queensland Tilapia Bash

[Angus]

Hi all.

I want to do a tilapia cull soon.

Either, Tingalpa creek. Upper Brissy or Forest Lake.

Any takers or suggestions on more locations????????

Angus Gorrie.

[BIG DAVE 1]

Im keen angus im keen to hit up tingalpa creek, RE. locations ive had a tip off thats theres heaps in norman creek.

[werewolf]

yeah mate I'd be up for that. A Saturday would be my prefered day, unless its the public holiday in June?

I've heard about Forest Lake being full of Tilapia. Isn't it illegal to fish in there though?

I have caught them in Wivenhoe, but it has been a looong time since. I've heard there in a creek out thereabouts too. Splityard or something? Notsure

attached is a 35.5cm Tilipia I caught at Wivenhoe [img size=495]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/35.JPG

Post edited by: werewolf, at: 2006/05/05 09:13

[Angus]

Yeah some people thought you could not fish Forest Lake as the Delphin security gaurds used to tell people to rack off.

However firstly they did not have authority to do so and secondly asll the parkland in that area has now been ceded to the Brisbane City Council as the development is over.

I have also caught a couple in the Brisbane river below wyvanhoe. Big Bastards.... and tasty!

[blue_mako]

i wouldn't mind any kind of fresh water fishing... or salt for that matter id love to lill off a few pests... especialy if they taste good

cheers, troy

[Louis]

I'll be in it.

Just tell me the time and date

Louis

[blue_mako]

that tilapia looks the color of a black drummer... do they all look like that??? :S

troy

[Angus]

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Troy, I have caught a 45 cm Tilipia from the wyvanhoe dam. It fought like a 80cm bream. I reckon we shoulf go up there and target them. The worst thing that would hapen id that we would pick up a couple of bas!!!!!!!

Angus

[Angus]

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Troy, I have caught a 45 cm Tilipia from the wyvanhoe dam. It fought like a 80cm bream. I reckon we shoulf go up there and target them. The worst thing that would hapen id that we would pick up a couple of bas!!!!!!!

Angus

[blue_mako]

lol so ur saying uve cort an 80cm bream???? :P haha

troy

[Angus]

Only six times

[BIG DAVE 1]

No matter what you target you will only ever get catfish, big fat ugly smelly bastards. there so ugly that if you woke up and one was resting on your shoulder you would bite your own arm off to get away ffrom it!

dave

[werewolf]

Troy, as the fish was long dead (about to be disposed of properly of course;) it was somewhat darker then a live fish. Also what can't be seen in the crappy photo I took is the true size of the dorsal. Some of them have a very large and fancy looking dorsal fin, hence their past popularity in aquariums.

Big Dave, the catfish go well and truely off the chew during winter. Where you would normally get 50, you are flat out to land 1! For this reason all the bass fisherman avoid Big W over summer. In the past when I fished for Eel-tailed Catfish in the dam with worms we would get the odd Tilapia. However in more recent years we have fished it soley for big Blue Catfish (way more fun:) using fillets of mullet & hence no tilapia. I have heard in the past that Tilipa have been caught with floating baits near the Logan's inlet boat ramp, but can't say I've done it myself. The Tiliapa I caught were from around the Information Centre area, which has reopened in recent times after the spillway upgrade. I haven't been in there for years. I could be a place to try with maybe worms for Tilapia. There would be the possiblity of Eel-tailed bycatch, which would be a bonus (good eating). I haven't seen on for a long time though. I reckon the Blue's ate them all out... Someone also mentioned (either this site or Ausfish) that Tilipia get caught near the rowing course or something (apparently locked).

[BIG DAVE 1]

seriously ive never heard of catties going off the chew in the winter but i cant remember chasing them in winter. Im keen to catch some of those big catties u got.

[ando_04]

hay

do u no if you can catch them on sp's, i whould no as iv never cought one befor

[Angus]

Mat catties take hard body lures in big w.

So i really cant imagine they would not take SP's.

Or do you mean tiliapia?

If you mean tiliapia, they take Sp's and Hardbodies in Forest lake.

So yeah dont see why not in big w.

Angus.

[ando_04]

yeah i ment the tilapia

sounds like fun count me in, and the good thing about it is that you can take as many as you want and do the enviroument good as there a pest (the tilapia

[werewolf]

oh yeah catfish are very much seasonally dependent. For example my shark trip at Kookaburra recently, we had a few baits on the bottom, which would normally be engulfed by the catfish during summer (if they can beat the crabs!). For this reason over summer are shark baits are mainly \"semi-floaters\", suspended 10ft off the bottom.

Also check out Neil Shultz's reports archive on Fishnet. He has many comments about no need to go bassing over summer, wait untill winter... etc

Tilipa on lures? Never seen it done, but sounds like Angus has nailed a few. Supposedly catfish love lures (yet again, never got one on a lure...) and DOZENS can be caught in a session trolling in Wivenhoe over summer, and up to 4kg or so.

[shortie]

Angus wrote:

Hi all.

I want to do a tilapia cull soon.

Either, Tingalpa creek. Upper Brissy or Forest Lake.

Any takers or suggestions on more locations????????

Angus Gorrie.

This is the oldest thread i could find. Interesting Forest Lake. Are there tilapia in there. Is it possible to organise a fish here. There are no fishing signs everywhere.

Richard.

[ellicat]

Pretty sure there's been a few threads since where members got booted....

So probably depends on how well you know security:P

[Plastic Fantastic]

Tilipia on lures in possible!

I've caught 3 of the bugger's below the Mt. Crosby Wier on Soft Plastics and 2 of them below the Wivenhoe spillway on spinnerbaits, they fight so good! They were all good sizes too, around 35-45cm!

[shortie]

I might have to write a letter to Delfin.

Noxious pest.

Family activity by the lake. What better way to encourage people to the area.

[maxi]

old shortie its bloody ancient... hahahaaaa

maxi

[shortie]

maxi wrote:

old shortie its bloody ancient... hahahaaaa

maxi

I think it was Angus's first post. hehe