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tilapia fishing anyone?

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    does anyone know of fishing ponds in the area where a person can catch tilapia?
    tnx, guys...
     
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    Judging by the lack of response to your question, it would appear that there is none in the vicinity.
    Never mind there's plenty more fish in the sea......Which is a subject I have not come across on the forum BTW
     
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    There are a few ponds in Mabinay that had a little resort. Last I checked the owner had passed away and it was shut down. Unsure if it reopened or not. I assume it has tilapia but I only went after striped snakehead.

    I was told that Twin Lakes had tilapia; I fished it like 10 years ago from the shore for only an hour and did not get a bite.

    Tilapia are a fun fish to catch and are really good eating, when I was in Puerto Rico I caught some monsters.

    I'm having some problems getting my acre pond to seal; once that is sorted there will be tilapia, snakehead and catfish to start. That is to come later though.

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    I live just down the road from it and it's still closed
     
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    hi guys...
    i appreciate the feedback on my tilapia fishing search. the DuckDuckGo AI Assist says tilapia fishing in Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park (twin lakes) is permitted so a friend and i are going to check it out next sunday, i'll report back here on the adventure if it happens.

    meanwhile...
    a past 'duma-info' member, Mike Alano, has a string of fishing related posts here:
    https://dumagueteinfo.com/board/threads/dumaguete-angler.6146/
    mike also has a utube channel with some fishing vids for the duma area:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MikeAlano

    there's also, what looks to be, a fishing club in the area. search 'dumaguete angler' on utube.
    https://www.youtube.com/@DumagueteAngler.
    i tried some of their spots but never had any action.

    and... there's some fishing from the dumaguete seawall/boulevard.
    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dumaguete+boulevard+fishing.

    good fishing...
     
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    Too bad it hasn't opened back up, it was an inexpensive place to spend a couple nights, and the fishing was decent for snakehead. Curious if it is on the market.
     
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    have you tried clay? i've dug several ponds and sealed them with clay.
     
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    The soil is clay so my assumption was that it would be easy to seal. We tried sodium bentonite but that didn't work either. We will try again, but I need to be home this time just to make sure the correct process is done. I did look around if someone locally had experience but could not find anyone.

    Shawn
     
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