm right off the hookâeven a small piece of worm can be eaten without swallowing the hook. You can't set that darn hook!
I would walk down the shoreline of the Gila River and toss a throw net. Bam! Great idea. I got plenty of 13 inch fish and bigger. I'd say near 15 inches.... Blue Lake be darned.
I got Tilapia spawning in early April. They dig nest in the sand. And make a very noticeable hole near the shore. Like a large bowl.
Take down what TubeDude says but be wise to know they are hook shy vegetable-tarians. Lets put it this way PETA would give a Fishy Vedgie award to these fast multiplying fish for not eating other "living" things....except the eggs of our buddies, the Largemouth Bass.
Just a suggestion take a throw net. And try dough balls. I could never catch one on a hook......never. But Utah is different.
I know I'll visit this lake in the future.
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They are very very very very hook shy. They just don;'t swallow the hook! Ooooof!
They can use their mighty nibble abilities and nibble nibble nibble nibble a worm right off the hookâeven a small piece of worm can be eaten without swallowing the hook. You can't set that darn hook!
I would walk down the shoreline of the Gila River and toss a throw net. Bam! Great idea. I got plenty of 13 inch fish and bigger. I'd say near 15 inches.... Blue Lake be darned.
I got Tilapia spawning in early April. They dig nest in the sand. And make a very noticeable hole near the shore. Like a large bowl.
Take down what TubeDude says but be wise to know they are hook shy vegetable-tarians. Lets put it this way PETA would give a Fishy Vedgie award to these fast multiplying fish for not eating other "living" things....except the eggs of our buddies, the Largemouth Bass.
Just a suggestion take a throw net. And try dough balls. I could never catch one on a hook......never. But Utah is different.
I know I'll visit this lake in the future.
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