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Tilapia
PeteC:
Michael,we usually go to Martin creek or Fairfield,but they are in many coal fired power plant lakes. God Bless
JW_Halverson:
I've raised a couple million tilapia for the aquaculture industry here in the States, but the low overseas labor costs have pretty much killed the industry here. I wish you luck finding US raised tilapia. As for what they are fed overseas, the tilapia is the goat of the fish world.
In the Phillipines they raise chickens in floating coops where their feces falls into the shallow lagoons to fertilize the water. The tilapia then feed on the overly abundant algae giving the chicken farmers a "bonus" crop. The chickens can produce a pound of meat for every 1.8 lbs of feed, but the fertilizer in the lake then produces approximately 12 lbs of fish for every pound of feed thrown to the chickens. Butt then the fish taste like s***.
Those Florida wildcaught live in cleaner water and probably taste a lot better.
PeteC:
JW,these Texas fish are delicious.Fillets are white and flakey.I rate em high,and would'nt hunt em if I did'nt like them. ;D God Bless
TRACY:
Good shooting and good eats! Pete, ever use flint knapped points on fish?
Tracy
hawkbow:
Great job... i will be in Texas all summer so will have to get out and try for some of those fish... great looking bows by the way... Hawk
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