I Was Wrong. There Are Still Big Bluegill In The Metro.

Smashed my pb gill last Friday in the SW metro. I don’t think I even know what my PB was before this but it smashed whatever it was. I’ve never seen a bluegill this big in person. It was pretty awesome. I measured it on my rod because I didn’t have a tape with me so I can’t say it’s official but I measured my rod when I got home and it was just under 10 1/4. Just an absolute beautiful fish that I never thought I’d see in the metro.

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WOW!

Nice Gill Matho!!

Congrats! Reeling that in through the ice probably felt like riding a bull!

Nice tank!

What a beauty!

Great fish. Those are definitely getting harder to come by these days. Congratulations.

That’s a beaut!

thats a dandy!!! wall hanging material!!!!!

Beautiful fish. Lots of them left out there . They are so fun to catch and see. Especially near home

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Excellent!

Awesome fish Mahto! Analytics now says there’s a chance!

Not to one up you, I also smashed my pb! Not in the metro. 11 1/4. Released.

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Nice Bear.
Wait, that’s mine!

Nice one!

Pailofperch wrote:

Awesome fish Mahto! Analytics now says there’s a chance!

Not to one up you, I also smashed my pb! Not in the metro. 11 1/4. Released.

DANG! That’s crazy. Mine was also released! Can’t take those genetics out of our waters!

mahtofire14 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Pailofperch wrote:</div>
Awesome fish Mahto! Analytics now says there’s a chance!

Not to one up you, I also smashed my pb! Not in the metro. 11 1/4. Released.

DANG! That’s crazy. Mine was also released! Can’t take those genetics out of our waters!

Completely agree.

Those are bulls…congrats!! Awesome colors on yours, mahto!

But how can this be? There aren’t supposed to be any sizable fish left in the metro area…

gimruis wrote:

But how can this be? There aren’t supposed to be any sizable fish left in the metro area…

Who says that ?

There’s been a number of individuals on here that have openly posted that. They’re primarily the same people that refer to people living in an urban area as cidiots.

gimruis wrote:

There’s been a number of individuals on here that have openly posted that. They’re primarily the same people that refer to people living in an urban area as cidiots.

gimruis wrote:

There’s been a number of individuals on here that have openly posted that. They’re primarily the same people that refer to people living in an urban area as cidiots.

I’m one of them when it comes to bluegill. The title of this thread stems from my comment in a previous thread that I might not ever catch a ten inch gill in the cities. My opinion really hasn’t changed much even after this fish. Big gills are getting harder and harder to find in the cities.

mahtofire14 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gimruis wrote:</div>
There’s been a number of individuals on here that have openly posted that. They’re primarily the same people that refer to people living in an urban area as cidiots.

I’m one of them when it comes to bluegill. The title of this thread stems from my comment in a previous thread that I might not ever catch a ten inch gill in the cities. My opinion really hasn’t changed much even after this fish. Big gills are getting harder and harder to find in the cities.

Harder to come by everywhere that is easily accessible. Word of a hot panfish bite can decimate a lake quickly.

Did you mention where you caught this?

Matt Moen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mahtofire14 wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gimruis wrote:</div>
There’s been a number of individuals on here that have openly posted that. They’re primarily the same people that refer to people living in an urban area as cidiots.

I’m one of them when it comes to bluegill. The title of this thread stems from my comment in a previous thread that I might not ever catch a ten inch gill in the cities. My opinion really hasn’t changed much even after this fish. Big gills are getting harder and harder to find in the cities.

Harder to come by everywhere that is easily accessible. Word of a hot panfish bite can decimate a lake quickly.

Did you mention where you caught this?

Not a word.

Beautiful fish!

Did you catch several other decent ones?

suzuki wrote:

Did you catch several other decent ones?

I got a few 8 inchers but not another one in that class. It was in shallow water also. 5 ft with the gill hitting my lure about 2 ft off the bottom.

mahtofire14 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Matt Moen wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mahtofire14 wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gimruis wrote:</div>
There’s been a number of individuals on here that have openly posted that. They’re primarily the same people that refer to people living in an urban area as cidiots.

I’m one of them when it comes to bluegill. The title of this thread stems from my comment in a previous thread that I might not ever catch a ten inch gill in the cities. My opinion really hasn’t changed much even after this fish. Big gills are getting harder and harder to find in the cities.

Harder to come by everywhere that is easily accessible. Word of a hot panfish bite can decimate a lake quickly.

Did you mention where you caught this?

Not a word.

my guess would be Fish Lake, – yeah that one

mahtofire14 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>suzuki wrote:</div>
Did you catch several other decent ones?

I got a few 8 inchers but not another one in that class. It was in shallow water also. 5 ft with the gill hitting my lure about 2 ft off the bottom.

I found my gills this weekend in 6ft of water. Many were caught around the 4ft mark. North of metro. Took two outings to get enough keepers for a meal. My large fluke fish was 8.5. All others under 8. Very cool fish you got!

Here’s my big one from the weekend. Little different setting……..lol

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The one I posted above was 10.5, catch lots in the area near 10. Buddy pulled a 11.5 out that is being turned in to a replica. Most our panfish come from 8 ft and less.

The angle of your first pic makes it look like its 14 inches long and 10 tall lol.