Tilapia
Jun 8, 2020 22:25:34 #
Jun 8, 2020 22:42:04 #
Tilapia in our creeks and rivers are considered a fish of prey. I think not. Anyway, they eat bait fish and smaller perch and bass and catfish. I would try live bait, it only makes sense. I have caught them on soft plastics too.
Jun 9, 2020 00:53:06 #
Jun 9, 2020 01:35:41 #
brewertoo wrote:
actually, wild talapia eat alge and other vegetation.
And sewage and other fecal matter. Tilapia are known for eating things no one in their right mind would ingest after learning it. That is why they are so cheap and served in so many places. They are not high quality meat.
So there is something I could suggest to use for bait but I don't want to get sent to attic for telling you. I am sure you can read between the lines on what I am hinting.
Jun 9, 2020 07:54:39 #
brewertoo
Loc: houston
that's why they suggest you don't eat asian (farm raised) talapia. do you think wild fish search out poop in the rivers, lakes and streams? do you think all other wild fish ignore eating things that we deem objectionable?
Jun 9, 2020 11:02:44 #
Has no one figured out the logical and only solution to this discussion. I thought my fellow anglers would reject eating fish that had questions, and it’s evident you have. One fish eaten world wide without hesitation and not one concern, and yes you know the answer, Mississippi farm raised catfish. Had to plug it you know. Try the rest then eat the best!!!!!!
Jun 9, 2020 13:31:17 #
Well, what are they fed when they are farm raised? Restaurants always sell tilapia in filets and not the belly portion where the food is ingested, so you figure no matter what they eat, it doesn`t effect the portion that is presented in eateries. Shrimp and crabs are among the school of many bottom feeders and yet we dine on fish that eat these creatures. What`s the great big issue about what they eat? We`re not consuming the bad section that they digest it from.
Jun 9, 2020 14:04:43 #
For what its worth. I still don't eat them.
Do tilapia eat their own poop?
Myth: Tilapia eat poop. Fact: Tilapia are plant eaters; they do not eat poop unless they are being starved. Truth: The rumor that tilapia prefer poop stems from an episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel in which the host, Mike Rowe, visited a fish farm that raised hybrid striped bass.
Do tilapia eat their own poop?
Myth: Tilapia eat poop. Fact: Tilapia are plant eaters; they do not eat poop unless they are being starved. Truth: The rumor that tilapia prefer poop stems from an episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel in which the host, Mike Rowe, visited a fish farm that raised hybrid striped bass.
Jun 9, 2020 14:38:26 #
Fishin Fool 69
Loc: Etowah, TN
Jeremy wrote:
And sewage and other fecal matter. Tilapia are known for eating things no one in their right mind would ingest after learning it. That is why they are so cheap and served in so many places. They are not high quality meat.
So there is something I could suggest to use for bait but I don't want to get sent to attic for telling you. I am sure you can read between the lines on what I am hinting.
So there is something I could suggest to use for bait but I don't want to get sent to attic for telling you. I am sure you can read between the lines on what I am hinting.
Jeremy...Jeremy...Jeremy...we really didn't need to hear that...lol. To the attic with ya.
Jun 9, 2020 14:52:38 #
The Outhouse would be more appropriate. When Scientist research and find them at Sewer Outlets starving or not it tells me they do.
Jun 9, 2020 14:53:34 #
Jeremy wrote:
The Outhouse would be more appropriate. When Scientist research and find them at Sewer Outlets starving or not it tells me they do.
Jun 9, 2020 16:02:52 #
Jun 9, 2020 18:07:20 #
Gordon wrote:
A Tilapia live well
My fellow anglers have spoken to soon as I usually do so to become better informed in St. Louis a business known as Purina Mills exist to provide research and feeds for things you wouldn’t dream of. Not gonna get into all of them but Tilapia is one that is farm raised all around our great country and fed solely with ingredients I would eat. I worked for the Ralston Purina Co. for 18 years and was at the research farm for weeks at time. What the fish in the wild eat, i don’t know, don’t eat my lures for sure, what they eat on their respective farms I do know. Check out the company and you’ll be surprised.
Jun 10, 2020 02:02:50 #
Mentor70769
Loc: Prairieville, Louisiana
That’s the same way they farm their crawfish, that’s just nasty.
Jun 10, 2020 23:58:39 #
Charlie H
Loc: Greer, Arizona
Leejay wrote:
What do I use to catch tilapia with?
I heard you can catch them on peas. Everyone I’ve witnessed catching them was using a cast net.
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