Tilapia

[Cowfish13]

This may seem weird, but can you eat tilapia, or are they :sick: . And if youcan eat them, what are they like

[Feral]

They are supposed to be very good eating, apparently one of the best fresh water fish around.

[James W]

ive eaten em from northpine dam...crumbed and fried....ok...but i like to feed em to the pelicans or the bullants....they are a big food source in africa i think.....

[rayke1938]

excellent eating with a very white flesh. But like everything else it would depend on the quality of the water you catch them in.

Ray

[werewolf]

There are nice eating out of Big W, but not that I would know, being illegal to have in your possession and all...

[rayke1938]

The fillets are always for sale at the fish shop near leisure marine at capalaba i do not know if they are local or imported.

ray

[Robbie]

ive never eaten one before but theyre suposed to be really good.... so i hear

[Angus]

Yeah they are good.

But as mentioned earlier, depends on the water.

The bigger dams like Wyvanhoe and North Pine they would have cleander flesh than say some of the ponds they habitate. I would not eat them from Bulimba creek for example as there used to be a tannery on that creek.

Angus

[Robbie]

Thanx angus ill keep that in mind.

[Brian D]

Out of curiosity I filleted one a couple of weeks back and they have very nice white firm flesh - a bit like a bream.

And last weekend I know the water dragins like em cause I feed them some!

[Cowfish13]

Ok thanx. Now i just got to carch them:lol:. Are they a hard Fighting fish or do they fight like a wet sock? What sort of line weight should i use?

[Angus]

They are quite fun.

Fight a bit like a bream.

Angus

[Aaron H]

Very tasty, have even eaten them out of Bulimba creek until I found out about the tannery,

[blue_mako]

Angus always raves about how they acctually taste good despite being rodent fish. I haven't tried one and don't plan on eating one for quite some time .

Troy

[Robbie]

haha cmon troy why not taste one i mean angus is stilll here with us lol so what could go wrong :laugh:

[Gerty_92]

noxius makes them sound poisones...

[AnchorMan]

I also have heard that Tilapia are good eating.

Imust say though, that the rule that you can't have them in

your posesion is a bit pointless, what can dead fish do?

Does anyone have any ideas why this is the way it is?

[Feral]

THe reason is that they are an extremely hardy fish, the eggs can survive for a long time in a dead fish, and they are what they call mouth breeders, they store their live young in their mouth, where they can also survive for long periods after the adult is dead. If the fish ends up in another waterway, even if dead for a while, there is a good chance its eggs or young in its mouth may survive, and infest that waterway.

[Brian D]

Ah - this is true what you speak Feral - however I belive they are Mouth Broaders - that is why one type are called Mozambique Mouth Broaders.

But realy why I know - one that I caught recently coughed up a heap of eggs when I stabbed it in the head. :evil:

[Feral]

Yep, got \"finger twisted\" and typed the wrong thing!