13"and 14" gills

[rtibbs48]

Heading to Il. tomorrow for a week.friend told me there is 12"to 13"of ice and they have been getting some 13"and 14" gills.may have to try, will never get one that big out here.

[Crappie_Rod]

Pretty hard to believe that?

[rtibbs48]

I don't know, will have to see. This is in southern Il.

[maddogg]

Pictures please

[Gills-only]

Never seen one that big, seen a lot of em, would like a picture if you get into them!!  Lot of guys get 10-11" gills which are huge, but when you put the tape to them they shrink!!!

[BIGCREW]

I seen a video a while back where this guy was breeding these giant gills,I think he said that a 12 inch 1 1/2 pound fish is average, they are supposed to grow real fast ,I think the guy was from Georgia, I wish the fish comm. would stock some of those around here

[chez]

If you guys get into 14" gills please post some pics.I have gotten a few close to 11",BUT not even close to 14".GOOD LUCK MY FRIEND.

[RAU]

Yea thats really, really big!!  This isnt a bluegill but i bet it was well over 14"

http://www.in-fisherman.com/2014/02/28/world-record-sunfish/

[Basspunker182]

I saw that article on the 5-lb sunnie. RIDICULOUS is all I can say !

[Van_Cleaver]

I looked at some state record fish (gills and sunfish) and some of them were 13-14''. Of course those were the biggest fish ever recorded in those states. Some were over 3# !!!

[Ski Hunter]

I looked at some state record fish (gills and sunfish) and some of them were 13-14''. Of course those were the biggest fish ever recorded in those states. Some were over 3# !!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redear_sunfish

my guess is this is what they are as there are a few lakes out in the midwest that have them

[Gills-only]

The adult fish is between 20 and 24 centimetres (7.9 and 9.4 in) in length.   From the above article

[WildOutdoorAddict]

Good luck Roy..and let us know how you do! 

[Oldbear]

Those must be mahemoth buggers.  Post pix if you get some.

[captain54]

45 years on chasing Gills only about 30 plus fish hit 10 inches. 10.25 is best ,maybe 6 fish have hit that mark. NO WAY 13-14 " fish. People post nice pic's but they never measuse what they say. 9.5 gills are giants. Can't wait for PIC"S lol

[Snapper]

Hooking a 13-14” Gill would be a feat, if you do post up a pick I would love to see it.  Heck if you whack a 11-12” fish post up a pick.  That would be one heck of a Gill.  Good luck brother, I hope you get a bucket full of them .   

[1MOFISH]

Hooking a 13-14” Gill would be a feat, if you do post up a pick I would love to see it.  Heck if you whack a 11-12” fish post up a pick.  That would be one heck of a Gill.  Good luck brother, I hope you get a bucket full of them .

we regularly caught 12" blue gill fishing the yough dam towards Maryland with "PARK" nicklow from Addison GOD REST his soul throwing "CRABS" soft ones on structure old sunken bridges etc 5lb smallies and 16" perch too! wanted to ice fish there never got the chance
GOD BLESS
mo

[1MOFISH]

this will get your dander up, they get buckets full of 12 to 15" bluegills from the ambridge reservoir  only the privledged can fish there same with beaver run,i believe the fish commish shocks beaver run and moves fish to northmoreland park  just sayin
GOD BLESS
mo

[Ski Hunter]

The adult fish is between 20 and 24 centimetres (7.9 and 9.4 in) in length.   From the above article

Max length is 43.2 cm (17.0 in)

a few pics https://www.google.com/search?q=shellcracker+sunfish&client=firefox-a&hs=v0e&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=kavxaFSq1jXjXM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcQfB43JNVF6DziWQf81O46nZs3ifW5tlNQrann_xUuCJ-pv7a0DGw%253B500%253B251%253BtM1kXiWLLW7ZdM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.tnfish.org%25252FFishIdentificationID_TWRA%25252FTWRA_Sunfish_Identification_Key.htm&source=iu&usg=__ON533U_y68NnyfpYTlO_UI2TImo%3D&sa=X&ei=TfkZU8zdDoePkAff6IGICA&ved=0CDQQ9QEwAw&biw=1366&bih=611#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=kavxaFSq1jXjXM%253A%3BtM1kXiWLLW7ZdM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.tnfish.org%252FFishIdentificationID_TWRA%252FFullWebImages%252FRedearSunfishShellcrackerLoudounNegus.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.tnfish.org%252FFishIdentificationID_TWRA%252FTWRA_Sunfish_Identification_Key.htm%3B500%3B251

[Gills-only]

We are talking bluegills, shellcrackers and bream ect, are in the same family but are not true blue's

[PAluke]

I'm guessing these are hybrids.  True bluegill crossed with a green sunfish.  They will reach that status in certain situations. 

[sparky]

Been getting a lot of gills at Pymatuning this year.  So far out of the hundreds that I've caught there have been 12 over 10 inches and one that just made the 11 inch mark.  If we had a longer growing season I could  see gills getting in the 12-14 inch range.

[XhardwaterX]

Hybrids can reach that, an pretty fast too, that's why they stock em in lakes down south an in the west. But their top end weight is smaller than a pure natural monster haha

[maddogg]

We had a guy at work who bragged about all the big fish he caught.We found out  he would measure them from the tail to the tip of his rod.