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Tilipia

Definitely not a redear. Rockbass maybe? What lake did you catch it at?

Caught a larger tilapia earlier this year and didnt think much of it. Fished the ither day and found a school of what I thought were "bluegill" in the reeds but boy was I wrong.


May I ask what part of lake Murray did you catch these tilapias? TIA.


That point right off baltimore dr ...

Didn't get a picture, but got one 3 - 4 lbs mid morning about a week ago. My first tilapia - anywhere. And I remember seeing lots of them (and Siamese fighting fish!) in drainage canals and ditches on Okinawa when I was stationed there in the early 80's. Got it on a weedless, skirted, leadhead with ...

If I had to guess. Probably the cove with the shallow point

The lake should be open today.... I'm planning to drive down to check it a bit later today to see what's going on, standby

I have always fished from the Imperial Dam up to Martinez Lake and about 30min North by boat, usually in April. Almost every backwater in between has been loaded with spawning tilapia in those areas. They spawn in the clean sand areas against and in the rules. If you can get into the various ...

I think it was Murray.

I have seen fish that look like tilapia in Murray - emerging from reeds, cruising around, and then tucking themselves back into the reads. Not many. Two to be exact.

raindo wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:59 pm

professionull wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:21 pm There's tilapia in Hodges, can verify it

Not anymore. I have seen people caught 2-3lber few years ago, but I think now they are long gone.

Spooked a small one in the shallows there 2 weeks ago. Might not be as plentiful as before but there's still some in there.