65 years is a long time for this record not to have been broken... what gives? especially with all this bio engineering and genetics in play...why is this a northern strain instead of the Coppernose? - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T00:45:12Zhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/65-years-is-a-long-time-for-this-record-not-to-have-been-broken?commentId=2036984%3AComment%3A580952&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYep , there's my goal this ye…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2022-01-31:2036984:Comment:9140372022-01-31T02:06:54.199ZJames Micheal Landrumhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JamesMichealLandrum
<p>Yep , there's my goal this year!!</p>
<p>Yep , there's my goal this year!!</p> I like the food aspecttag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2018-07-26:2036984:Comment:7626382018-07-26T17:28:03.813ZStanley L. Meyershttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/StanleyLMeyers
I like the food aspect
I like the food aspect everyone seems to go after tr…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2018-07-26:2036984:Comment:7627102018-07-26T16:08:56.295ZBasil Larioshttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/BasilLarios
<p>everyone seems to go after trophies rather than make food out of it. </p>
<p>everyone seems to go after trophies rather than make food out of it. </p> I believe that the next IGFA…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-03-21:2036984:Comment:6604332016-03-21T22:35:15.019ZJoe Guidehttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JoeGuide
<p>I believe that the next IGFA World Record Bluegill will probably come from California. Time will tell of course.</p>
<p>I believe that the next IGFA World Record Bluegill will probably come from California. Time will tell of course.</p> wow 109 year old record broke…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-11-03:2036984:Comment:6379962015-11-03T15:05:04.528ZSlip Sinkerhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
<p>wow 109 year old record broken in Michigan! .... so theres still hope</p>
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<p>wow 109 year old record broken in Michigan! .... so theres still hope</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167465774?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167465774?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p> Don't know how many of our ne…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-02-14:2036984:Comment:5847962015-02-14T04:32:34.526ZTony Livingstonhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/TonyLivingston
<p>Don't know how many of our newer members are aware of this, but here at BBG we have info on BOTH of those giant fish out of Ketona.....including photos and testimony by family members.</p>
<p>Here: <a href="http://bigbluegill.com/photo/christine-arnold?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">http://bigbluegill.com/photo/christine-arnold?xg_source=activity</a></p>
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<p>Don't know how many of our newer members are aware of this, but here at BBG we have info on BOTH of those giant fish out of Ketona.....including photos and testimony by family members.</p>
<p>Here: <a href="http://bigbluegill.com/photo/christine-arnold?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">http://bigbluegill.com/photo/christine-arnold?xg_source=activity</a></p>
<p>and: <a href="http://bigbluegill.com/profiles/blogs/video-of-world-record-bluegill?id=2036984%3ABlogPost%3A22675&page=1#comments" target="_blank">http://bigbluegill.com/profiles/blogs/video-of-world-record-bluegill?id=2036984%3ABlogPost%3A22675&page=1#comments</a></p>
<p>and:<a href="http://bigbluegill.com/photo/the-fish?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">http://bigbluegill.com/photo/the-fish?xg_source=activity</a></p> Tennessee angler lands bass w…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-02-14:2036984:Comment:5847942015-02-14T02:51:40.227ZSlip Sinkerhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
<p><em><strong>Tennessee angler lands bass weighing more than 15 pounds to potentially break a 50-year-old record...</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167458273?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167458273?profile=original" width="600"></img></a></strong></em> its not a bluegill but a sunfish and an old record just broken today! wowser!!…</p>
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<p><em><strong>Tennessee angler lands bass weighing more than 15 pounds to potentially break a 50-year-old record...</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167458273?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167458273?profile=original" width="600"/></a></strong></em>its not a bluegill but a sunfish and an old record just broken today! wowser!!</p>
<p><a href="http://wired2fish.scout.com/story/1513634-pending-tennessee-state-record-bass-caught?s=537" target="_blank">http://wired2fish.scout.com/story/1513634-pending-tennessee-state-record-bass-caught?s=537</a></p> Hi, I have a book with a pic…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-02-14:2036984:Comment:5846372015-02-14T02:28:50.816ZScott R.Holmeshttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/ScottRHolmes
<p> Hi, I have a book with a picture of the 1947 world record by Cole McKenzie in Alabama. Also that the record was beaten by 2oz. and the fish was not preserved Great looking fish</p>
<p> Hi, I have a book with a picture of the 1947 world record by Cole McKenzie in Alabama. Also that the record was beaten by 2oz. and the fish was not preserved Great looking fish</p> I missed the part about the a…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-02-07:2036984:Comment:5831542015-02-07T17:52:07.962ZAndy is OptiMystichttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/OptiMystic
<p>I missed the part about the age of the record fish. IMO that further supports my freak theory.</p>
<p>I missed the part about the age of the record fish. IMO that further supports my freak theory.</p> i really like that point you…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2015-02-07:2036984:Comment:5832502015-02-07T17:38:57.481ZSlip Sinkerhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
<p>i really like that point you brought up</p>
<blockquote><p>I have read that some biologists think the Havasu fish are getting bigger due to an invasive mussel. I think the altered diet is having a lifelong effect;</p>
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<p>reading a similar analogy in Jeff's posting of the second best gill out of the Ketona Lake…</p>
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<p>i really like that point you brought up</p>
<blockquote><p>I have read that some biologists think the Havasu fish are getting bigger due to an invasive mussel. I think the altered diet is having a lifelong effect;</p>
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<p>reading a similar analogy in Jeff's posting of the second best gill out of the Ketona Lake</p>
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<blockquote><p>Environmental factors, and WW II which took some fishing pressure off the fish, seemed to make the difference at Ketona Lake. Scale checks of McKenzie's bluegill showed it to be nine years old. That is three years older than most experts calculated as a maximum age attainable for a bluegill at that time.</p>
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<p>Biologists concluded there wasnt anything special about the lake except a change... "less fishing pressure" allowing the fish to attain trophy proportions.</p>