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Tilapia?

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I have some big tilapia hangin' out in my canal. While I continue my quest to get one on fly I'd like to get my little bro catching some. Anybody know of anything to use to catch 'em?
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Post by bonefishwhisperer »

yellow baby clousers work pretty good for flys, at least for me...as far as bait I would use dough balls myself..they are vegans
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Although they are vegans... I have caught a few of them in my friend's pond using some little minnows that we netted under a bobber w/ a split shot.
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wow..thats odd but I have seen some very odd things in them canals...talapia are mouth brooders and I always see them open wide and hundreds of babies swim frelly in and out...the big blue ones are the toughest to catch IMHO but a really great fight
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I caught one on a spinner bait once. I believe that it was defending its nest though. I have also seen them with their young in their mouths like BFW described. Really a cool fish.
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I used to take my daughters to the pond in our neighborhood in Tampa to catch them. We hooked up a small bobber with a small hook and put a piece of bread on it. They would catch them till they got tired.
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Dog food under a bobber. Seriously. There's a pond in North Port that was stocked using this "technique".
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Maybe you can get your hands on some striped bass poop.
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BFW's techniques landed me this guy a while back....put a clouser in its nest, wait for it to clean it out......

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