Goldfish as bait
Dec 31, 2020 21:47:46 #
Two reasons not to use goldfish!
1) You can get in a mess of trouble!
2) You can cause a mess of trouble!
1) You can get in a mess of trouble!
2) You can cause a mess of trouble!
Dec 31, 2020 22:57:33 #
Redneck1952
Loc: Oak Point, TX
I've used goldfish on trotlines in the past, they worked great for flathead catfish. the best bait I found for catfish was sunfish.
Dec 31, 2020 23:12:20 #
Jan 1, 2021 09:56:54 #
Redneck1952
Loc: Oak Point, TX
Unless they changed it in Oklahoma it was. Been years since I've put out a trotline. Got into bass fishing and can't use live bait there.
Jan 1, 2021 10:56:47 #
smitty
Loc: maine
used to be crappie in the lake behind my house in fla before i moved there. was told that tilapia got into the lake and in a few years no more crappie. big bass all but disappeared; used to be lots of 10 pounders in it [nobody ate fish from there] always got released. not much in there now ; small bass, some chain pickeral, tilapia and of course lots of cats. and cottonmouths
Jan 1, 2021 15:44:18 #
Redneck1952
Loc: Oak Point, TX
In Texas you’ll find tilapia in a lot of power plant lakes and if you catch them you cannot release them back in the lake. Texas does not want them in the lakes
Jan 2, 2021 10:44:20 #
smitty
Loc: maine
my wife used to buy tilapia at the store until she saw them on the dirty jobs show
Jan 2, 2021 20:39:09 #
smitty wrote:
my wife used to buy tilapia at the store until she saw them on the dirty jobs show
I saw that too. Never did care for tilapia. There's a reason why it's cheap.
Jan 2, 2021 21:15:36 #
Absolutely illegal NJ and pretty sure in most other states . And really expensive too. Don’t mess up your lakes , ponds . You’ll regret it in a few yrs. you should only use what’s native to your area or watershed. Keep your bait suppliers in business.
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