8oz. off state record

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Comment by Bruce Condello on January 20, 2011 at 3:59pm

Amazing story.  Many of the biggest bluegill come out of systems that are surprisingly clear.  Usually you associate clarity with lack of productivity.  The final piece of the puzzle is usually either low competition, or some unique abundant prey source like glass shrimp, or crayfish....something fairly slow and accessible...but abundant.

Comment by Steve Gobel on January 20, 2011 at 2:02pm

Its a replica(real one fell of wall three times and was tired of repairing it)caught where three ponds hook to gether ,very clear spring water, lots of underwater moss and belive me I have made many casts from the exact same spot many years in a row, sad thing they drained these ponds to do bank work and fishing was never the same, there was a bass we named george that we (dad and I) saw for weeks on end (very big) I remember catching a large bullfrog and just hooking a no. 6 hook through it lip and through him out like it was a softball it said out and just foated for a while and george came up and swollowed him , had him on for a few min. befor he spit him out (was never hooked just too much frog to spit out I guess) dad caught him a few weeks later right at 7 lbs and had a baby duck in his gut.. the good ol days..

Comment by JBplusThuy on January 20, 2011 at 1:28pm

I'm speechless! Well, almost ;) I have brooms that aren't as wide as that tail. Amazing fish! If I were you, I'd stand in that spot late at night and fish on a pretty regular basis :-)

Comment by John Sheehan on January 20, 2011 at 12:57pm

What a fish??Look at that Pectoral Fin !!!It looks like a Japanese fan!!

 

Congratulations on a supurb catch! Is that a replica?

Comment by Bruce Condello on January 20, 2011 at 11:48am

...and 11 o'clock at night is really interesting.  The water must have been ultra-clear.

Comment by Bruce Condello on January 20, 2011 at 11:47am

Agreed.  I'll bet that fish is a survivor.  I'd also bet that this fish had ample forage from the first year through his last.  Typically it will occur in a pond with limited competition from others of the same species.

Comment by Steve Gobel on January 20, 2011 at 11:30am

Southern Idaho,   bluegill grow slow here (water temp) think this gill is pretty old...

Comment by John Cachel on January 20, 2011 at 9:27am

That's BIG and beauitful bluegill! Great looking on your wall! What state?

Comment by Steve Gobel on January 20, 2011 at 6:05am

state record is 3lb 8oz  and has been there since 1966, I think I caught it about the middle of may,

Comment by Steve Gobel on January 20, 2011 at 6:01am

cant remember girth, but was 13 inches long..

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