For fishing lovers:

As we talked before the tilapia fish inhabit sides of rivers and canals, so when you catch this fish you must consider the quiet places where there are no fast streams of water because it is undoubtedly not Containing swarms of tilapia. But if you want to catch this fish always look for places that are deep and quiet places or shallow waters to some extent that have a grass abundance. And this or that both are valid but only vary the type of tilapia fish. And also found swarms of tilapia in calm waters which are located on the edge of rivers was taken the form of a semi-circle. One of the largest sizes and the most famous of tilapia the Royal tilapia which build nests in the sand through a hole created by the male. So the characteristics of this fish need renewable water and wide places. Certainly when we talk about wide places with sandy nature , the best place houses this fish is Lake Nasser, where it comes every year many local and foreign fishing trips, and also of course the huge Lake Victoria. The Royal tilapia fish there weighs up to 15Kg.

 

 

 

Bait used and the method of fishing:​

Most species of tilapia is caught by four or five types of bait, the most famous in order are worms and Reem (kind of algae), then the dough.There is information that should be taken into account before starting to determine the type of bait used to catch fish specially tilapia, that tilapia fish is affected by the type of food it used to get it a day, so we should take into account the nature of the place which in turn determines its usual food.There are also seasons for fishing and each season has its own bait and it depends on the seasons of the year. In winter, for example, the best bait in the morning to fish tilapia is Reem , in summer the best bait in the morning to fish tilapia fish is wheat or dough only if the industry is perfect. But at night in any season of the year there is only one bait and does not deviate it's live worms.

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We will take them into details:

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Live worms:
Characterized by that it is nearly the favorite of all types of fish. Which resides on the edge of the shallow canals and rich irrigated farmlands after half meter of the surface of the soil approximately.

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And is placed in the hook  by one of two ways:-

- The first is to put the bait into the hook

to take the shape with leaving a small

part to attract fish when the bait moves

with the water.

- The second is to put two baits  in the

rod and this way is  called (Spider way) .

This method is used with large volumes

of tilapia, are also used when we sure

that the absence of small fish in water

not to consume it quickly and because

it does not allow to the big fish to get

near to the bait.

The best number of hooks we use with worms are 5, 6, 7 according to the size of tilapia, then tying the hook with string size 25 or 30 depending on size as well, and place a string size 30 or 35 on the machine depending on the string size.

One of these two methods is used in fishing:
The first is (throwing) or reliance on the weight directly without using floats and this method is Irreplaceablein the morning, especially if you  go fishing in the river itself, not the small canals. In brief throwing the string with the weight in water and rely on the vision of the movement of  the rod tip.
The second is using float by putting a float above the weight and by it we can control the length of the string under the surface of the water , the length varies depending on depth of the water. And reliance here to see the movement of the float in the water.

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Wheat:
It's  a preferred bait for tilapia, but only if tilapia has been accustomed to this bait, whether the nature of the place accustomed it or that the fisherman to walk by a particular place continuously and always uses  this bait.

The best times of fishing using wheat is the

afternoon , because the wheat gas no smell 

to attract fish so it's difficult to fish with it at

night, so it's better to fishing with wheat at the

location of sandy soil or clay water to make it

easier  for the fish to see the wheat. and fishing

season using wheat is in the summer  ,

especially wheat harvests seasons. and

shallow water places is better for using wheat,

but for the deeper places we throw a set of wheat

among Hyacinth (nile flower) if found to attract tilapia to the region.

We prepare the wheat by full boiling to use it for fishing, on the other hand we bring another half boiled set of wheat  thrown in the water to attract fish. And to make it more attractive we mix it with flour, extruded feeds or blood to get an attractive smell for tilapia.
With repetition of throwing the wheat in the same place with each fishing day's, we will find tilapia accustomed gathering in this place because of the tilapia fish species nesting on the sides of rivers and canals as long as there is a permanent source of food.

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Method of fishing:
As we talked before  we fish with wheat in shallow places ,so we use the fishing float with using a very small size of hook such as 10 or 12 then we stick the wheat in the tip of the hook with the use of lightweight and small float then let the hook be anchored at the bottom because the fish eats from the ground.

With shallow water make sure to be invisible to fish with keeping calm and avoid wearing clothes with colors such as clear (blue or red ....) , if possible the camouflaged clothing is the perfect clothing for professionals.

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Reem (kind of algae):
It's a kind of algae which is favorite for some fish species, especially the tilapia. Its specifications that are shiny green in color. It located on the stones by the sides of the Nile. It formed especially when in running water

to some extent.

Fishing using Reem in winter in the morning

when the weather is warm over the water to

some extent. In contrast to fishing using

wheat , fishing using Reem is in running water

because it attracts fish with its  movement

in the water and also attracts fish by its scent.

Taking into account that Reem should be fresh

when fishing ,keeping it in the refrigerator

wrapped with wet paper retained a degree of humidity so as not to spoil and become unfit for fishing.

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Method of fishing:
We use a small size of hooks such as 10 or 12 and placed on a wire size 18 or 20 and the method of placing in the hook is to take a lock of Reem in the form of a lock of hair length of 5 cm and hold it from the center so that we have two sides, and begin wrapping the side on the top hook roll after the other until we reach the top of the hook and let the rest until moves with the water, then begin wrapping the second side to the opposite direction of the first in the same way.

Fishing  with Reem use the both ways:-
-The first is reliance on the bullet directly and in this we choose to a light bullet that Reem should be moving in the water so the fish can see it.

- The second is usig the float with large bullet because we are here fishing in  running water and the float must be stable to some extent on the water so that we can control it.

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Dough:
It's the cheapest bait at all and can be manufactured easily and is the type of bait that amateurs starts with using it because it is for them to lead purpose, but must be borne in mind that the way of making dough is

different depending on the type of the

fish , in our fish here the tilapia fish we

are going to learn how to make the white

dough.
Fishing with dough could be possible

only if we choose the best place, the

best place for fishing using bough is the

quiet place because in running water

the bough could melt from the hook,

and preferably also be the place

accompanied by plants and grass.
Method of fishing:
We use hooks No. 6 or 7 and placed on wire size 30 or 35 and then take a piece of dough and Instills hook in it until all the dough cover the hook.

We can use the both ways, although many people prefer the float:-

The first is (throwing) ,In this method we prefer to use many hooks to entice big fish, with a  medium size bullet to sink in the bottom of the water.
- The second is the using the float, use a small bullet and small float , taking into account that the float be close to the river side (tilapia nesting places).

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- (Note)  the disadvantage of fishing with dough is that fish like Roach, small Ray and Bermuda which found at the river sides greedily devour the bait, making it do not give the opportunity to enter the big fish to the bait.

- And that there are several ways to prepare the dough here we will talk only about how to

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Prepare the tilapia fish doughs:

1 - brown dough is a thick textures dough, prepared from the brown flour , it may need to add a little water to reach the desired strength and with the descent of the dough into the water some of the crumbs falling, which attracts fish to it.
2 - white dough consist of white flour may need to add a little water to reach the desired strength.
3 - cooked dough consist of white flour, one cup of water (as needed) and one teaspoon and a half of oil, it is possible to add a clove or two of garlic to it. Where we set the water mixed with oil in a pot on the fire, and when heated the mixture (not to boiling), we add the flour, and we are mixing quickly so as not to damage. And take off the pot and resonates with the confusion continued over and over again until we reach the strength you want and then leave to cool , then it possible to be stored in the refrigerator.

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Grapes:
Is one of the toughest fishing methods and requires the great patience because only the large sizes of tilapia love to eat this bait.

We fishing using grapes only in the places that

contain large volumes of tilapia or the places

that cultivated vineyards and here we find

tilapia could use to it. Preferably fishing in the

morning (fishing at night only for catfish),

and we will talk about it later.

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Method of fishing:
In grapes we use  hook No. 4 or 5 on a wire size 40 or 50 and put from 7 to 10 grains of grapes from the midle and raise on a string. (using yellow or green grapes).
The only method of fishing with grapes is throwing with the use of heavy bullets, and fishing are in wide places in the Nile and the most famous places of fishing at all is the Lake Nasser and Lake Victoria.

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Note:
Many fishermen in some places are using a little known insects in fishing tilapia such as mites, cockroaches, etc. They taste good for tilapia

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​​Types of bait     ​Hook size     ​Rod wire size

Wheat                    10 – 12              22 – 25

Ream                      10 - 12               18 - 22

Worms                    6 – 9                  25 - 30

Dough                     5 – 8                  30 - 35

Grapes                    4 – 5                  40 - 50