Pennsylvania, the Northeast region. They came out of a shallow fifty acre lake (private) that is a fish factory. Tons of small to medium perch, pickerel that tend to be large, and a varied size of bass, as well as crappie which have all been large, 11'' and up. The only problem is that nobody can find the crappie on a regular basis. Oh well, have to settle for gills that are often 9'' long. Yes, they are good fighters on a light jigging stick. The day of this picture, I actually pulled my dead stick after two big gills in a row swallowed my jig. The first I had to keep, but by some miracle, I managed to easily pop out the jig on the second. (also a 9) At that point I just jigged for perch, though I caught some beautiful, small seeds, and a few more nice gills. Between me and my buddies, we have released way more big gills than we have kept; it will be interesting to see what size that year class reaches by next winter. Last night, and tonight's dinner, minus the last min perch, caught shortly before dark.