Author Topic: What size bluegill would you mount? (Read 5066 times)

satyr36 · « **on:** Dec 30, 2017, 12:18 PM »

Caught a monster today. Biggest ive seen in person. What size would you mount?

stinkyfingers · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 12:24 PM »

Put that puppy in the pan and then go shop for a fiberglass replica of one about the same size. If you get one that even a little bigger that's not a crime.

h2.0shaver · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 12:25 PM »

12”

ftwwalleye · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 12:38 PM »

I guess it depends if it was true gill or hybrid. I caught some big ones this year fly fishing a private pond. Guy said there ones a lot bigger in there then what I caught.
Congrats

sprkplug · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 12:58 PM »

12", whether it be a hybrid or not. A foot long specimen of either one would be equally awesome.

satyr36 · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 01:12 PM »

Well maybe it was all the small ones i got first but he was just over 11”. Man my eyes thought over 12 for sure

tbern · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 01:14 PM »

Very nice fish, congrats!!

Ice Scratcher · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 01:14 PM »

Beautiful fish!

12"+ and had the money...

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iceman46121 · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 04:11 PM »

Just my 2 cents...take a pic and release those brutes. They are the future of the fishery. Harvest the smaller fish, the gene pool will be a lot more viable with the bigger fish still swimming. Still, very nice gill, congrats! Early ice is the best ice!

bart · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 04:14 PM »

First 10+ gill is going on the wall!

finfan · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 04:23 PM »

I would say 11.5-12 for a true gill. My biggest was 10.25 locallly. Hybrid pushing 11. I thought I had some 9.5's today and yesterday but biggest was 9.25 and that only a few of them. Many 8" fish I thought were 8.5" but still a very good average for this small pond

bootstrap · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 04:29 PM »

none, bird food.

eriksat1 · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 04:48 PM »

I had my 11” true bluegill mounted a couple years ago it was 1 Lb. 4 oz.

trophytaker1 · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 05:59 PM »

Anything over 15 inches.

theangling1 · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 06:04 PM »

Nice fish, well done!

ftwwalleye · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 06:08 PM »

This one i got over the summer on the fly rod. Goal is bigger this winter

wallydiven · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 06:11 PM »

Quote from: trophytaker1 on Dec 30, 2017, 05:59 PM

Anything over 15 inches.

That's just bait for the gills at the Leesburg gravel pit!!

lv2htgeese · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 07:08 PM »

that's a keeper

Bronzeback5 · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 08:19 PM »

Whatever you want to. A ten will look just as good on the wall as a 12.

Big Mike D · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 30, 2017, 08:36 PM »

Ive got a dozen or so in my life over 11" and never mounted one... So I'm guessing 12" lol.

Never caught one. 😂

TylerRyan · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 31, 2017, 12:05 AM »

I'm having this big red ear I caught this spring mounted. He was 11 1/2". It's the biggest one I'd ever seen and a great memory so I decided to get him mounted.

Flag_up86 · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 31, 2017, 06:27 AM »

I'll be mounting this one. Just short of 12 with a girth of 11 3/4". Hoping to add another 10" or two this winter to mount with it.

tater140 · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 31, 2017, 06:32 AM »

Congrats on an 11” fish

river_scum · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 31, 2017, 04:03 PM »

dont think i would mount one, but if i did, it would probably have to be over 12.

theangling1 · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 31, 2017, 07:15 PM »

Always thought 10+” bull gills with that bump in their foreheads would be kinda neat mounted on bookends.

DucksAndDogs · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 31, 2017, 08:37 PM »

3”...

...getting eaten by a 40” pike!

Jigmup · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 31, 2017, 08:48 PM »

14 lbs.

CrappieJigger29 · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 03, 2018, 09:23 PM »

Here are my green sunfish and bluegill caught a few years ago. Both are over 14in. But 10+ is probably a good mount. Both were caught in private ponds tho.....

RyanW · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 03, 2018, 09:34 PM »

Personally, I would have taken several decent pictures with measurements, released it, then I’d go shopping for a nice replica.

Jigmup · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 03, 2018, 09:42 PM »

Quote from: CrappieJigger29 on Jan 03, 2018, 09:23 PM

Here are my green sunfish and bluegill caught a few years ago. Both are over 14in. But 10+ is probably a good mount. Both were caught in private ponds tho.....

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