Tilapia

[TheWhizzle]

7 or 8 years ago I was in Govt Wash in an inflatable kayak with a hawaiian sling spearing tilapia up to 4lbs in the shallows. They were spawning and, I think, it's the males that turn red during the spawn. Easy to spot, and like Paulpro said, very spooky, but they come back to the area after a minute. I see lots of schools of small hand-sized tilapia when I'm bass fishing now, and I've seen bigger 2+ pounders bedding up for the spawn in Boulder Harbor before. Lake Mead's got quite a population of em now.

I read that you can catch them on frozen peas on tiny hooks. Never tried it myself.
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