Now for those 3.5lbers in Colorado that TFB catches all the time that fish would be approximately 16". I was shocked by my 11" bluegill I caught in May this year and that was the biggest gill I have ever seen in almost 30 years of fishing so a 12" would be huge to me and most anybody else around these parts. I would love to see a pic of that not to mention a legit 3.5lber that would be 16".
That's a freakin monster jw. You just don't see 12" bluegills unless you are lookin at state record categories. The current Pa state record gill is 2lbs 9oz and the New York record is 2lbs 8oz so a 12" gill is pretty big. Using weight estimation formulas for that fish which would be length x length x length divided by 1200 that fish would be approximately 1.44lbs and that's pretty big. I guess to get to 2lbs 8oz you need a bluegill that measures approximately 15". Can you imagine that a 15" bluegill. Wow. Now for those 3.5lbers in Colorado that TFB catches all the time that fish would be approximately 16". I was shocked by my 11" bluegill I caught in May this year and that was the biggest gill I have ever seen in almost 30 years of fishing so a 12" would be huge to me and most anybody else around these parts. I would love to see a pic of that not to mention a legit 3.5lber that would be 16".
Do I say I catch 3.5 lbers "all the time" No. Enough slander man. I have caught 2 this year that broke the magical 3 lb. mark and they were 14" and 14.25"
FYI, here are the state records across the U.S. http://www.landbigfish.com/staterecords/fishrecords.cfm?ID=14Note that the CO record was only 11.5" long and weighed 2 pounds 4 ounces. In Arizona, a 3 pound 5 oz. gill was only 13". The world record was 5 pounds 4 ounces caught in a Birmingham, Alabama farm pond on a red worm. I seem to remember that one being 15" long. So, it's entirely possible.
I can understand the skepticism. From now on, I will carry a camera and a ruler at all times fishing here. Then I will show you the pics. Then there will no longer be any skepticism.Tyler
Quote from: TroutFishingBear on Mar 29, 2004, 05:36 PMI didn't take pictures but I can easily get a lot more around 3 lbs this summer and then take pictures. They break the state record but you can't keep them in this lake. Everyone breaks the state record when they go here every time. Okay TFB or should I say BFB(bluegill fishing bear). Where's the goods on the easy 3lbers? I was being a nice guy and giving you all summer to produce photos of the state record gill and summer's almost over and still no pics LOL!! Your only excuse is that you have not fished the lake all summer because if you had you most certainly would have caught one. Everybody catches the state record everytime they fish there. Anyway just busting chops but let's not let the summer go by and still have this bluegill taking the honors for the biggest. It's a measly 11 inches and probably only weighed a pound or so.[/img]
I didn't take pictures but I can easily get a lot more around 3 lbs this summer and then take pictures. They break the state record but you can't keep them in this lake. Everyone breaks the state record when they go here every time.