INDIANANGLER

nice to see someone voted on the poll! thanks friends. can't see who but as of now with the views that have been gathered, Tilapia is coming up as a bane, common freshwater anglers! I'm sure everyone of you have been given a good fight from a 2kg plus tilapia.... None the less thanks for voting people.

Regards,

I hope to visit Pune one day and love to fish around with you, Insha Allah! We will share our fishing tips and experience personally

Even in Hyderabad tilapias are common. Most of the time we fish, tilapias always turn up first. At Hyderabad zoo park, you can spot loads and loads of purple colored tilapias in every open animal enclosures. Wish zoo authority let us fish them out.


If they are meant to create problem for native Indian species, then we anglers are also meant to create problem for them by reducing and controlling their number to give way to native Indian species to thrive.

I think we keep fishing and hooking them every weeks to control their growth rate...

After reading the story of Ghariyal of Chambal river, one is bound to call these pests, BANE...

i agree with venkatesan! we must first make a good study, it can make a difference.

To answer your question the Tilapia is a fast breeder and a glutton! It eats up almost everything! It survives almost everywhere! It is tasty eating! and was introduced in India for its nutritional value etc. Its a good white meat fish but then that's it! it wont fight even if it would it hardly would!.... The only things I like about the fish are their nutritional value, they are pretty tasty and they feed the masses in our country! I really liked this fish as it was being caught in good sizes and was good eating! Now! I wish there were other fishes too around pune waters! Darryl whats up with project murrel? waiting for your reply to go for the carps/rohus! will call you now!

Regards,

Omesh

i havent gone out anywhere this season.. if you want to go .. get in touch with sanjay.. the season is almost at an end so to speak.. (meaning the regular hits part) i too dont fancy eels ..but locals say they taste better than other fish.. i dunno personally. the fish you caught (small mulley like ..with a glassy translucentish body which reflects pale rainbow colours as light hits it..) is a glass catfish.. they are always that small .. palm size.. sometimes you might get butter catfish (bengalis call it pabda) little bigger.. but mulley on that stretch is very uncommon.... but i think the far bank which is tree lined may have some prowling there as i have seen small bait fish scatter over the water surface on that side.. could be any predatory fish ..one can expect in these waters..