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Monster Gill!!


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I caught this gill while throwing a titanium spinner bait for pike. I did not measure it but it had to be close to 11" or better. The spinner bait is a full size bait not one of those mini deals and I have pretty good sized hands ( I am 6'5" ) any guess on the weight of this girl?

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Very nice gill sfg! Spinners can be a great bait for big gills! Once they get big enough, they are like crappies and switch to nearly an all fish diet.

Here's a timely article from Matt Johnson about spinners. Matt passes on some good info to help catch some big gills, although I don't think he ever intended for anyone to get them on bass spinnerbaits!

Congrats on the great fish.

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I really should have probably mounted that one as well as the 31" walleye I released the same week. I would rather do a replica on them but didnt have a tape to measure girth etc. plus I didnt want to keep them out of the water too long screwing around measuring. What do the taxidermists need to do a replica?

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That is a PERFECT picture for re-creating your fishes original colors. It's always a good idea to take pics from several angles and try to avoid sun glare in the pics. Dandy gill shortfg!

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I just did a measurement and it looks to me to be just over 12 inches long. I use this photo to measure since the one above has the tail cut off. I measured the smaller blade on the spinner and it is 1.5 inches long. how much would that weigh?

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Its hard to say if that is accurate though, the tail of the gill is closer to the camera lens then the spinnerbait, that changes the perspective and makes it appear longer. I would have no Idea how to get a measurement for a pic, there has to be some formula for taking lens angle into account, but I am just a truck driver and can't help you there.

Dandy gill by the way, I caught one a few years back on a full size spinnerbait that didn't look much different than that, unfortunately I didn't get a measurement on that one either!

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Just two cents, from a 30 yr taxidermist who also does repro's..

If the small blade is 1.5" and you don't take into consideration distortion from the photo angle, the fish would be approx. 11.25" (accounting for distortion would still be around 11") with an approx. girth of 10". That would put the fish around 1.35#.

That's one dandy gill in anyones book. Congrats!!!!!

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