Thread: Fishing Bait for Tubtim and Tilapia

They like the live red wriggly worms

They like insects so should go for flies too

The worms are called pling in Thai I think

For Tilapia I have used left over prawn heads with very good results.

Try using smaller pieces of bait

I have never fished for them, but I did some Internet research and what I learned was this : hard to catch in clear waters, are primarily vegetation and algae eaters, light line like 2lb test works best in clear water, small hooks- size 10 or 12 works best. Red worms , crickets, dough balls, pieces of corn for bait, although it sounds like people are using small pieces of each. No floats or bobbers. One guy from Houston Tx. said he used small pieces of Oscar Mayer hot dogs for bait and did real well, but that he didn't have much luck with the cheaper brand hot dogs. Another bait was small pieces of cheese. Anyway, it sounded small line, small hooks and very small bait was key. Up north here when we find schools of hard to catch fish by our docks, we use 1/4 sticks of dynomite. Works good if you get it to sink, kinda hard on the docks though. Try small pieces of "cocktail " size shrimp, works great on panfish up here, and try sprinkling goldfish food into the water to create a "feeding frenzy". Sounds like a Long rod like a fly rod or cane pole so you can stay back a bit might help also.

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The tilapia at all the fishing places around me prefer prawns to all other baits , although they do eat earthworms and dough balls as well.

I use wholewheat bread.
I have seen them caught on a fly.

I get the impression that they will eat anything if they are accustomed to it so the best bait will vary according to where you are fishing.

Thanks all and good ideas all the way around. Will try out the prawn head first. I better tell the wife to ready the grill.

Have to agree white bread is the best

Originally Posted by Kwang

The worms are called pling in Thai I think

pling are leaches

Worms are called Sia Duan ( spelling ?) or Jigga -loy

Sorry about that, I live with some retard, she loves her fishing though

She's giving me the silent treatment now

Tried several of the suggestions and although everything worked, the results were not spectacular. The pressure was on to catch a few fish before a family feed the other day and hardly a bite for two hours. I took a run to the local fishing store and they sold me some of this stuff. You mix it with banana and a bit of water and the mush sticks very well to the hook. After putting this stuff on I had three fish in ten minutes. Amazing bait.

I separate a very thin layer of farmhouse white bread, use quite a small lightweight hook and a float making sure the bread floats on the surface.

Any fish can't resist bread when it floats on the surface.

I also burly the area I am going to fish and float my hook near the centre.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I separate a very thin layer of farmhouse white bread, use quite a small lightweight hook and a float making sure the bread floats on the surface.

Any fish can't resist bread when it floats on the surface.

I also burly the area I am going to fish and float my hook near the centre.

Except for my stock! You can throw bread in and the crabs get it when it finally floats to shore. Even my father-in-law says the fish here seem to have different eating habits. We had quite a few locals grabbing fish until we built the house and I think the fish got very picky and shy because of that. If you walk in sight of the pond, the fish on the surface immediately beat feet, or beat fin, or whatever fish do when they get scared.