re: Draining a Private Lake

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. Not illegal there are tilapia farmers in Louisiana. You do need a permit and must follow regulations to prevent escape into the wild.

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Not illegal, but it has to be indoors in a recirculating system. That pretty much makes it only practical to people involved in actual aquaculture. And definitely not available for use as a method of cleaning a pond.

Didn’t know that. In MS you can get a permit to put them in a pond but there are regulations to follow

Run a high pressure jet all of the way up the outlet pipe with the drain valve open. It should be able to flush the silt free from the bottom side and the water in the pond will do the rest once it finds a passage by which to escape.

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Not illegal there are tilapia farmers in Louisiana. You do need a permit and must follow regulations to prevent escape into the wild. I have a tilapia permit but I’m in MS

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In ponds outdoors, highly illegal, which I was referring to as we were talking about ponds. LDWF will not issue a permit for outdoor culture of tilapia. This is one area you don’t want to make a mistake and ask for forgiveness after the fact. The CEO of Freeport-McMoRan made this mistake some years back, tilapia escaped into surrounding waterways, and if I recall correctly, the company had to pay LDWF in excess of $1 million to “clean up” the mess.

But as stated above, one can get permitted to grow or hold them in an indoor, recirculating, non-discharge facility, but those permits are highly regulated, restricted and monitored as well. LA plays hardball, more so than other southern states, in allowing exotic aquatic species to be grown in the state.

Spray it as soon as you see it.

A 30 gallon sprayer and a good battery is your friend in a Jon boat.

I’ve been doing it for 40 years.

2 4D will work better than roundup fwiw and not hurt fish