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topdog15 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:54 am Post subject: Strange catch

Caught while cast netting mullet along Laguna Shores. Not what I expected to see out there at all, but it goes to show how tough these fish are and why they have spread into so many water bodies. The fish was eviscerated and left on the bank, as per Texas law.
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fishfeeder01 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:19 am Post subject: re strange catch

What is it ? Tilapia ?
Or s small triple tail ??
I thought it was a mangrove snapper at first ?

topdog15 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:26 am Post subject:

Tilapia. I thought Mangrove when I was pulling the net in, but upon further inspection, the true identity became clear.
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gut bucket · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:32 pm Post subject:

Wow!! That fish can live salt water😬

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gut bucket · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:55 pm Post subject:

Do y'all think this could be bad for the bait fish or fish in general? Cause I know there think In the lakes over here in SA. And multiply like crazy!

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awesum · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:14 pm Post subject:

I wish they would push Red Snapper out of the restaurants ... Rolling Eyes

ziacatcher · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:17 pm Post subject:

I had one in my Crab Trap the other day and it became crab bait

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the crappy part is that salt tolerance (like most traits) can be hereditary in Tilapia, that is, tilapia from salt-tolerant parents are more likely to be salt-tolerant. The other bad news is that people are intentionally breeding them that way.

TD, I'm interested in what the salinity was where you got it off laguna shores. Any idea? The laguna madre isn't exactly a brackish rivermouth! Also, is that O. mozambica or a different species. If I recall correctly (and I might not), the most common one we would get in the fish class surveys of the lower Nueces was O. aureus, the blue tilapia, which is less salt tolerant.
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ST1300 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:55 pm Post subject:

The Salton Sea in California is almost twice as salty as the pacific ocean. Tilapia still survive there.

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ironmanstan · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:03 am Post subject:

So what is the down side ? Do they take over and eat everything? I meant to ask you that the other night. Are they a bad thing ? Educate us.
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topdog15 · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:44 pm Post subject:

They compete with native wildlife for resources. Not sure how this applies specifically to the ones living near the Laguna, but in freshwater systems the negative effects are well documented.
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16stoner · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:06 am Post subject:

baaaaaad pookie right there......