Here's a picture of my 36 inch 10 pound bluegill. Pictures don't lie!
Stan Coffin Lake Central Washington fish in 2008
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Actually I have been fishing only twice for gills. It was too early in the Spring and the biggest I have ever caught is about 7 inches long. All the rest ( about 50 or so ) were in the 4-5 inch class. British Columbia doesn't have bluegills this far north. I had to travel south to Washington State to catch this beauty.
I was going to have it properly mounted but instead elected to feed the Whole crowd at the fish-in with it.