Hey Tee..I apreciate your replies buddy. and yes I will use live bait..I love fighting and eatting those..It's just that all these years of trolling and spinning for other species..you would think I'd occasionally get a shell cracker..

It was when i was trolling Panther Martins tha tI discovered tilapia bite them too.

and it was when i was trolling Hal Flies { Lead heded jig}for crappie that I discovered stripers {Sunshine Bass} love them too..

all replies are greatly appreciate..
C7
This would have neen th estate record tilapia..BUT I ate it..[:@][&:]caught on a Rooster Tail..they normally don;t bite anything..