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Comment by carl hendrix on January 7, 2014 at 10:00pm

looks like a football!  fat and healthy gill-- congrats!

Comment by Tony Livingston on January 7, 2014 at 7:22pm

That looks like an awfully tall fish in the photo. Any idea how long it was?

Comment by Travis on January 7, 2014 at 7:11pm

I realize these are not 2 pound fish, but the shear size with the numbers in there is outstanding. They put bluegills from a very popular lake in this particular pond back in the 50's. Back when the gene pool was still built tall and thick.

Comment by Travis on January 7, 2014 at 7:01pm

Yep, I understand that. The private 30 acre pond I fish has just ridiculous numbers of pound gills though. I can go out there and literally catch 40 15oz+ fish in a day. Its small, completely flooded with big gills, and other gills of all sizes. Crappies over 15" too including a 17" that was caught last summer. Heck, half of those fish in my pics are from out of there, including the one in my avatar.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 7, 2014 at 6:42pm

Thats one of the key points to developing "pig gills" - low numbers.

Plenty of predators to keep them thinned out and adequate food for the survivors make it possible for those remaining fish to grow big, Big, BIG!

Comment by Travis on January 7, 2014 at 6:32pm

I know the lake Ross gets those fish out of. I'll be there in May through the month of June. Never fished it before but I know there are not many gills in it, they grow into gigantic pigs though.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 7, 2014 at 6:30pm

What a beast! they grow em big up there in the Land of North Star.

Another member here, Russ Ardoff, is always pulling suckers like that out of the waters of Minnesota, too.

Great fish, Travis!

Comment by Walt Foreman on January 7, 2014 at 6:17pm
Awesome fish, Travis, congrats!
Comment by Travis on January 7, 2014 at 6:02pm

Not 2lbs I know that. We didn't have a scale with that day. Just a pic and the release are my only memories.

Comment by james bluto gillette on January 7, 2014 at 5:47pm

that's a beast

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