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Offline Jigging Nomad

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Big Bluegill ?
« on: Jan 06, 2008, 03:30 PM »
I've had a great time jigging up bluegill this winter, including about a dozen that have gone 10" or better.  That 10" mark is the "catch and release" trophy standard here in Connecticut.  I got this 10" bluegill this morning on a very small Marmooska tipped with a spike:



What is a big bluegill where you icefish and what jigging baits do you prefer? 

Thanks in advance. 

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #1 on: Jan 06, 2008, 03:40 PM »
Nice Gill.  I would say the 10" mark is a trophy in NY waters also.  I caught one 10 3/4' in December.  Mine came on a metalic perch jigging Rapala fishing for walleyes.  Other than that, most of my big gills come on chartruese moon jigs tipped with a waxworm. 

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #2 on: Jan 06, 2008, 03:50 PM »
nice gill!

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #3 on: Jan 06, 2008, 04:11 PM »
my biggest is 11 1/4....and she doin on the wall i caught her about a month ago... great fish man
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Offline Mikey B

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #4 on: Jan 06, 2008, 04:22 PM »
A 10" gill is big anywhere you fish !! my best is around 9 or so, them big girls are hard to find come winter.
For baits, i like moon glows, and a 1" tube, pearl or black& chartreuse, tipped with a spike.

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #5 on: Jan 06, 2008, 04:23 PM »
10 inches is a very good fish just about anywhere. Some places it's hard to top 9 inches.  Here in Indiana we go more on weight than length though. Anything 1 lb. or over is the cuttoff for a trophy here. And I'm not talking about all those 12 oz. fish people call 1 lb. fish. Incidentally a 1 lb. bluegill here is at least 10 inches.

Here's one a little over 11 inches I caught in a small lake in Massachusetts several years ago.

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #6 on: Jan 06, 2008, 04:26 PM »
Nice Gill... :flex:


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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #7 on: Jan 06, 2008, 05:08 PM »
that's a beaut!

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #8 on: Jan 06, 2008, 06:38 PM »
nice gill...anyone who says that's not that big is lying.....that's a toad no matter where you go.  Here in northern indiana thats a nice gill. We do get them bigger occasionally, but not often.  I personally have a
11 1/4" redear mounted that I caught 2 yrs. ago.  My buddy got a 13" gill out of his grandmas gravel pit about 7 or 8 yrs. ago.
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #9 on: Jan 06, 2008, 06:48 PM »
Thanks for all the feedback.  The 10" ones are generally pretty tough to come by here in CT.  The biggest I have seen/caught here in CT was about 11".  We also get some real nice yellow perch and the occasional real nice crappie. 

I am mainly an open water bass fisherman, but I really enjoy jigging up quality panfish through the ice. 
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #10 on: Jan 06, 2008, 08:31 PM »
Nice Gill.My biggest is around 10".I like the marmooskas also.Have to order more.
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #11 on: Jan 06, 2008, 10:44 PM »
nice gill...anyone who says that's not that big is lying.....that's a toad no matter where you go.  Here in northern indiana thats a nice gill. We do get them bigger occasionally, but not often.  I personally have a
11 1/4" redear mounted that I caught 2 yrs. ago.  My buddy got a 13" gill out of his grandmas gravel pit about 7 or 8 yrs. ago.

Not fair to compare Redears to gills James. Redears get bigger.  ;D  I've mounted several 11 to 12 inchers from the Lake James Chain and Coldwater Lake.
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #12 on: Jan 07, 2008, 04:28 AM »
I totally agree taxidermist!  I don't get a chance to brag about fish very much, so I get it in while I can.  ;) i caught that one and the year before I caught one a little bigger on lake George.  George is a very underrated gill fisherie. 
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #13 on: Jan 07, 2008, 05:10 AM »
We do the same, catch and release on big Bluegills and I feel it keeps the big ones coming back.

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #14 on: Jan 07, 2008, 08:56 AM »
Here are a bunch of good ones I got last winter, now I release most of the real good ones.

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #15 on: Jan 07, 2008, 08:58 AM »
had 5 gills this weekend between a buddy and i that were over 10", and i had a handfull of crappies over 12" also. Too bad the ice if going to disappear.
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #16 on: Jan 07, 2008, 10:26 AM »
My wife caught a big Bluegill a few years ago. It was 14 -1/2" and weighed 1lb 15oz on a certified scale. In almost 50 years of fishing I haven't seen one even close to that size. I had to get it mounted for her. It is a super fish. I'm going to try to post a photo of it. Hope it works

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #17 on: Jan 07, 2008, 10:39 AM »
My wife caught a big Bluegill a few years ago. It was 14 -1/2" and weighed 1lb 15oz on a certified scale. In almost 50 years of fishing I haven't seen one even close to that size. I had to get it mounted for her. It is a super fish. I'm going to try to post a photo of it. Hope it works

Do you have a picture of the mount?  Who mounted it for you?

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #18 on: Jan 07, 2008, 10:52 AM »
Thats one heck of a bluegill.  Congrats to you and your wife. 

Was it caught through the ice? 
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #19 on: Jan 07, 2008, 11:07 AM »
Gambell, Here;s the pic of the mount. It was mounted by Tom Evanicki[sp] from Honeoye. He moved south a few years back and I have lost track of him.

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Huskybass, It was caught in the summer out of a large deep pond.

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #20 on: Jan 07, 2008, 11:21 AM »
thats a very nice bluegill anywhere you go. my biggest was a 14" caught out of a farm pond in the fall. as big as a paper plate, ended up being just under 2 pounds. new to the site so hello to all the long time members.

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #21 on: Jan 07, 2008, 11:35 AM »
i seen a bluegill at a baitstore (Brown's Bait & Tackle) in Jacksonville, Fl when i was in the Navy that was 15.5" and 4.4 lbs. It was huge..
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #22 on: Jan 07, 2008, 01:43 PM »
Bluegills in the 14" - 15" range had to have put up one heck of a fight. Those pictures are outstanding!!

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #23 on: Jan 07, 2008, 04:28 PM »
caught a 12" 7/8 blue gill , just a 1/2" of the state record,what a fight i couldnt killer to mount it  :'( , i put it back to let a nother fisherman catch it :-\
     

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #24 on: Jan 07, 2008, 04:45 PM »
Here is a pic of a 11" one I caught this past summer, fishing some local waters.

sorry about the size of the pic could not resize it.
            
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #25 on: Jan 07, 2008, 06:52 PM »
My biggest gill was caught in the summer 12 1/2" female filled with eggs,i took a picture and put her back in the lake.I have also got a total of twenty over 10" and under 11" caught through the ice, local lake in western NY....

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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #26 on: Jan 07, 2008, 09:10 PM »
I totally agree taxidermist!  I don't get a chance to brag about fish very much, so I get it in while I can.  ;) i caught that one and the year before I caught one a little bigger on lake George.  George is a very underrated gill fisherie. 

Big redears are nice too though! Harder to get to bite through the ice though don't you think?
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #27 on: Jan 08, 2008, 08:18 PM »
My son Carter got this one in June at age 6.  It barely measured 10", but was a beast. 
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #28 on: Jan 09, 2008, 11:21 PM »
yeah id say 8 and up is considered a decent gill around these parts (madison wisconsin)
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Re: Big Bluegill ?
« Reply #29 on: Jan 10, 2008, 12:36 AM »
That is the biggest bluegill I ever seen, I gotta get my wife out there fishing. The mount is super nice!!!!!!!!!

 



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