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Comment by Dan Bippus on June 10, 2012 at 8:28am

They dont bite and run like a gill, kind of take it and swim off until you retrieve line, then fight. Always give talapia away, always return gills and bass so I can catch em again when they grow.  I just enjoy the catching.

Comment by dick tabbert on June 8, 2012 at 10:49pm

Another one of them funny fish.

Comment by Zach Pierce on June 8, 2012 at 9:03pm

How did it fight?

Did you keep and eat it?

Comment by Tony Livingston on June 6, 2012 at 3:22pm

Blue Tilapia are algae eating machines. Never could bring myself to stock them for that purpose though..... they start dying off when water temps drop to around 50 degrees.

Comment by Dan Bippus on June 6, 2012 at 2:31pm

It's a blue talapia, caught  at Saddle creek(Lakeland FL). About 14", maybe 2 lbs? They're supposed to be vegetarian, but I've caught them on wet flies and worm pieces when nothing else would bite on a hot afternoon.  Winter before last, it got cold here(28-30) and some a lot bigger than this one washed up dead at Toho and Saddlecreek.

Comment by Zach Pierce on June 5, 2012 at 12:30pm

Nice tilapia how big was it?

What kind?

Where you catch it?