My best gills threw the ice!!! lets see yours!!!

[steve1983]

Heres my best gills threw the ice!!! both are over a pound and both are over 13 inches!!!

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=798&pictureid=4547

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=798&pictureid=4546

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=798&pictureid=4548
this one gives ya a good idea how big they are!!

[HunterHawk]

what pond did those come from:)

nice fish man!!!

and i really wish i could find the picture of the ones me and my buddy caught 2 years ago :)... ill see if i can find it

[chuckwagon157]

good....lord.......:yikes:

[jns163]

Awsome mounts

[steve1983]

what pond did those come from:)

nice fish man!!!

HAHAHA hawk!!!!! geuss you will just have to come ice fishing with me to find out!!!

[Cooley]

Hey, I just saw those at a garage sale last week!
How much did you pay for them?








Just kidding,thanks for rubbing it in ! Nice redears ! !

[steve1983]

Hey, I just saw those at a garage sale last week!
How much did you pay for them?









Just kidding,thanks for rubbing it in ! Nice redears ! !
hahaha:D

[tommy-n]

very nice;)

[dajumboman]

nice work! someone has done their homework

[GOTONE]

nice

[basskiller46]

Hey, I just saw those at a garage sale last week!
How much did you pay for them?








Just kidding,thanks for rubbing it in ! Nice redears ! !

:lol::lol::lol:


Nice fish what were they caught on?

[DE82]

Mine is in my gallery, 11.5 inches, a solid pound

[bigrackmack]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc122/bigrackmack/MountPics040.jpg

[bigrackmack]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc122/bigrackmack/MountPics036.jpg

[bigrackmack]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc122/bigrackmack/MountPics037.jpg

[bigrackmack]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc122/bigrackmack/MountPics038.jpg

[bigrackmack]

I know you guys like that camo busch can also......Mack

[deputy865]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t52/deputy865/ghfgh.jpg?t=1229388152

You know, size isnt everything....:lol::rolleyes:

Im proud of that fish. I was able to detect and catch that lil' guy.

Shane

[steve1983]

nice ones mack!!

[steve1983]

:lol::lol::lol:


Nice fish what were they caught on?

black teardrop with green spike and 1lbs test!!

[bigrackmack]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t52/deputy865/ghfgh.jpg?t=1229388152

You know, size isnt everything....:lol::rolleyes:

Im proud of that fish. I was able to detect and catch that lil' guy.

Shane

Some times those little ones are harder to catch then the big ones.....Mack

[steve1983]

Some times those little ones are harder to catch then the big ones.....Mack
:yeahthat:

[jimbo]

& even harder to clean :D

[Clinch]

There was a thread about "slab" gills a couple days ago. Someone asked what is considered a slab. Well there ya go. Those are a couple of the biggest I have ever seen. Good job. I dream of gills like that. They were caught through the ice I take it?

[steve1983]

There was a thread about "slab" gills a couple days ago. Someone asked what is considered a slab. Well there ya go. Those are a couple of the biggest I have ever seen. Good job. I dream of gills like that. They were caught through the ice I take it?

yes mine where caught threw the ice!!!!

[jacktownhooker]

when i catch a 13 incher then you will see it !! i think i caught one in arkansas 30 yrs ago ! but in mich my biggest is 11" ....... nice fish !!

[krt]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t52/deputy865/ghfgh.jpg?t=1229388152

You know, size isnt everything....:lol::rolleyes:

Im proud of that fish. I was able to detect and catch that lil' guy.

Shane

Good thing you weren't stuck trying to use a lowrance or you surely would have missed it. :hide:

[JayJayMo]

Here are a pair I got a wamplers
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t313/jjmoser78/P5290836.jpg
And my PB crappie
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t313/jjmoser78/Pictures417-1.jpg

[Sparky23]

but arent those red ears? They are nice either way but at least the 2nd is a red ear.

[JayJayMo]

but arent those red ears? They are nice either way but at least the 2nd is a red ear.
yes they are, most of the bigger gills out this way are hybrid of some sort, still I consider them gills but if there is a true non redear gill over 10" that is really something to be proud of. The first pic in the thread of the mounted gill is a redear as well.

[BradU20]

A redear sunfish is just that....no hybridizing involved.

[steve1983]

A redear sunfish is just that....no hybridizing involved.
:yeahthat:

[boots741]

Very Nice fish...all of you !

[JayJayMo]

Ever caught a gill that has slightly less red ear marks, those have to have been mixed in with the stocked redears, so therefore some of them have to be hybird some how, not on purpose but by nature. The true redear blue gills are real thick and lighter colored a red ear sunfish is another type of redear alltogether. There are many diffrent types of sunfish, Large mouth and smallmouth bass are considered part of the sunfish family. There are lots of diffrent types of blue gills within the sunfish family I usually consider them all the same, up in the northwoods there are 10" gills that are about as thick and amazing as the southern redear famliy.

[Scoop-D-Bear]

I would like to finally get my 2-litre Crappie mounted. Any suggestions?
bigrackmack, I see you have a Nice Crappie mount, any info for me?

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/529/medium/4309fish-2litre1.jpg

[chuckwagon157]

^^^Damn nice!

[ryppinlyp]

I would have found an old 3 liter to put next to that speck. Nice fish!!

[Ieatantlers]

That might be the most impressive crappie i've seen. That thing is a hawg.

[huffduf41]

I would give my right nut for an 11+" gill. My girlfriend says I'm obsessed and I'm starting to agree w/ her.

Some nights I go out and release everything I catch just looking for my trophy. Even started releasing the gills I catch that are >9.5"....someone else will probably catch and eat but I'm hoping karma will help me w/ the quest.

Do you really think 1lb line helps w/ the monsters? I use 3lb floracarbon.

[nelsonk44215]

Here is a pic from a few years ago. They both were caught on Lake George on the Michigan/Indiana border. The fish on the left is the one I caught (not me in the pic though) and measured 10.5 inches. The fish on the right measured 12.5 inches. Both are redears.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/nelsonk44215/mebigredear.jpg

[yellowbelly80]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k130/tukindubs/DCP_0008.jpg