Well i do know the record here in Virginia is 4lb. 12 oz.is the state record
and i mounted one 15 years ago for a friend that went 3lb 12oz
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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
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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
