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[cool][#0000ff]Yes, most of the tilapia planted in warm waters of the USA are "Nile Tilapia". That is also the species most commonly raised on the fish farms for commercial sale to markets and restaurants. They are a firm white fleshed fish that are easy to prepare and good eating. And, as you have found with your local population they are primarily herbivores. But, it is amazing how many of those you can catch by fishing green peas under a bobber. Corn too, where legal.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have caught a lot of orange mouth corvina in the Sea of Cortez, where they are native, and also in the Salton Sea in California...which is now overpolluted and off limits to water recreation.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also caught a lot of reds along both sides of Florida, in Louisiana and in Texas. One of my favorite fish for sure. Landed more than a few bull reds from my old donut tubes. Yeeee hawwww.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lots of walleyes in Utah but to the best of my knowledge they have never planted any saugers or hybrids. We do have tiger muskies (pike/muskie hybrids), wipers (striper/walleye hybrids) and several trout hybrids like the tiger trout (brown/brook), cuttbow (rainbow/cutthroat) and splake (laker/brookie). [/#0000ff]
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