09-03-2010, 12:23 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Tilapia are cichlids...from Africa. They are naturally plant eaters more than meat eaters, but they will munch just about anything edible. They will hit small lures...and flies. However, most California "tanglers" just use a piece of nightcrawler in the waters they have been stocked. Fish worms on the bottom or under a bobber. Small jigs...feather or plastic...tipped with crawler are also good. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since tilapia are herbivores they will take "veggies" like corn or peas. They also hit dough balls and even salmon eggs or cheese baits being fished for other species.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In the "olden days" at Salton Sea...before it died from unnatural causes...it was a fantastic place for BIG tilapia...and lots of them. The locals just fished from shore with worms or cut bait. But in a boat or tube you could move along the shore throwing RatLTraps or other noisy crankbaits and catch both tilapia and corvina. I shed a tear everytime I remember those days and then read about that body of water in its current condition.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since tilapia are herbivores they will take "veggies" like corn or peas. They also hit dough balls and even salmon eggs or cheese baits being fished for other species.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In the "olden days" at Salton Sea...before it died from unnatural causes...it was a fantastic place for BIG tilapia...and lots of them. The locals just fished from shore with worms or cut bait. But in a boat or tube you could move along the shore throwing RatLTraps or other noisy crankbaits and catch both tilapia and corvina. I shed a tear everytime I remember those days and then read about that body of water in its current condition.[/#0000ff]
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