That is a brute. I would like to get a few that big so I could make a stringer with 4-5 fish. By the way what does that fish weigh 24 ozs.?
The 15 inchers this year went from 1 lb. 10 1/4 ounces (26 1/4 ounces) to 2 lbs. 2 oz (34 ounces). Weighed on a certified scale. For those of you that don't know I hatch these fish in one of my ponds, bring then inside and train them to feed on artificial feed and keep them inside until the following spring. They are then placed in a holding pond and fed for another year until the following spring when I can easily tell the males from the females. Then only the females go into the trophy perch and bluegill pond, and are harvested when they reach a minimum of 14 inches.
Not the same as fishing public waters and I don't claim it to be. It's a business where I sell them to taxidermists. I have and do allow folks to help me harvest them via hook and line just before they drop their eggs, but also use a large seine. Some want to have their biggest mounted which is fine too.
Biggest so far was 16 1/4 inches and 2 lbs. 13 ounces. 5 ounces bigger than the state record. Haven't harvested a 16 incher since.
The following were harvested this spring.
Number Inches Weight Price
#23 14 1/8 1 lb. 9 1/4 oz. $50.00 SOLD
#10 14 1/4 1 lb. 7 3/4 oz. $50.00
#19 14 1/4 1 lb. 10 oz. $55.00
#26 14 1/4 1 lb. 13 oz. $55.00
#24 14 1/4 1 lb. 13 ½ oz. $55.00
#01 14 3/8 1 lb. 6 3/4 oz. $50.00
#20 14 3/8 1 lb. 11 ¼ oz. $55.00
#05 14 3/8 1 lb. 8 1/4 oz. $50.00
#16 14 3/8 1 lb. 8 1/2 oz. $50.00
#18 14 3/8 1 lb. 10 3/4 oz. $55.00
#04 14 3/8 1 lb. 12 1/2 oz. $55.00
#02 14 1/2 1 lb. 8 1/2 oz. $55.00
#09 14 1/2 1 lb. 9.0 oz. $55.00
#22 14 ½ 1 lb. 9 oz. $55.00
#25 14 ½ 1 lb. 10 ¼ oz. $60.00
#15 14 1/2 1 lb. 12 oz. $60.00
#03 14 1/2 1 lb. 12 1/2 oz. $60.00 SOLD
#13 14 1/2 1 lb. 13 1/2 oz. $65.00
#17 14 1/2 2 lb. 1/2 oz. $75.00
#21 14 5/8 1 lb. 12 ½ oz. $60.00
#07 14 5/8 1 lb. 13 oz. $65.00
#06 14 5/8 1 lb. 14 1/4 oz. $70.00
#08 15.0 1 lb. 10 1/4 oz. $65.00 SOLD
#11 15.0 1 lb. 12 oz. $65.00
#12 15 1/8 2 lb. 2 oz. $75.00
#14 15 3/8 2 lb. 1 1/2 oz. $75.00