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Do you love big bluegill?

Well, it wasn't fast fishing, but after work I slipped over to my favorite hybrid sunfish pond and met the owner, a long time friend, and gave him and his wife a bag of bluegill fillets and some fotos of fish we have caught in his ponds.

Then I slipped down to the pond and on my second cast with a Carolina-rigged earthworm I caught 'Slashback', an amazing 11 1/2 in hybrid that has the remnants of a injury between its spiny and soft dorsal fins. My wife Linda had caught this fish about 3 weeks ago so we immediately were tied for the year on biggest sunnys.

Caught numerous small bass on the Swede # 3 but no hybrids. Then picked up 2 more hybrids on worms...one a beautiful heavy fish that also measured 11 1/2 inches and tied my new PR. Previous best was an 11.25 incher.

Did manage a 9 inch hybrid that, despite being a very fine fish by my own standards, looked strangely small compared to the big guys.

I am getting dangerously close to that 12 inch mark. Maybe next time....!

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What an incredible story. That is awesome. The pictures rock!!!!!
WAY TO GO BIG JIM!!!! You know that the 12 is in there you just got to believe!! I'm pullin' for ya!
wow nice fish

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