Tom: We are lucky here in Bama, to be only one of three states I think, to have four pound bluegills on record.. We call those big ones (a pound or better) "hubcaps" cause that is what they are shaped like. FL has three pounders on record, but I'm sure 4 pounders have been caught there, just not officially recorded... I've never seen a four pounder, but did see a 2 1/2 pounder and that thing was just like I said "a hubcap".. He was so old he was jet black when he came out of the water. This was at a State Lake we have near here and that guy had it mounted...It appeared to be about 14"... Is was a monster, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Bluegill fishing with the Adams?? > Reading the first paragraph of my prior post shows writing email at > 12:08 pm is too late! And I agree that catching those big 'Gills is > much harder... especially around here because there probably aren't > any! But I have caught one monster at Lake Powell. I was fly > fishing one of the back bays for small mouth with no success, but > caught a huge Bluegill... pushing 12 inches vertically and 10 or 11 > horizontally. I don't know how big they can get but 12 inches of > Bluegill is a lot of fish. > > When I called the ones we caught as a kid "hand sized" I was > referring to an 10 year old hand. > > Tom >
