fishing local venues for talapia

[Backwoods]

Wife and I want to fia few of the local ponds for talapia, on ultralight, but have no idea about bait and rigging. I hear about small shrimp and small floats and balls of bread, Any Ideas if the take any small spinners or jigs?

[zyphodb]

buy packets of bait 20 bht from shop, mix with a little water & either float fish with a small ball on size 8-10 hook or ledger with 1 of those thai spring contraptions with lots of hooks, form a ball of bait around the spring then wind the hooks around it sticking em into the ball, works better if you put a polystyrene ball on each hook first, no idea why...

[KhunOr]

I've found that just about anything works. Tried it all. Best is a piece of meat (chicken, pork, beef, all work well) on a good sized single hook. If you are adept at striking one piece of meat will last for multiple catches. Bread works too, but you'll have to keep re-baiting frequently. I've caught pla nin on a spinner too.

[Jotham79]

I've been doing really well with worms, both with a float and on the bottom. The Styrofoam balls get the hooks to float above the bait ball and the get sucked in while the fish are feeding. I don't see Thais using the multi hook and spring rig if they are targeting tilapia, it is used often for the larger catfish and carp.

[DickDastardly]

Some good info here http://www.pattayafishing.net/fishing-for-tilapia/ I tried a similar rig and it worked well.