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Oreochromis aureus
How to catch Blue tilapia
Blue tilapia feed in 58–95°F water and bite best at 72–88°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 2 waters.
5 pts · trophy at 14"Feeds 58–95°FBest 72–88°FIn season nowCanalPond / pitLakeSpring
About
The invader in every Florida pond, lake and canal: a big, blue-gray, vegetarian cichlid that ignores lures and fills a cast net or a bowfishing arrow. Good eating, and no limit.
How to fish it
A cast net over the beds in spring, a bow at night, or a bread ball on a small hook in the canals.
What it eats
bread and doughballsthe cast netthe bow
What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itHook#8–#1
Braid10–15 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereA nonnative species — no bag limit; confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule →Where it is, month by month
PPeakSSpawningAArriving·AroundLLeaving
Fresh water by state