In our local pond, we have lots of talapia that form their little nests in the spring. My friends and I usually try to catch them by snagging them, but this is a long and tiring process. I know you can catch talapia with cast nets, but I was wondering what they ate and what kind of bait or lure I could use to catch the fish.
2007-03-04 03:05:36 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Tilapia are easy to catch, a small trout hook, some red or leaf worms, or wax worms and a small split shot is all you need. Remember they're pretty small so thing small tackle. Nice thing is they are delicious and, at least in the US are not protected so take as many as you'd like. Your native fish would thank you!
2007-03-04 09:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by Sank63 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worms, use small hooks (they have small mouth) with a split shot sinker just enought weight for you bait to sink, and a float or bobbers to suspend your bait between the surface and the bottom of the pond. When you see the float sink, you got a fish.
2007-03-09 20:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by rafaelsj14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have a bunch of em in hawaii too. they eat anything. we used to picnh lil pieces of bread and roll em up into balls and then BAM. catch em as fast as you can bait the hook. good luck! but clean em out good.
2007-03-05 18:38:23 · answer #3 · answered by daboogah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have only fished for them in the salton sea area of cali. there we used plain old nightcrawlers,that seened to work well for us.
2007-03-05 19:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by Cali805Couple 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive caught them on bread, and i saw a guy catch one on a beetle spin once, but don't rely on the latter
2007-03-05 20:31:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
shake a little salt on their tales. It will stun them and you can grab them.
2007-03-04 19:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by billy v 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋