A Fish of Lifetime...Maybe Two - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T13:32:08Zhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/a-fish-of-lifetime-maybe-two?feed=yes&xn_auth=noGreat story. Congratstag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-08-10:2036984:Comment:6265222015-08-10T14:23:59.652ZJames Feaselhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/jimvision
Great story. Congrats
Great story. Congrats Thanks for posting this up fo…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-29:2036984:Comment:6246282015-07-29T23:06:08.952ZMarty Lemonshttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/MartyLemons
<p>Thanks for posting this up for us. wow, what a fish of a lifetime</p>
<p>Thanks for posting this up for us. wow, what a fish of a lifetime</p> Again congratulIons Jim. I en…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-19:2036984:Comment:6233052015-07-19T04:47:55.831ZGerome Hilliardhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/GHilliard
Again congratulIons Jim. I enjoyed reading your story.
Again congratulIons Jim. I enjoyed reading your story. Thanks, Kieth! Yes I am indee…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-18:2036984:Comment:6228592015-07-18T14:03:50.400ZJim Gronawhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JimGronaw
<p>Thanks, Kieth! Yes I am indeed blessed to have found this gem, and to have been friends with the family many years prior to even knowing they had the resource.</p>
<p>I can see you now hanging on to one of those powerhouse hybrids...great fish!</p>
<p>Thanks, Kieth! Yes I am indeed blessed to have found this gem, and to have been friends with the family many years prior to even knowing they had the resource.</p>
<p>I can see you now hanging on to one of those powerhouse hybrids...great fish!</p> Congrats, Jim! I was lucky en…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-18:2036984:Comment:6231072015-07-18T13:55:44.354Zroger keith wrayhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/rogerkeithwray
<p>Congrats, Jim! I was lucky enuff to get an invite to fish a 'Hybrid" pond a couple yrs ago. My host told me to cast my popper rite at the end of the dock an let it set. after nearly 2 minutes one sucked it under, it was 12 inches an 1.5 lbs. I landed it on a 2 weight flyrod! it circled the small pond before it gave up! he feeds his fathead minnows every yr. yur really lucky to have access to such a fishery, enjoy!</p>
<p>Congrats, Jim! I was lucky enuff to get an invite to fish a 'Hybrid" pond a couple yrs ago. My host told me to cast my popper rite at the end of the dock an let it set. after nearly 2 minutes one sucked it under, it was 12 inches an 1.5 lbs. I landed it on a 2 weight flyrod! it circled the small pond before it gave up! he feeds his fathead minnows every yr. yur really lucky to have access to such a fishery, enjoy!</p> Slip...the oldest this fish c…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-18:2036984:Comment:6230832015-07-18T02:42:37.411ZJim Gronawhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JimGronaw
<p>Slip...the oldest this fish could possibly be would be around 12-13 years old...one of the original stockings...or it could be 8-9 years old...one of the second stocking efforts. It could well be that the second stocking around 2007 grew faster than the original fish due to some biological dynamic that the first fish never benifited from.</p>
<p>The owner has only had these two stockings up until this spring. This April he had another 100 hybrids stocked at 3 inch average size. Additionally,…</p>
<p>Slip...the oldest this fish could possibly be would be around 12-13 years old...one of the original stockings...or it could be 8-9 years old...one of the second stocking efforts. It could well be that the second stocking around 2007 grew faster than the original fish due to some biological dynamic that the first fish never benifited from.</p>
<p>The owner has only had these two stockings up until this spring. This April he had another 100 hybrids stocked at 3 inch average size. Additionally, he put in a high amount of minnows to supplement the feeding options for the hybrids. I theorize that the remaining adult hybrids experienced weight gain and growth due to additional forage. The pond has a few big channel catfish and a few nice crappies in the foot-long range that friends of his just dumped in. The majority of the fish in the pond are juvenile largemouth bass from 5 to 11 inches long.</p>
<p>Other than that, there has been no 'management plan' for this pond, Very few fish were ever kept, other than some channel cats. The owner found, and photographed, a dead 'floater' hybrid that was 13 1/8 inches, last fall. Over the past 6-7 years, we have caught and released several individual hybrids here that were inching up in size as the years went by. We had released numerous individuals from 12 to 12 3/4 inches, and figured it was a matter of time before one of us would land a 13 incher.</p>
<p>What really tickled me was the 2 plus pound weight of this fish...a benchmark we had yet to achieve until now.</p> Good for you Jim. May you cat…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-17:2036984:Comment:6227202015-07-17T20:06:56.772ZSteve Crowderhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SteveCrowder
<p>Good for you Jim. May you catch many more!</p>
<p>Good for you Jim. May you catch many more!</p> Hey Jim whats the estimated a…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-17:2036984:Comment:6229962015-07-17T18:06:18.206ZSlip Sinkerhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
<p>Hey Jim whats the estimated age on that brute?</p>
<p>does the owner keep up on annual stockings to replenish?</p>
<p>Hey Jim whats the estimated age on that brute?</p>
<p>does the owner keep up on annual stockings to replenish?</p> EXCELLENT FISH JIM!!!... cong…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-16:2036984:Comment:6225782015-07-16T13:18:57.950ZSlip Sinkerhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
<p>EXCELLENT FISH JIM!!!... congrats on that personal best!</p>
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<p>EXCELLENT FISH JIM!!!... congrats on that personal best!</p>
<p></p> Congratulations Jim and great…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-07-16:2036984:Comment:6223722015-07-16T12:40:39.229ZJohn Sheehanhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JohnSheehan
<p>Congratulations Jim and great Report!</p>
<p>Congratulations Jim and great Report!</p>