Trophy Bluegill stats... - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-28T15:51:11Zhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/trophy-bluegill-stats?commentId=2036984%3AComment%3A24397&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Jeff...
The Southern and…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-24:2036984:Comment:243972009-02-24T21:32:11.135Zrobsablokehttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/robsabloke
Hi Jeff...<br />
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The Southern and Western States are probably home to some of the largest "Bull Bluegills" around. There are a couple of reasons for this. 1. They are usually Florida 'Strain' fish and 2. There is no ICE in these locations, so the fish do not really have a 'True' dormant period. They do slow down a little but not as much as in the Northern Lakes that Ice over... so this adds to their Growing time.<br />
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I fish a Lake in Southern California where fish of 2 lbs are not uncommon. The Lake…
Hi Jeff...<br />
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The Southern and Western States are probably home to some of the largest "Bull Bluegills" around. There are a couple of reasons for this. 1. They are usually Florida 'Strain' fish and 2. There is no ICE in these locations, so the fish do not really have a 'True' dormant period. They do slow down a little but not as much as in the Northern Lakes that Ice over... so this adds to their Growing time.<br />
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I fish a Lake in Southern California where fish of 2 lbs are not uncommon. The Lake record is 3 Lbs 8 Ozs... there is a 'Redear" record on the same Lake of 3 lbs 12 Ozs. These fish are not easy to catch... they didn't get that big by being 'Stupid' but if you have the patience and the will to try different tactics and expedriment you can lure these fish from the depths pretty consistently. They are Big and they have 'Attitude" with a capital 'A'.<br />
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Regards<br />
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Rob you really need to take a tri…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-24:2036984:Comment:241992009-02-24T00:03:21.479ZTomhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/Tom
you really need to take a trip to the ham bro! tarrant city actually i would be more than happy to show you what it takes to land a nice gill from keytona ive caught dozens...
you really need to take a trip to the ham bro! tarrant city actually i would be more than happy to show you what it takes to land a nice gill from keytona ive caught dozens... Check the websites for the Pa…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-23:2036984:Comment:240972009-02-23T13:42:49.978ZCharles Singletonhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/CharlesSingleton
Check the websites for the Parks & Wildlife or Dept. of Natural Resources or whatever your state calls it. They should have a list of the records for your state, and probably tell where the record was caught.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/action/staterecords.php?env=FW&age_group=all&list=3&browse=Go">http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/action/staterecords.php?env=FW&age_group=all&list=3&browse=Go</a><br />
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Twelve lines down, you'll find the one…
Check the websites for the Parks & Wildlife or Dept. of Natural Resources or whatever your state calls it. They should have a list of the records for your state, and probably tell where the record was caught.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/action/staterecords.php?env=FW&age_group=all&list=3&browse=Go">http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/action/staterecords.php?env=FW&age_group=all&list=3&browse=Go</a><br />
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Twelve lines down, you'll find the one I want to beat - 2.02 lb, 12.5" 'gill. Caught on a #6 Clouser (on a fly rod), but that's an all-tackle record for Texas. i have heard of some 2lb.+ bl…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-22:2036984:Comment:239162009-02-22T19:26:59.839Zgillhunterhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/gillhunter
i have heard of some 2lb.+ bluegills caught in the ice fishing region, in michigan,i think i've gotten bluegills up to about a 1lb. and a half in kentucky, but i don't know of any other places for shure
i have heard of some 2lb.+ bluegills caught in the ice fishing region, in michigan,i think i've gotten bluegills up to about a 1lb. and a half in kentucky, but i don't know of any other places for shure Florida record shellcracker f…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-22:2036984:Comment:238262009-02-22T16:34:57.207ZCopperhead Johnhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JohnStoddard
Florida record shellcracker from this lake was 4 lbs.13 oz. I believe and I heard that the lake was deep and clear.
Florida record shellcracker from this lake was 4 lbs.13 oz. I believe and I heard that the lake was deep and clear. I can't stop laughing.tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-22:2036984:Comment:237752009-02-22T05:28:08.369ZBruce Condellohttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/BruceCondello
I can't stop laughing.
I can't stop laughing. A Poem About Bluegills
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A Poem About Bluegills<br />
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There are poems about bluegills. There are poems<br />
about trout. The bluegill doesn’t care.<br />
It’ll eat a bare hook but would rather not hear<br />
about your childhood. The bluegill’s thick headed.<br />
It hunkers down in the weeds, thinking. The trout’s like a young girl<br />
in a wedding gown. Touch it and it dies.<br />
You can pull a bluegill out a pike’@###, it might<br />
still swim away. I’m not talking about pumpkinseeds,<br />
those little…
A Poem About Bluegills<br />
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There are poems about bluegills. There are poems<br />
about trout. The bluegill doesn’t care.<br />
It’ll eat a bare hook but would rather not hear<br />
about your childhood. The bluegill’s thick headed.<br />
It hunkers down in the weeds, thinking. The trout’s like a young girl<br />
in a wedding gown. Touch it and it dies.<br />
You can pull a bluegill out a pike’@###, it might<br />
still swim away. I’m not talking about pumpkinseeds,<br />
those little flecks of tinsel. The bluegill’s<br />
the stud of all panfish. People catch pumpkinseeds<br />
thinking they’re bluegills. A pumpkinseed shivers;<br />
it thinks it’s going to convince you it’s cold.<br />
Bluegills are fatalists. A slab in your hand may jerk its head<br />
twice. Once hooked it goes for the mud. By the time<br />
it’s resting on a flotation device it’s willing to die.<br />
It doesn’t grope like a rock bass, swallowing air,<br />
the bluegill’s a realist. It knows it’s just a wedge of painted flesh,<br />
heavy enough to pull you half out of the boat.<br />
If you’ve got a big white bucket of panfish<br />
sitting on top of the ice, the bluegill’s the one still living,<br />
thinking, its head like a stapler, mulling things over.<br />
DAVID DODD LEE<br />
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I did do some editing on this poem<br />
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gators stink jeff check out chatillon IN s…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-22:2036984:Comment:237082009-02-22T02:05:54.187Zshooterhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/shooter
jeff check out chatillon IN series scales,they are IGFA certifiable scales,i use a 15 lb. chatillon ,it is calibrated in 1/4 oz. incerments.the scale is 3/4 of an inch in dia. and six inches long,i took the metal handle off and put a braided rope in it's place.they are not cheap but they last for ever and are very accurate,and adjustable , i set mine to certified weights.<br />
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gators have bad attitudes
jeff check out chatillon IN series scales,they are IGFA certifiable scales,i use a 15 lb. chatillon ,it is calibrated in 1/4 oz. incerments.the scale is 3/4 of an inch in dia. and six inches long,i took the metal handle off and put a braided rope in it's place.they are not cheap but they last for ever and are very accurate,and adjustable , i set mine to certified weights.<br />
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gators have bad attitudes Isn't that the truth! I can g…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-21:2036984:Comment:236052009-02-21T18:45:54.110ZJeff Sotohttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JeffS
Isn't that the truth! I can go to a famous bass lake, and I want to fish for the Bluegills!
Isn't that the truth! I can go to a famous bass lake, and I want to fish for the Bluegills! i use a CHATILLON made in the…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2009-02-20:2036984:Comment:234832009-02-20T23:40:43.366Zshooterhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/shooter
i use a CHATILLON made in the good old USA mod# IN-15,it is a spring scale and reads up to 15 lbs. it reads in 4oz.increments,and is quite acurate.the scale is adjustable and made out of brass with a nickle plated spring, i use a friends scale weights to check it from time to time .it has held it's accuracy so far, this model sells for around sixty bucks,i picked it up on ebay in like new cond.for 15 dollars including shipping.<br />
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gators stink
i use a CHATILLON made in the good old USA mod# IN-15,it is a spring scale and reads up to 15 lbs. it reads in 4oz.increments,and is quite acurate.the scale is adjustable and made out of brass with a nickle plated spring, i use a friends scale weights to check it from time to time .it has held it's accuracy so far, this model sells for around sixty bucks,i picked it up on ebay in like new cond.for 15 dollars including shipping.<br />
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gators stink