What's your biggest Bluegill??

[Doublewide]

I've gotten several 9 inch plus fish but have never been able to hit the 10 inch mark. I have had the good luck to catch a 13 1/2 inch Redear Sunfish, locally known as a Shellcracker.

I'll bet some of you folks from South Ga. and Fl. get into some good ones.

Just how big is big?

Tom

[Gandolf]

Hi Doublewide,

My biggest bluegill is about 9 inches, or a bit bigger. The biggest sunfish was a green sunfish about 10 inches maybe.

Regards,

Gandolf

[jimsnarocks]

I caught several this size They appear to be 9 1/2" to 10" The tape on my apron may or may not be accurate. These are about my personal best. Jim





I didn't get this one to the apron. Had a hard time getting my hand around it.

[SteveP]

My personal best was a 14" redear but I took my son in the canoe with me one day when he was 3 and he landed a 13 1/2 bluegill on bobber and worm after he cast right where I had been dragging out 9-10 inchers with a small popper. Absolutely the biggest gill I have ever seen big enough that it almost looked unatural.

Steve

[James Smith]

I am fortunate enough to live on a small (50 acre) lake that gets very light fishing pressure and has a very good bass and bream population. I caught my largest bluegill of 11 1/2" and my largest Red Ear of 15" last spring, both on the same pattern; an all black seal fur leach with a red plastic beadhead. I know the routine of if there's no picture, it really didn't happen, but I'm not ready to bring my digital camera out in the kayak with me. Besides, if you saw the photos I take, it wouldn't prove anything. They look like the shots of alien spacecraft, big foot and the Lochness Monster, only not quite as focused.

Jim Smith

[DaveP63]

I have been lucky enough to chatch three over 12" and lots of 9-10s, all in private ponds.

[steveks]

Greensunfish 10", red ear 9 1/2", bluegill 11 7/8. Gotta love big panfish.

[deathb4disco]

Bluegill 11"

Shellcracker 12"

[Bluegill222]

I broke 12" once, 11" once, get a few in the 10" range each year and a lot of 8's and 9's. There's a lot of good gill fishing around here because everybody's chasing the crappie, cats, and bass instead, so the little guys get a chance to grow up.

[anglerdave]

Biggest bluegill for me so far on a fly rod as been 9 1/2".