in this video I will show you how to catch tilapia. it is very simple and fun. I used bread as bait for this video. follow me on Instagram @Bradley.larson48
Good video Bradley, but here's a shirt list of things I would have found even more helpful... -- I wished you had mentioned where you were fishing. -- How you hooked the bread onto your hook and keep it from falling off if you get a hit, but don't hook a fish? -- How do you manage to cast just a piece of bread without it falling off? -- How far were you casting in your video? -- Any reason you don't tie the hook directly to your line? Obviously what you're doing works. I'll look up how to tie a surgeons knot as you showed on your main line. I'd be very happy to know the answers to these questions since I have a school of very large Tilapia I've gotten to feed from my chum bricks and other chum I put in a large bucket. Did you or anyone reading know that ALL fish GO CRAZY for dry cat food? Works wonders in attracting and holding every type of fish in whatever water you're fishing in that isn't a fast moving river. In the water here I have caught so far Mullet, Tilapia, Blue Catfish, Walking Catfish, and all three varieties of 'Bluegill' type fish. The downside...it also attracts aquatic birds such as Anhingas, snapping turtles, blue claw crabs, herons of every variety, and of course Muschovy ducks. Add to that all the fish activity also attracts gators and Osprey. It's always 'interesting' fishing here since I'll never precisely know what is in the water and hungry. Currently the bluegills are spawning for certain as well as the lizards, the Armored Catfish (aka sucker mouth plated catfish), and who knows what other critters are choosing to mate in the middle of August. Sorry for rambling a bit off exact topic . Since you mentioned it...Typically Eagle Claw snelled #4 hooks are using 10lb clear mono. I have them myself and I just read the package for that bit of info. Here's a trick I've found works very well IF you want to use a snap swivel for quick changes, but need to offset the weight without using a bobber that will scare the Tilapia away. I use plain Cheerios (about 6-10 depending on the weight of my line with swivel, plus how many tiny fish are around that attack those Cheerios like piranhas. Using his rig method...just grab some Cheerios and slide the line through the holes, then connect the leader line back to the swivel. Too bad Tilapia don't like Cheerios or anyone could (swivel or not) just use Cheerios all the way down to the hook since Tilapia are non-aggressive herbivore feeders which makes typical fishing methods pointless. For anyone not familiar with how Tilapia feed. They will either dig algae and other 'stuff' off the bottom, or float up like an elevator underneath anything they think is tasty floating on the surface and gently inhale. If they feel anything rigid (aka the hook) they will not bite, or bite gently, then spit it out immediately. They aren't big fighting fish either which makes using super ultralight gear much better for the fight factor as well as dealing with no weight or the weight of a just a small swivel. If you are catching good size Tilapia, they make for wonderful eating in a variety of methods. I fillet mine and bake them Italian style. Yummy!! Another way to fish for Tilapia is to buy Fly Fishing line and a few dry flies which float. It's a big pain in the a** to try and even get it to cast from a spinning reel. But if you can use super ultralight rod and reel gear, you can be certain that the Fly Fishing line and dry flies will definitely float and produce a fair amount of strikes. Nothing beats plain bread as this video shows, but I'm always looking for more than one way to solve a fishing situation. Last trick I know that works for me here in Central Florida in the brackish water canals I fish behind my house.... NEVER try to top water fish with any of the methods in this video or those I've mentioned when the water is rippling more than very slightly. He was essentially letting the bread and the fish hook itself which is awesome. But if the Tilapia can see you, your shadow, or you just stand close to the water. Tilapia will not bite anything you throw at them. These fish are incredibly wary and apparently have excellent eyesight for any type of perceived predator. I use Cottonseed Oil bricks where I plan to fish. Throw a decent Zoe piece of these bricks into the water without a chum bag unless you plan to move around. They dissolve VERY SLOWLY but release the oils almost immediately which attracts and holds these fish as well as many other varieties within a few feet of where you tossed in the Cottonseed Oil chunk. Nest place to buy them is from Carolina Mealcake. The man who does this does it as a hobby to make extra money to keep his working farm going. Any good chum will work wonders in water not maintained by any third parties. In managed fishing spots, you typically don't need these extra fishing tricks, but my canal is not managed and any fish in there got there by natural means decades ago. I hope my post gets the answers I've requested. Plus, I hope some of my tricks might prove successful for any who read this. Perhaps one day I'll start my own fishing channel here.
Remember guys in Texas if you catch a tilapia and you throw it back you have broken the law did you legal to throw back tilapia in any Waters in the state of Texas
Ive been looking for a good tilapia video and finally I find this one. The best tilapia vid. I liked and suscribed. A question would a tortilla work as well since its tougher than bread and maybe stay on the hook better?
Is this Florida. Most the bluegill comments are from people in the north. I showed some people methods from the great Lakes and Detroit and St. Clair river methods in Cape coral and we were killing it. I really miss those backwater canals. It was like a labyrinth of wild fish and aquarium fish mixed with fresh and salt. Good fishing buddy.
Bradley Larson Nice. I caught some Mayan cichlids in Florida. I want to catch a peacock bass and a full grown wild red devil. If you're in to cichlids check out lake Nicaragua cichlid fishing. There's a fish called an Umbee. Green rainbow monster. Looks like a small mouth bass with tropical colors and the big hump. Also the African great Lakes have some really pretty and wild cichlids. Great fishing buddy. Keep it up.
Good video, in fact, I REALLY enjoyed watching you... but a few pointers to help us viewers. DON'T chew gum while talking. Remember you have 2-3 feet MAX from the camera microphone if you want us to hear you. Practice using your camera so you know how to do so without the wind drowning you out. Or get a muffler of some kind. Additionally, like others have said, SHOW us... DON'T TELL us. What kind of bread? What size piece? HOW do you attach it to the hook? Do you ball it up around the hook, or hook a flat piece like a worm? Do you make a dough and then let it dry in balls? What size balls? HOW do we do it? Assume we know absolutely nothing. Lastly, watch your videos and if their is a problem, re-shoot the portion that is crap. Edit it in before you upload. Looking forward to the rest of your fishing vids!
I tried using bread on the wild tilapia in the small canal in my back yard but nothing seems to work. I used worms, bobbers, bread, and even the hook you reccomended. Everytime those smartasses see me they hide under the plants and they dont eat the bread at all. All they do is look for food on the bottom and they don't even nibble on the bread! I even tried white bread and it still didnt work! Could you please tell me if im doing something wrong? Thanks.
Watermantaloupe wild tilapia are tougher to catch. In the wild they eat a lot of insect larvae mosquitos and other bugs on the top of the water. You could try a fly or hotdogs also work very well for me. Just downsize the hook a little. Also try flouro carbon leader probably 12 pound test. It’s more invisible than mono.
Auzora- MTG It worked. I've used ice fishing poles to catch monsters and hand lined with sticks. Caught muskie on my kids zebco. Fuck, ever used a bamboo or cane poll"?. Even a good ole ugly stick.
It really doesnt matter where you get your rod from or what brand it is. In the end, it still catches fish. Even a stick would make a great fishing rod.
Watched vid. Still don’t know how to catch tilapia, lol.
That's what I'm sayin!! What the hell bait did he use!
Man I was thinking the same shit
If y’all pay attention to the video lol. He actually tells u the bait..when he ties the knot and explains why he don’t use the swivel..#WatchAgain
Good video Bradley, but here's a shirt list of things I would have found even more helpful...
-- I wished you had mentioned where you were fishing.
-- How you hooked the bread onto your hook and keep it from falling off if you get a hit, but don't hook a fish?
-- How do you manage to cast just a piece of bread without it falling off?
-- How far were you casting in your video?
-- Any reason you don't tie the hook directly to your line? Obviously what you're doing works. I'll look up how to tie a surgeons knot as you showed on your main line.
I'd be very happy to know the answers to these questions since I have a school of very large Tilapia I've gotten to feed from my chum bricks and other chum I put in a large bucket. Did you or anyone reading know that ALL fish GO CRAZY for dry cat food? Works wonders in attracting and holding every type of fish in whatever water you're fishing in that isn't a fast moving river. In the water here I have caught so far Mullet, Tilapia, Blue Catfish, Walking Catfish, and all three varieties of 'Bluegill' type fish. The downside...it also attracts aquatic birds such as Anhingas, snapping turtles, blue claw crabs, herons of every variety, and of course Muschovy ducks. Add to that all the fish activity also attracts gators and Osprey. It's always 'interesting' fishing here since I'll never precisely know what is in the water and hungry. Currently the bluegills are spawning for certain as well as the lizards, the Armored Catfish (aka sucker mouth plated catfish), and who knows what other critters are choosing to mate in the middle of August. Sorry for rambling a bit off exact topic .
Since you mentioned it...Typically Eagle Claw snelled #4 hooks are using 10lb clear mono. I have them myself and I just read the package for that bit of info.
Here's a trick I've found works very well IF you want to use a snap swivel for quick changes, but need to offset the weight without using a bobber that will scare the Tilapia away. I use plain Cheerios (about 6-10 depending on the weight of my line with swivel, plus how many tiny fish are around that attack those Cheerios like piranhas. Using his rig method...just grab some Cheerios and slide the line through the holes, then connect the leader line back to the swivel. Too bad Tilapia don't like Cheerios or anyone could (swivel or not) just use Cheerios all the way down to the hook since Tilapia are non-aggressive herbivore feeders which makes typical fishing methods pointless.
For anyone not familiar with how Tilapia feed. They will either dig algae and other 'stuff' off the bottom, or float up like an elevator underneath anything they think is tasty floating on the surface and gently inhale. If they feel anything rigid (aka the hook) they will not bite, or bite gently, then spit it out immediately. They aren't big fighting fish either which makes using super ultralight gear much better for the fight factor as well as dealing with no weight or the weight of a just a small swivel.
If you are catching good size Tilapia, they make for wonderful eating in a variety of methods. I fillet mine and bake them Italian style. Yummy!!
Another way to fish for Tilapia is to buy Fly Fishing line and a few dry flies which float. It's a big pain in the a** to try and even get it to cast from a spinning reel. But if you can use super ultralight rod and reel gear, you can be certain that the Fly Fishing line and dry flies will definitely float and produce a fair amount of strikes. Nothing beats plain bread as this video shows, but I'm always looking for more than one way to solve a fishing situation.
Last trick I know that works for me here in Central Florida in the brackish water canals I fish behind my house.... NEVER try to top water fish with any of the methods in this video or those I've mentioned when the water is rippling more than very slightly. He was essentially letting the bread and the fish hook itself which is awesome. But if the Tilapia can see you, your shadow, or you just stand close to the water. Tilapia will not bite anything you throw at them. These fish are incredibly wary and apparently have excellent eyesight for any type of perceived predator. I use Cottonseed Oil bricks where I plan to fish. Throw a decent Zoe piece of these bricks into the water without a chum bag unless you plan to move around. They dissolve VERY SLOWLY but release the oils almost immediately which attracts and holds these fish as well as many other varieties within a few feet of where you tossed in the Cottonseed Oil chunk. Nest place to buy them is from Carolina Mealcake. The man who does this does it as a hobby to make extra money to keep his working farm going. Any good chum will work wonders in water not maintained by any third parties. In managed fishing spots, you typically don't need these extra fishing tricks, but my canal is not managed and any fish in there got there by natural means decades ago.
I hope my post gets the answers I've requested. Plus, I hope some of my tricks might prove successful for any who read this. Perhaps one day I'll start my own fishing channel here.
Neal Van , thank , very interesting about tilapia , gonna try a dry fly
I’m definitely doing a follow up video I just haven’t had time lately
Remember guys in Texas if you catch a tilapia and you throw it back you have broken the law did you legal to throw back tilapia in any Waters in the state of Texas
awesome
Fun time! Thanks for sharing!
Guys I’m making a how to catch tilapia 2 right now where I will go in depth through the whole process so stay tuned!! And subscribe!!
Nice spn,do you catch them with lure it all,good video😎😂
Very cool! Nice double up! So you just use floating bread?
JTgatoring yep that's all I did
Very cool! I'm going to give that try! You may see a video on it in the future!
Once I seen he doubled up #InstantSub. Keep it up bro!
good job bro
Ive been looking for a good tilapia video and finally I find this one. The best tilapia vid. I liked and suscribed. A question would a tortilla work as well since its tougher than bread and maybe stay on the hook better?
Jose Rodriguez I'm not sure but I will test it out tommarow
Bradley Larson thank you man let me know how it goes
Bradley Larson did you try the tortilla man?
Jose Rodriguez
I tried but the tortilla kept falling off
Jose Rodriguez yes I agree
Is this Florida. Most the bluegill comments are from people in the north. I showed some people methods from the great Lakes and Detroit and St. Clair river methods in Cape coral and we were killing it. I really miss those backwater canals. It was like a labyrinth of wild fish and aquarium fish mixed with fresh and salt. Good fishing buddy.
Mike Semon it’s in Arizona the population of bluegill is low at this pond because of bass. So tilapia are easy to catch
Bradley Larson Nice. So mostly bass and Tilapia? Do you ever catch cichlids released like Oscars, red devil's or Mayans? I'd love to fish down there.
Mike Semon I’ve caught oscars, Texas cichlids and even some jack dempsy cichlids. But I have a huge red devil and Oscar In my tank.
Bradley Larson Nice. I caught some Mayan cichlids in Florida. I want to catch a peacock bass and a full grown wild red devil. If you're in to cichlids check out lake Nicaragua cichlid fishing. There's a fish called an Umbee. Green rainbow monster. Looks like a small mouth bass with tropical colors and the big hump. Also the African great Lakes have some really pretty and wild cichlids. Great fishing buddy. Keep it up.
Bradley Larson I bet the Dempsey and Texas look bad ass caught wild. I'd like to pond raise some huge cichlids.
Good Video, theres a big lake close to my house that im going to defently gonna try tomorrow, u had my blood pumping up lol.
Good size tilapias bro.
Hey that’s power ranches lake I was there today
I ONLY CATCH FREAKIN BLUEGILL WITH THIS METHOD
The Crusader sorry I'm not sure there isn't a lot of bluegill where I fish try a bigger hook size 6 and sinker to weigh down the bread
The Crusader don’t cast out as far. Where I live there are hundreds of these blue tilapia and they never ever stray further than 10 feet from shore
Gilbert Grape up north? Pond fish will eat bread but great lakes/river fish are too smart.
Good Video😍
Bro is this power ranch?!
What state is this?
samin ulam nayan pikawalan mopa 😉😉
Good video, in fact, I REALLY enjoyed watching you... but a few pointers to help us viewers.
DON'T chew gum while talking.
Remember you have 2-3 feet MAX from the camera microphone if you want us to hear you.
Practice using your camera so you know how to do so without the wind drowning you out. Or get a muffler of some kind.
Additionally, like others have said, SHOW us... DON'T TELL us.
What kind of bread?
What size piece?
HOW do you attach it to the hook?
Do you ball it up around the hook, or hook a flat piece like a worm?
Do you make a dough and then let it dry in balls?
What size balls?
HOW do we do it?
Assume we know absolutely nothing.
Lastly, watch your videos and if their is a problem, re-shoot the portion that is crap. Edit it in before you upload.
Looking forward to the rest of your fishing vids!
AWESOME MAN!
Nice
I tried using bread on the wild tilapia in the small canal in my back yard but nothing seems to work. I used worms, bobbers, bread, and even the hook you reccomended. Everytime those smartasses see me they hide under the plants and they dont eat the bread at all. All they do is look for food on the bottom and they don't even nibble on the bread! I even tried white bread and it still didnt work! Could you please tell me if im doing something wrong? Thanks.
Watermantaloupe wild tilapia are tougher to catch. In the wild they eat a lot of insect larvae mosquitos and other bugs on the top of the water. You could try a fly or hotdogs also work very well for me. Just downsize the hook a little. Also try flouro carbon leader probably 12 pound test. It’s more invisible than mono.
@@bradleylarson48 thanks now i can finally put those fishies on the plate for good
Watermantaloupe they taste pretty good. I just don’t eat em out of this pond. Only the river
@@bradleylarson48 okay
Where is that lake at
Only thing I ask is to please talk louder when you making a vid like this but other than that thanks for the method I’ll try it out
Nicholas Ganges OK thanks for input
How are u casting if there isnt any weight on the line?
johnaton stephen you still can cast. An ultra light rod helps
nothing about the bait. that's the most important part.
1:45
Where are you finishing
Go on pier and cast middle they sworn there
What did you use as bait ?
Angel bread
He got a Walmart pole ;))
Auzora- MTG Haha yeah it is. It worked fine...for a couple months. I only buy nice rods if I’m going to use them for bass.
Auzora- MTG It worked. I've used ice fishing poles to catch monsters and hand lined with sticks. Caught muskie on my kids zebco. Fuck, ever used a bamboo or cane poll"?. Even a good ole ugly stick.
It really doesnt matter where you get your rod from or what brand it is. In the end, it still catches fish. Even a stick would make a great fishing rod.
He still catching them while u got a 300 doller pole and don't even know how to fish
Nice vid
You should bring Whitney
Fishing with you and sorry if I spelled her name wrong
What bait u using
oboys1502 bread but hotdogs work well too.
@@bradleylarson48 but bread dissolve in water? How big of a hot dog you put
oboys1502 no bread doesn’t dissolve, but it does fall off the hook easily. I have a video the shows how I use hotdogs. It’s the one bait video
@@bradleylarson48 link please
oboys1502 ruclips.net/video/BBGErjgOpRA/видео.html
Yuu just used bread?
Cheriah Tyson yeah I’m making a a new video that goes more in depth and hopefully a better video
Could you show how you bait your hook please?
Just caught one today about 5 pounds! I lipped it because i didn’t really know if it had sharp fins, does anyone know if this harms them in any way?
Logan H nice dude. No it won’t hurt em and their find are a little sharp
Power ranch boi
You are such a goog
Ian Mcmanus yeah all right mr flips and vlogs
I'm guessing you live on or by a military base
Michael miller no why?
Wut bait do I use
The_Phantom bread or hotdogs
Stop chewing gum when you're trying to talk little boy
Sorry lol
MR stealyobitch Did someone not catch a tilapia today?
Bradley Larson Don't apologize to that troll.
Using just a piece on bread from what it sounds like? How about a video on how to tie your surgeon knot? Thanks bud.
Kyle Gonyer yeah sure I'll get a video out soon and yeah just bread
where is this place at?
sergio ramirez curiel power ranch pond in arizona
Is it a public or resident only
fishing with Brayan private
I would of watched this but the gum chewing and uhh uhh got me. But thanks young man
Stfu idiot
this vid was pointless you told me how to tie up a hook and nothing else no bait no where they would be. sad
What did you use as bait?