Author Topic: Biggest gill (Read 13641 times)

rileyross · « **on:** Feb 06, 2008, 08:01 PM »

Show off your best gill.

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Townie · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 22, 2008, 10:18 PM »

Best bull this winter. MA fish just over 9"

Buck762 · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 24, 2008, 05:32 PM »

Quote from: Townie on Feb 22, 2008, 10:18 PM

Best bull this winter. MA fish just over 9"

Mabey i just dont pay attention to my fish, but that gill has wierd finns

walleye tattoo · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 24, 2008, 08:48 PM »

Steroids ??.

miket. · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 24, 2008, 08:51 PM »

looks like hes on steroids and exersizes by doing lots of swimming around.

Townie · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 25, 2008, 10:12 PM »

Quote from: Buck762 on Feb 24, 2008, 05:32 PM

Mabey i just dont pay attention to my fish, but that gill has wierd finns

Dorsal fin was nicked on that 'gill

panfishman13 · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 26, 2008, 07:21 PM »

mine is 9.5" but my brother got a hawg 10 incher last summer

beagler · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 28, 2008, 07:41 PM »

Better have a congressional hearing on that first fish in relation to steroid use.

miket. · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 28, 2008, 09:09 PM »

ah we will just give him an asteric,

DUCKDIGGLER · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 01, 2008, 05:16 PM »

Quote from: walleye tattoo on Feb 24, 2008, 08:48 PM

Steroids ??.

Nope......Performance Enhancing Grubs!!

miket. · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 02, 2008, 05:20 PM »

good one duckdiggler.

DUCKDIGGLER · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 02, 2008, 05:46 PM »

Ahhh.....Thank you! (In my best Austin Powers voice) 8)

taxi1 · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 04, 2008, 07:40 AM »

Massachusetts gill. 11 inches out of Mirror Lake in Devens.

gwebb · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 04, 2008, 09:55 AM »

I have a pic of one 11 1/4" taken ice fishing this year but I can't post pictures in my reply. Do I need so many posts to post a picture??

taxi1 · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 04, 2008, 06:40 PM »

Quote from: gwebb on Mar 04, 2008, 09:55 AM

I have a pic of one 11 1/4" taken ice fishing this year but I can't post pictures in my reply. Do I need so many posts to post a picture??

Do you have an online link as in photobucket?

gwebb · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 04, 2008, 08:00 PM »

No. Guess I need to make an account. After I posted this I started looking to try and learn how to post a photo and found the info I needed. One of the other sites I frequently visit you can post straight from your PC. I just recognized your picture. Good to see your doing well.

taxi1 · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 04, 2008, 10:01 PM »

Quote from: gwebb on Mar 04, 2008, 08:00 PM

No. Guess I need to make an account. After I posted this I started looking to try and learn how to post a photo and found the info I needed. One of the other sites I frequently visit you can post straight from your PC. I just recognized your picture. Good to see your doing well.

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perchwisher · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 02, 2008, 08:54 PM »

Twelve inch filet knife

Townie · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 01:02 PM »

Quote from: taxidermist1 on Mar 04, 2008, 07:40 AM

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Massachusetts gill. 11 inches out of Mirror Lake in Devens.

Same water for my 'Gill

Great Bull 'gill pond--hard to ice tho.'

bigbucky1 · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 13, 2008, 08:18 PM »

I have caught one in NC, when I lived there, that was an 11 incher but got no pics. He did eat good though. Along with all his brother and sisters.

taxi1 · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 13, 2008, 08:43 PM »

Quote from: Townie on Dec 03, 2008, 01:02 PM

Same water for my 'Gill Great Bull 'gill pond--hard to ice tho.'

Yeah I don't recall catching them through the ice at all although other times of the year I did. Got a lot of brookies just under the ice with tipups though. Of course this was back in the late 60's early 70's!

I do remember getting them suspended in about 20 feet of water in the summer. We'd cast out a crawler and before it sank down to the trout on the bottom the big gills would grab it. I'm thinking that may where they are in the winter.

Jigging Nomad · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 14, 2008, 09:16 AM »

Here's one I got last winter that nearly touched both sides of a 5 gallon bucket. Probably a little shy of 11".

Here's a pair of gills over 10".

Lobes · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 14, 2008, 10:23 AM »

Now those are some fine gills Huskybass!

NBG

Jigging Nomad · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 14, 2008, 12:34 PM »

Thanks. My goal is to get a legit 11" bluegill this winter. 10" is the C & R trophy mimimum here in CT.

captain54 · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 15, 2008, 07:46 AM »

Caught Thousands of 8 to 10 inch gills,only caught a couple of dozen over 10 inches in my 40 some years ice fishing,here in Pa. it take 8 to 10 years to grow those true bulls.That a long time.

fathead · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 15, 2008, 06:39 PM »

is that true 8 to 10 years
i'd never have thought that to be true

Buck762 · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 15, 2008, 08:45 PM »

I was looking at the ruler on my ice spoon just now. 12 inches is insane!! Hopefully I will get into some good panfish this year

taxi1 · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 15, 2008, 10:34 PM »

Quote from: fathead on Dec 15, 2008, 06:39 PM

is that true 8 to 10 years
i'd never have thought that to be true

It's true. Could be even a little longer depending on where you're located.

captain54 · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 16, 2008, 07:43 AM »

I once took a half 5 gallon bucket of Extra large bulls (9 plus inches) to show my bait shop guy the quality gills I fish for,just so happens the Pa.fish wardens there,he pulls out a chart out of his wallet,that shows a 8 inch Pa. gill to be at 8 years old.(9 plus bulls maybe 10 or more years old.) That's another really not to throw dinks on the ice to die your throwing a 4 or 5 year old fish on the ice,over fishing of the bulls can deplete the breeders.

taxi1 · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 16, 2008, 07:57 AM »

Quote from: captain54 on Dec 16, 2008, 07:43 AM

I once took a half 5 gallon bucket of Extra large bulls (9 plus inches) to show my bait shop guy the quality gills I fish for,just so happens the Pa.fish wardens there,he pulls out a chart out of his wallet,that shows a 8 inch Pa. gill to be at 8 years old.(9 plus bulls maybe 10 or more years old.) That's another really not to throw dinks on the ice to die your throwing a 4 or 5 year old fish on the ice,over fishing of the bulls can deplete the breeders.

It all depends Captain54 on he place you're fishing. Large bodies of water can take the pressure better than smaller ones. Some lakes the dinks are actually older than you think due to there being too many and they are stunted.

Here's an interesting thing about fish a lot of people don't know. Regardless of how slow or fast they grow their eyes grow at a uniform rate. If you catch a small fish with what appear to be large eyes most likely it's a stunted fish. One exception would be species that have large eyes anyway such as crappies.

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Author Topic: Biggest gill (Read 13641 times)