What IS a big bluegill? - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T09:29:26Zhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/what-is-a-big-bluegill?feed=yes&xn_auth=nonice vid Damon... looked like…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-30:2036984:Comment:7087982016-12-30T19:20:06.787ZSlip Sinkerhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">nice vid Damon... looked like a nice day to be out on the lake.</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">nice vid Damon... looked like a nice day to be out on the lake.</span></i></b></p> I got a nine incher this time…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-30:2036984:Comment:7084502016-12-30T08:14:55.818ZDamon Toneyhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/DamonToney
<p>I got a nine incher this time. It's about the biggest I've caught, not the biggest in existence, but pretty good for such a featureless lake like mine.</p>
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<p>I got a nine incher this time. It's about the biggest I've caught, not the biggest in existence, but pretty good for such a featureless lake like mine.</p>
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</p> Big bluegill are the hardest…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-27:2036984:Comment:7084122016-12-27T18:23:33.249ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"https://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
Big bluegill are the hardest of freshwater fish to consistently catch. The guys that do it aren't doing it by luck.
Big bluegill are the hardest of freshwater fish to consistently catch. The guys that do it aren't doing it by luck. HEY NOEL;; CHECK OUT OUR ; R…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-27:2036984:Comment:7085572016-12-27T17:37:09.979Zcarl hendrixhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/carlhendrix
<p>HEY NOEL;; CHECK OUT OUR ; RENDEVOU MEETING ; SOME OF US HAVE;; FISH IN KENTUCKY LAKE ! PIX OF THE CABINS ARE ON MY PIX PAGES; PLUS SOME OF THE ANTICS THAT GO ON THERE;; ALSO;; BE SURE TO CHECK OUT;; LORD OF THE FLY RODS PAGES ; N BLOGS ON THE RENDEVOU ! YOU JUST MIGHT WANT TO COME TO IT ! MAY 20TH 2017 !!</p>
<p>HEY NOEL;; CHECK OUT OUR ; RENDEVOU MEETING ; SOME OF US HAVE;; FISH IN KENTUCKY LAKE ! PIX OF THE CABINS ARE ON MY PIX PAGES; PLUS SOME OF THE ANTICS THAT GO ON THERE;; ALSO;; BE SURE TO CHECK OUT;; LORD OF THE FLY RODS PAGES ; N BLOGS ON THE RENDEVOU ! YOU JUST MIGHT WANT TO COME TO IT ! MAY 20TH 2017 !!</p> I've had to photo-shop enlarg…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-27:2036984:Comment:7084442016-12-27T15:54:36.166ZNoel Relbighttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/NoelGibler
<p>I've had to photo-shop enlarge all the BG that I have caught over 8 inches...(don't tell anybody).</p>
<p>To all you big 8 to 10 inch BG catchers, please enjoy the next one you catch a little extra for me! My day is coming, however. </p>
<p>Does anybody need a fishing partner?</p>
<p>I've had to photo-shop enlarge all the BG that I have caught over 8 inches...(don't tell anybody).</p>
<p>To all you big 8 to 10 inch BG catchers, please enjoy the next one you catch a little extra for me! My day is coming, however. </p>
<p>Does anybody need a fishing partner?</p> I have always believed that a…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-20:2036984:Comment:7074772016-12-20T05:31:09.412ZJim Gronawhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JimGronaw
<p>I have always believed that any bluegill over 10 inches to be an exceptional fish just about anywhere in the country. The Southern California lakes are indeed exceptional with their larger fish and anglers in those regions are very blessed. In my home waters along the Mason Dixon Line I have located several smaller public lakes that are producing 10-inch class fish. An 11 inch fish in my area is quite rare, and they are usually caught from private venues. In each of the last two seasons, I…</p>
<p>I have always believed that any bluegill over 10 inches to be an exceptional fish just about anywhere in the country. The Southern California lakes are indeed exceptional with their larger fish and anglers in those regions are very blessed. In my home waters along the Mason Dixon Line I have located several smaller public lakes that are producing 10-inch class fish. An 11 inch fish in my area is quite rare, and they are usually caught from private venues. In each of the last two seasons, I have caught and released six individuals over the 11 inch mark, with two right at 11.25 for the biggest. I am tickled with 8-9 inch fish, as these are still 'quality' fish in my opinion. In 2015 we C&Red 174 over 10 inches and I am somewhere around 100 of that size for 2016. Amazingly, most of the 10 inch + gills came from public waters, while all the 11 inch fish were from private lakes.</p>
<p>Jeffrey's Albermarle rivers are indeed exceptional as well, with many fish over the 10 inch standard. I fished there with him back in Oct of 2013 and got enough of a taste of this vast system to believe it to be the premier public bluegill fishery in the nation with both sheer numbers of 10-inch fish and the potential for 11 to 12 inch trophy coppernose bluegills as well. Other waters can claim larger top-end specimens, but if I were to fashion a road trip specifically for world class, big bluegill adventures, I would choose this fascinating, blackwater swamp-like environment for high numbers of high-end bluegills. So much water and almost unbelievable numbers of big fish...check his photos!</p>
<p>My other choice would be the waters of Minnesota and North Dakota where Garett Svir and Clayton Davis routinely catch 10-inch fish and even some to the 12 inch mark that possess the body dynamics seldom seen anywhere these fish swim, with great girth and bulk...incredible fish! Those deeper, clear lakes of the desert southwest, to include Perris and Skinner coppernose, Lake Havasu red ears and gillcracker hybrids, would also rank high on the list for 'bucket list' destinations.</p>
<p>But there is nothing wrong at all with 8-9 inch fish. If they are the top-end gills in your lake, then those are the fish that the majority of need to be released routinely. Don't feel bad about keeping a hard-earned 'fish of a life time' if you are so blessed to capture one. If it is a trophy to you, then it is indeed a trophy! Then you need to hook up with either Tim Overbaugh or Jimmy Lawrence for a world-class replica! Good Luck to all of you!</p> Jeff
Don't feel bad, some of…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-20:2036984:Comment:7075662016-12-20T04:45:12.307ZJoe Angeluccihttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JoeAngelucci
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<p>Don't feel bad, some of us are looking in the other direction for size ( Micro - Fishing). My personal goal is a 1 inch Bluegill. I got close this year at 1.25 inches. Small for me is a challenge since most terminal tackle is designed for large fish. </p>
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<p>Don't feel bad, some of us are looking in the other direction for size ( Micro - Fishing). My personal goal is a 1 inch Bluegill. I got close this year at 1.25 inches. Small for me is a challenge since most terminal tackle is designed for large fish. </p>
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<p>JDA</p> Any gill that overhangs my ha…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-20:2036984:Comment:7076012016-12-20T03:19:56.069ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"https://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
<p>Any gill that overhangs my hand is big by my standards</p>
<p>Any gill that overhangs my hand is big by my standards</p> I kind of feel bad so those f…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-20:2036984:Comment:7074712016-12-20T01:04:38.528ZJeff Sotohttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JeffSoto
<p>I kind of feel bad so those fishermen that do not have accesses to large Bluegill. Also the other fishermen that think their local Bluegill are big when they are 8 inches long. It was the same way for me until I met my neighbor a few years ago who showed me how to fish for and catch Bluegill that are true trophy catches in many states in the U.S.! Of course it really helps to live close to a lake that has an abundant population of giant Bluegill and that my "teacher" is Big Bluegill…</p>
<p>I kind of feel bad so those fishermen that do not have accesses to large Bluegill. Also the other fishermen that think their local Bluegill are big when they are 8 inches long. It was the same way for me until I met my neighbor a few years ago who showed me how to fish for and catch Bluegill that are true trophy catches in many states in the U.S.! Of course it really helps to live close to a lake that has an abundant population of giant Bluegill and that my "teacher" is Big Bluegill expert Sonny D., better known here as "LedHed". Now a 7 to 8 inch Bluegill is eating size, and a 9 to 10 inch fish is a "nice one", and an 11 to 12 inch fish is one that is handled very carefully to CPR (catch, photograph and release) so as to help maintain the population of big trophy sized panfish in the lake. Actually we are careful with all fish we catch.. most are released. There are not a lot of 12 inch fish caught, but enough are caught periodically to make every trip a chance of catching one. I am fairly certain that there are a population of 13 inch 3 pounders swimming in the lake. Our local Bass Pro Shops aquarium has a couple that are easily 3 pounders that were caught at Lake Perris by bass fishermen. </p>
<p>For me personally, an 11 inch Bluegill is a Big Bluegill, but this year I will beat my personal best of 12 inches and make a replica of it. ( Ha ha! Hopefully!)</p> MIKE;; FOR CONSIDERATION;; LO…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-12-08:2036984:Comment:7064432016-12-08T23:58:41.868Zcarl hendrixhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/carlhendrix
<p>MIKE;; FOR CONSIDERATION;; LOOK AT BRUCE CONDELLOS PICTS. OF SOME OF THOSE HUGE BLUE GILL HE HAS CAUGHT !! AND;; !!! CHECK OUT;; LEDHEADS PIXS !! THOSE WOULD BE--- TROPHY BLUE GILLS FOR ANYBODY !!</p>
<p>MIKE;; FOR CONSIDERATION;; LOOK AT BRUCE CONDELLOS PICTS. OF SOME OF THOSE HUGE BLUE GILL HE HAS CAUGHT !! AND;; !!! CHECK OUT;; LEDHEADS PIXS !! THOSE WOULD BE--- TROPHY BLUE GILLS FOR ANYBODY !!</p>