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THE_BLUFF_RAT · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:19 am Post subject: not a carp

a while back i thought i caught my first carp at waldron pond here in flour bluff....turns out, it was a talapia. (my first one) talapia is good eatin right? i think i'll cook it up tonight.

not my catch, but my fish looked exactly like this one.

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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Try that Tilapia and the Record Big Mouth Sleeper Grilled Smile

THE_BLUFF_RAT · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:32 am Post subject:

topdog15 · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject:

Not trying to be a smart a$$ here, but in TX you legally HAVE to kill tilapia if you catch them in public waters. pretty sure I've got this right. Even if you don't want to eat it, they suggest you cut it butt to throat and throw it on the bank.
One more thing about Tilapia. They eat the crap of other fish. On striper and hybrid bass farms they use the tilapia to eat all the poo and clean the ponds.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Ironic isn't it since it is a non native. I remember as a kid when TP and W contemplated stocking Nile Perch into power plant lakes. They only did reds, orange mouth corvina and tilapia I guess unless the tilapia were an accident. We used the tilapia for bait to catch redfish in Tradinghouse Creek outside of Waco. I sure would have loved to have seen the Nile Perch.

THE_BLUFF_RAT · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:05 pm Post subject:

topdog15 · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject:

Puretexn · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject:

kweber · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

I remember someone caught a corvina at Braunig several years back. everyone thought they were gone long before the last catch.
dont remember anything about Nile Perch, but I was too busy driveing cow-trucks back then to fish.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

frayed · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject:

fwiw, topdog has it right. state law is that you gotta kill them when caught and yeah, they eat fish poo. Had a discussion with fishmonger here in Austin after 'dog talked fish poo (thought 'dog was hi).

make you think next time you ask for those 3.99 lb tilapia fillets at the heb, eh?

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/fish/general_rules/
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THE_BLUFF_RAT · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject:

i went fishin again today after work...caught a bunch of alright bass. and i hooked on to something pretty big, it was makin my itty bitty reel sing! it was dancin on the water like a tarpon or something. im sure it was another bigmouth sleeper. i almost got it to the bank when it took its last jump and spit the hook. oh well. Very Happy

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Sherkus · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject:

I must point out that there are precious few "native fish" : at least in freshwater. Gar, and some minnows. I think many of the catfish were introduced. You are talking about a state which has ONE natural lake. (Cado ) Every other lake was made by people.

Thats one of the reasons for whcih I love fishing the South Texas saltwater areas, for natural species. Nothing like hooking into a nice blacktip, or Smacks in the surf !

Dont get that in freshwater!
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THE_BLUFF_RAT · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject:

i agree...aint nothin better than some good surf fishin. but conditions have not been to good latley. hopefully someday soon, i'll get back in the waves.
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snakecan2 · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject:

not a carp.. and that is a darn big talapia..
i usually catch them with a cast net..
they are pretty good eating.. not bad fish to eat..
did know that about the non native fish that they must be taken or killed..
guess that is why if fish salt water.. very clear cut, size, species.. etc..
and so much more fun.
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