Anyone know how to fish Blue Lake ?

[albinotrout]

Gotta wonder if they eat the eggs of the bass, how about salmon eggs?
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[Tapajos]

ive been out there 3x in the last 6 months or so. its fun but if your driving from slc its not worth it im not gonna lie theres better places to fish closer. If you go almost anytime including when I went in febuary your going to want mostquito armor. the full body stuff. ive never seen more bugs in my life. there are big tilapia but the bass are what ive been after every time and although we have caught some fish nothing in quanity nor quality enough to drive out there.......heres the real question theres a little outlet stream that we floated for about a mile out of the main lake, it runs south-east. anyone know where this goes?
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[catfish-logic]

Never tried salmon eggs. But let it be known tilapia are notorious "nibblers". They are good at nibbling on hooks. So if you were to try salmon eggs if they liked them they would still not take in the hook. But a large tilapia would though I'm sure. Its the small ones that are trouble.

You can even try crickets but 90% of their diet is veggie.

I would go with a tiny tiny worm on a tiny hook. One so small the fishy would not "notice" the hook. I'm talking small.

Like think small!
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[bigearl]

I only fished for them once, and they took a small tube jig tipped with worm really well. I guess we got lucky and showed up when they were hungry!
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[JustinRobinsreo]

See and I fished Blue Sunday with a small tube and worm...nothing...not even a nibble! [crazy]

[albinotrout]

Sounds like it is time try out those salmon eggs with a small salmon egg hook.
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]My parents lived in Yuma for several years and I learned about the Gila River tilapias. There are some big ones down near where it dumps into the Colorado. Bow fishermen get them over 6 pounds. But, like you say, they are tougher to catch on hooks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I lived in the Phoenix area for quite a while and there were tilapia in some of the Salt River lakes and in some of the lakes in communities like Dobson Ranch, where I lived. Some regular tilapia chasers fished green peas for them. Only problem was that they occasionally found themselves attached to 30 pound grass carp too. ZING. POW.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have fished for tilapia in several states, including Florida, Arizona and California. It seems that even though they are primarily vegetarians, they often develop different habits in different waters. In some places they become more "piscivorous"...eating more small fish...and will whack the heck out of spinners and small hardbaits, as well as plastics.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most of the tilapias caught from Blue Lake are caught on small pieces of worm. But, because the tilapias also eat a lot of the small aquatic beetles in that waterway, they will hit small jigs and even small dark fly patterns.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]With the warm waters coming into Blue Lake, I suspect that tilapias probably spawn off and on all year round. [/#0000ff]
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[JustinRobinsreo]

I know one guy used to catch a ton of catfish off of a big ol ball of moss. He'd pull some out of the water and wad it up on a trebble hook. Maybe that would work for the grass eatin tilapia?

[Fishing_Girl]

Thanks for all the help guys. My brother says Thanks too. We will be trying it in time. Not sure when.
Thanks again :]
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