Do you love big bluegill?
Herman Brothers Pond Management
I just wanted to extend a huge "Thank You" to Herman Brothers Pond Management, and Nate Herman, who is a member of Big Bluegill for their incredible hospitality they extended me this last weekend!
Their operation is absolutely first class, and offers people in the Illinois, and the Midwest a chance to catch a really huge hybrid bluegill.
Take a look at this great fish. We caught several hybrid bluegill in the 1-1 3/4 pound range, and we also caught quite a few legitimate one-pound class purebred bluegill.
Here's a photo of one of the amazing hybrids. Can you believe the body condition?!? This fish was nearly 11 inches, but it's amazing girth made is fight like a fish that was even bigger!!!
Views: 11398
Comment
-
Comment by Bruce Condello on February 16, 2012 at 9:08am
-
1/32 ounce jighead, if I remember correctly. Chartreuse. Sometimes I was tipping with a little piece of crawler, and sometimes with a green and blackk BPS tripple ripple, with black body and chartreuse tail.
-
Comment by dick tabbert on February 16, 2012 at 8:25am
-
Talk about a goliath that's it. What a great looking fish it looks like a set of lips connected to a blue basketball. Another great fish Bruce, if you don't mind my asking what was your bait of choice for this behemoth.
-
Comment by Leo Nguyen on February 8, 2012 at 11:05pm
-
OH MY WORD! It looks like a torpedo ready to destroy that pond! Excellent specimen! You're too happy playing with those babies Bruce.
-
Comment by Matthew J. Breuer on July 22, 2010 at 5:33am
-
Amazing fish, Bruce! I may have to call in a favor from some friends in IL! Tom, how the heck did you fish at Doral? I tried taking a flower petal from the word on 18 and got my butt chewed. Love that course....
-
Comment by Shawn Watkins on July 20, 2010 at 1:54pm
-
I guess I need to plan a vacation to Peoria.
-
-
Norris Lake, near Peoria, Illinois.
-
-
Wow! Where did you catch that?
-
Comment by Jim Gronaw on July 12, 2010 at 5:49pm
-
Look at those pecs!!! Wow!
-
Comment by Tom Beauchamp on July 12, 2010 at 5:09pm
-
Looks like the ones I was catching in Miami at the Doral.
-
Comment by Dave Willis on July 12, 2010 at 3:02pm
-
The girth truly is amazing. What a beauty!
Latest Activity
THIS COLOR COMBINATION SEEMS TO WORK THIS YEAR
"Bleeding pink Silent Stinger and all pink jigs work on multi species in brackish water…..I…"
Nice Round Specimen…..7/19/2025
Bleeding 🩸 tail working in the cypress roots……all of the coastal counties in the northeastern part…
Some Bleeding 🩸 Coppernose Behind Last Week’s Buck Moon…7/19/2025
"The busted fins are also a dead giveaway to colonizing gills….."
AN LATER SHOT OF THIS FISH BEFORE IT WENT IN THE FREEZER FOR A MOUNT
"it won't be back from the taxidermist till this coming winter some time, I CAN'T WAIT TO…"
"Pleasantly surprised with a multi species morning totaling 78 fish…..we've had a week of thunderstorms and triple digit heat index. Wet July"
AN LATER SHOT OF THIS FISH BEFORE IT WENT IN THE FREEZER FOR A MOUNT
"Very good! These fish fight so hard……can’t wait to see the art work…."
AN LATER SHOT OF THIS FISH BEFORE IT WENT IN THE FREEZER FOR A MOUNT
"Must have been great ! Excellent Fish !"
AN LATER SHOT OF THIS FISH BEFORE IT WENT IN THE FREEZER FOR A MOUNT
"OF courae I got this on my olf fly rod and it put up quite a battle......"
© 2025 Created by Bluegill.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Bluegill - Big Bluegill to add comments!
Join Bluegill - Big Bluegill