Fishing For

Nile tilapia

4.0

(32)

280 Catches

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Average Length

Maximum Length

2.0 ft

Maximum Weight

9.5 lbs

Depth Range

0.0 - 65.6 ft

Temperature Range

56.3 - 91.4 ºF

Top Fishing Spots To Catch Nile tilapia

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(1)

Tenoroc Fish Management Lake

Polk County, Florida

10 Catches

No Rating (0)

Unnamed / Santander Barilli Toledo Rd Pond

Badian, Cebu

8 Catches

No Rating (0)

Saddle Creek Pit North

Huntington Beach, California

Lakeview Trails South Lake

Gilbert, Arizona

3 Catches

Top Baits For Catching Nile tilapia

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Night Crawlers

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(1126)

42 Catches

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Earthworms

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(1213)

25 Catches

Natural Baits by Dead Bait Human Foods Bread

4.0

(244)

15 Catches

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Red Worms

4.0

(311)

2 Catches

Flies by White River Woolly Bugger Flies 6 - Black - 6 Pack

4.0

(5)

2 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Common shiner

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(151)

2 Catches

Flies by Generic Flies Nymph Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear

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(2)

2 Catches

Lures by Strike King Mini-King Spinnerbait Black

5.0

(2)

1 Catch

Recently Caught Nile tilapia

Ford Valencia

1 week ago

•

Bago City, Negros Occidental

Species Nile tilapia

Weight 2 lb 3 oz

Gear 3

5 likes

Angler Fisherman

1 week ago

•

Kuching, Sarawak

My cousin caught this one.

Species Nile tilapia

Weight 11 oz

3 likes

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Angler Fisherman

1 week ago

•

Kuching, Sarawak

Also caught this in my fish pool.

Species Nile tilapia

Weight 1 lb 8 oz

4 likes

Gabe&Jason Fishing

1 week ago

•

Lee County, Florida

NICE CATCH

Species Nile tilapia

Weight 2 lb 5 oz

8 likes • 2 comments

Tyler Wagner

2 weeks ago

•

Polk County, Florida

Species Nile tilapia

Gear 1

3 likes • 1 comment

Nawin Parr

2 weeks ago

•

Bang Nam Prieo, Chachoengsao

Reeled out for a bigger fish but hadn’t got any bite so I started to slowly reel back and somehow hooked this lil guy on my hook

Species Nile tilapia

Weight 8 lb 13 oz

3 likes

Logan Alton

4 weeks ago

•

Sarasota County, Florida

Species Nile tilapia

Weight 1 lb 2 oz

6 likes

Adam Barbar

5 weeks ago

•

Palm Beach County, Florida

Species Nile tilapia

Gear 1

5 likes

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