Hey John...the boats are at Richmond Mill and we drove the 8 hours to get there.

i was just fooling around on computer and ended up becoming member of the site lol. i found out great way to find good bluegill ponds or lakes is one with lots of catails along shoreline.

Thanks for your comments John on the N.C. record. I fish several mill ponds out here in Eastern North Carolina and the average gills have went up quite a bit the last ten years. I truly believe we're closing in on that record. We just had that huge Shellcracker in a farm pond a couple of years ago and the Management at the State and Local levels here is working. We're cold in Carolina so it must be bitter up there in Illinois. Goood luck Fishing.