Don Hines

Cleveland, TN

United States

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What date is Independence Day?
July 4
What type of animal is a bluegill?
Fish
What state are you from? This can help us get together for fishing trips!
Tennessee

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  • Keith Ritter

    Welcome to Big Bluegill Don, I'm a fellow TN fisherman that loves to catch bluegill. You can learn a lot on this site and probably teach us a thing or two. You can get involved with discussions, blogs, photos or the chat room. What waters do you like to fish?

  • Keith Ritter

    Cleveland, TN is close to Chickamauga Lake where the new state record Largemouth Bass was just caught. A 15 pounder breaking the record of 14.8 set in 1954. Do the Bluegill get big at Chickamauga Don?

  • Walt Foreman

    Keith, the new state record was almost certainly a Florida-strain since TWRA has been stocking Florida largemouth in Chickamauga since 2001.  They don't stock coppernose (the bluegill equivalent of Florida largemouth) anywhere because bluegill aren't a priority to them.