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Date: 8-9-98 Species: Bluegill Length: 13" Weight: 3 lbs. 7 oz. Girth: 17' Bait: Nightcrawler Location: Sky Valley, Deep Creek Lake

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Comment by Matthew J. Breuer on June 24, 2010 at 6:02pm
Good info, Jim! I was slated to go to a medical conference in Maryland last year, and actually booked a guide to take me out of Deep Creek for 'gills. It all stemmed from me seeing this picture on the net, and the site I saw it on toting the giant 'gill fishery. Sadly, the conference was cancelled...
Comment by Zach Pierce on May 26, 2010 at 8:38am
Is that a hybrid of some sort?
Comment by John Sheehan on January 5, 2010 at 2:31pm
That's insane! What a great fish! Figures it hit a nightcrawler! Congratulations to that little kid that caught this outrageous fish!

Jim apparently this fish was too big for even 24 lb Pike to eat!
Comment by Jim Gronaw on January 5, 2010 at 12:55pm
Yes...this is Sarah Brennahans' MD state record bluegill, caught at Deep Creek Lake in the extreme western panhandle of the state. Bobber and a worm, under a dock.

Interesting to note is that only one other 3 pound plus gill has been officially recorded since 2000, that being the Arizona record of 3 lbs. 15 ozs. from Goldwater Lake back in 2004.

Also of note, although hundreds of bluegills are caught from DCL every year from 1 to 1 1/2 pounds, there have been no other bluegills from this lake, officially recorded, that have exceeded the coveted 'two-pound' mark.

Still, it's a great bluegill lake, and it has a great yellow perch fishery and has produced northern pike up to 24 lbs.
Comment by trent houtz on January 5, 2010 at 11:57am
wow
Comment by Douglas Buck on January 10, 2009 at 6:07am
Golly Whooper
Comment by Bruce Condello on November 15, 2008 at 6:30am
It's in Maryland.

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