10 1/2 long bluegill

[erikwells]

I caught three of these last night on my flyrod. How much does a 10 1/2 inch long bluegill weigh? Big fight and lots of fun.

[united jigsticker]

About 1#. Nice fish!

[protrapper]

A pound maybe a little more. Get them mounted together on some driftwood. Nice catch.

[juddfish]

I would say your pushin a pound and a half since they are full of spawn this time of year.
~juddfish

[Rainman]

All I can say is NICE fish! I hope you mounted them and not fried them, that would be a waste. Those fish are probably 10+ years old! WOW!

[erikwells]

Rainman, they still swim. I don't keep the big fish. I love to catch them. I got them on an ultralite fly rod with an orange popper fly. They tore my equipment up. Good fishing!

[Guest]

Brace yourself, today the family locked into some huge sunnies. One 9 1/2, two 10 1/2's, two 11 1/4's, and one beast at 11 1/2. Two are gong on the wall. The big beast was probably 2 inches thick. My wife didn't want to pick her up thinking she might bust open in the boat. She's still out there since we already had two in the livewell.

Thought we had bass at first. Odd thing is, the lake is shallow, even freezes out some years, loaded with bass of all sizes, and few people fish the sunnies.

Two charts have them weighing over a pound. We each caught at least one monster.

[Iron Cowboy]

Hey blacklab , where were you fishing?
I dont expect you to give out the lake or spots on it but in general what county or part of the state?

[Aquaman01]

Nice fishes Mr. Wells - glad ya got out. Was that a walk, or a drive?

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[Guest]

We were in the Spicer area. The big sunnies were in about 6' of water while the smaller ones were in 2-4'. Does anyone know how deep a sunfish will make a bed? I've seen them in 3-4', many in shallower. The water was too murky to see down that deep.

We caught loads of bass too. Many were little but caught some over 14". We brought home a couple of them. I figured they were spawned out but one had eggs yet.

[Dynasty]

1 lb., really? From the 10th to this morning I was in Florida and me and my cousin caught so many 10-11" sun/bluegills. My rapala scale was saying 9-10 ozs. Maybe its because the scale is less accurate on lighter fish. Biggest bluegill I had caught until my trip was only 9", so this was a lot of fun. We were catching them on tuna and hotdogs, right of the end of a dock.

[simplefish]

In clear water I have found them as deep as 10'-15' when making beds but in murky water I tend to find them within 5 feet of water or less, often right up next to the bank if it's deep enough to cover their backs. I use bright colored jigs like flu-flus' and beetle spins. Grubs are good but I like minnows for crappies, they tend to think the minnows are stealing eggs. Dangle it in front of their face and they'll hit it. Tubes can work well also. Look for available cover, over hanging trees are good, for sunnies. Fish grubs on a chartrues flu-flu, can't go wrong. Hope this helps.

[united jigsticker]

Scott's weight estimate sounds to be right on the money.

I have also been out on lakes with extrememly clear water (18-20 feet) and found bluegill beds in 12 feet of water.

This is truly an awesome experience, especially on a dead flat day, as it is only what I imagine what its like to be hovering over the moon.

Pulling swirly 8-9" Gills up out of 12 feet of water while site fishing them was an awesome experience.

Releasing them was equally as fun, as they swim right back down and reside on their same nests. Unbelievable!

Good fishing.

[CrappieJohn]

Probably thirty years ago I was fishing on Cross Lake, right at the bridge where Daggett Lake turns into Cross. It was hotter than hades out, so I went under the bridge to try and get some reprieve and toss a couple beers. While under there I flipped my line out and pow! A great big sunnie. Rebaited and did the same thing. This went on all afternoon. What it was, there was a drop-off right there at the bridge and the deep water end of it was under the structure. I could look down in the water and see huge schools of sunnies and crappies lined up at that break in the shade...not a fish in the sun. That water was about 12 feet, but they were not on beds...just seeking comfort. It was a riot to target a fish and then drop the bait to within an inch or so of its snout and tease it into biting. I hit that same spot the next morning very, very early and nailed walleyes as well as the pannies. What a ball it is to be able to fish that way!

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[Scott Steil]

Depending if they were male or female, about 1 lb 3 ounces. Female full of eggs will be a little more. Males, during spawn may be actually a little less.

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[Guest]

crappie tom......i had a similar experience a few years back while fishing under a bridge my self.......(bridge on hwy 65 in pengilly, mn.(swan lake bridge)...a guy was tied up to one of the bridge pilings...as the bridge was within a 200' of the lakes main landing (one has to go under the bridge to get to the landing)...as we went past this guy toward the landing ,he just happened to hook into a 12" crappie........uffda!.......hey!......what do we have here!....i then went under the bridge (on the bank with a bucket of minnows ,yes ...even I use minnows occasionally...lol)...my wife had a lawn chair and was reading a book.....and proceeded to pound the crappies.........unbelieveable fishing....those crappies we're stacked along those pilings like cord wood...guess they were just getting out of the sun like crappie tom said....one would think that all the boat traffic would have scared those crappies out of there...not so...didn't seem to bother em at all...crappies bit even while boats passed by and were in awe of me catching those fish ...guess it's time for me to get back to that bridge...lol!....sixmile jon

[CrappieJohn]

Sixmile...I'd be willing to bet that if you'd gone diving, you would not only have found all the fish in the shade, but with thier noses within a foot of those pilings. These fish are notorious for feeding off structure like that, primarily on invertebrates and the like. Crappies have eyes that they can thicken to act as telescopes or thin down to act as microscopes ( this action is from the back of the eyeball to the front). That is one reason they can seem to come from nowhere and hit a bait and we have all seen them rise from deep water to study a jig/bait under the ice. The fish coming off those pilings were more than likely up tight to them studying the bug world and enjoying some chow! And of cvourse you arrived to assist in satisfying the pangs...lol. Hot weather and bridges go well together if there is enough water...going to need 8-12 feet depending on clarity.

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Sure life happens- why wait....The Crapster....good fishing guys!