The past couple weeks the gills have been in their spawning areas on our local lake. Now that there isn't safe ice; here's a pick from my last trip. Perch and crappie all 11-11.5''; gills 8-9. BTW I released at least twice the no. of gills as the picture; some that were probably larger, as well. The most gills I kept all season; my brother wanted some, too.