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| Texas tilapia fishing #15333522 02/16/25 04:53 AM |
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Where In texas can you go and catch a bunch of tilapia?
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| Re: Texas tilapia fishing [Re: BPbassp] #15333553 02/16/25 09:40 AM |
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 tmd11111 
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As many gillnets that are in that lake I’m surprised there’s any fish at all.
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| Re: Texas tilapia fishing [Re: Hooked on fishing] #15334024 02/16/25 11:39 PM |
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Minner Bucket
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Fayette is loaded with Tilapia! Monster schools out on the points.
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| Re: Texas tilapia fishing [Re: Hooked on fishing] #15334074 02/17/25 12:42 AM |
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Squaw Creek right here by my house! Millions of em. You can fish for them with worms on a heavy drop shot rig or just go out in a undersized row boat and throw a cast net until your boat is literally filled from gunnel to gunnel and then swamp and drown on your way back to the boat ramp. Sorry, got carried away with the factual commentary. Squaw Creek has millions of em!
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| Re: Texas tilapia fishing [Re: 361V] #15334371 02/17/25 01:53 PM |
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Jimbo
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Squaw Creek right here by my house! Millions of em. You can fish for them with worms on a heavy drop shot rig or just go out in a undersized row boat and throw a cast net until your boat is literally filled from gunnel to gunnel and then swamp and drown on your way back to the boat ramp. Sorry, got carried away with the factual commentary. Squaw Creek has millions of em!
You forgot the part about pulling into a cove where people are fishing and pull in between them and the bank and start throwing your net. 
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| Re: Texas tilapia fishing [Re: Jimbo] #15334441 02/17/25 02:58 PM |
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Cuervo Jones
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Squaw Creek right here by my house! Millions of em. You can fish for them with worms on a heavy drop shot rig or just go out in a undersized row boat and throw a cast net until your boat is literally filled from gunnel to gunnel and then swamp and drown on your way back to the boat ramp. Sorry, got carried away with the factual commentary. Squaw Creek has millions of em!
You forgot the part about pulling into a cove where people are fishing and pull in between them and the bank and start throwing your net.
Just make sure to bang the lead weights against your tin boat the whole time and slam coolers around too.
“Slide”
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| Re: Texas tilapia fishing [Re: Vogey] #15334461 02/17/25 03:16 PM |
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Not sure if it’s true, but I had a relative tell me you can catch all you want on cut up celery pieces ?
Interesting, had not heard that. Will give it a try this year and report back.
I stock them in my pond each year to help control algae. Grandkids have a blast catching them on earthworms
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| Re: Texas tilapia fishing [Re: Hooked on fishing] #15335452 02/18/25 05:29 PM |
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Jim Ford
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It’s been many years since I fished Gibbons Creek, but I caught a lot of really huge ones on crankbaits in there. I imagine the warm water discharge has sustained the population through the really cold periods since then.
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