Thread: A short window

In the weather let me get out for a couple of hours after work. I got a mixed bag like I usually do back in my office but the tilapia have moved in trying to stay warm. They’re tropical and invasive and do t do well in cold water. I started slow and began to wonder if they were moving at all and this little guy came to say howdy.

He was fun and pulled a little drag, made me smile.then the pretty boys had to be recognized on two casts back to back.


I might even learn to get all of the fish in the pic sometime. They hit like their normal aggressive selves. I worked my way down thru areas that have worked in the past and got a few here and there. Even got two Crappie back to back. Must’ve been the only two cuz I couldn’t find any others.


That second one had a good sammich on him but he went back. Overall I got near twenty and the temps were up near seventy after a 39* start this morning. Here’s a few more pics and I hope y’all stay warm…..Skeet



That’s about a 4 1/2lb Tilapia that was hooked in the dorsal. What a fight!

GWG, no I’m not supposed to release them but I snagged this one and felt he deserved another chance. The cast net guys really clean up on them when they’re like this. I’ve heard that corn is a favorite of theirs, I might go back and wrestle with a few. They definitely won’t be released. I’ve had them eat a super small jig that Deepfry ties for me. I’ve been told they eat the spawn of gamefish so they’re no friend of ours.

Chaser, they are built for a fight. When they say they don’t want to come to the net, they mean it. They’re built like a saltwater tripletail and their power surges in the early part of the fight are just awesome. I could put a few in my cooler and park at the grocers with a sign “free fish” and find a home for them , I’m sure.

JJJ , when I lived north and got aggravated with the season I would tell myself that the seasons are only 90 days. It helped knowing that the horizon wasn’t far off.