My 1st gill over 10”!! Have caught several near 9” or just over but nothing close to this one I landed today, impressive fish once u see one up close. U don’t see them everyday when ur out gill fishing. Ice is holding up but shore ice going quickly. Am guessing these hard to come by, but have others landed any over 10” also? Good luck to all!!
Ever catch A 10” gill?
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I landed this pair last weekend. Honestly thought they were bass, not BGs when I hooked them up. The other 10 BGs I kept from that spot received honorable mention for size as well.
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This was a good one!
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Nice one!!
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Hard to come by on public water for sure. Congratulations, i got one too this winter....very exciting.
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Congrats. I've gotten a couple down here but multiple in the UP.
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they are a blast on a fly rod in the spring
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12 1/2" I hope that's on the wall, that's a fish of a lifetime !!
I have caught a few 10s very few and far between...
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Congrats on the 10. I caught many that I thought were over 10 but the ruler doesn’t lie and they were a 1/4 to 1/2 inch short. I generally fish in SW part of MI- I don’t think they even exist in the vast majority of public lakes around here. Have a friend who goes up north in MI and WI and catches them pretty regular at least from the pics he shows me! Never seen one in person though. If I could catch a couple, i would mount for sure.
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Real nice fish. I have caught a few over the years in Allegan county. My biggest one was 11 1/2 inches came from a lake in the Wayland area. I catch several a year up here but not on a regular basis. Do a search on this site as there was a discussion about them last summer.
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Congrats on your first 10-incher! Always cool to set a new personal record. no matter what youre pursuing.
I've been fishing Michigan for around 45 years. In my experience, gills this size are pretty rare in most public waters, but only because of fishing pressure. So if thats where you caught it, you definetely have a trophy. On the other hand, theyre pretty common on water bodies that dont get overfished, for whatever reason.
I'm not much of a bluegill fisherman, might cast ultralight jigs in warm water a half-dozen times each summer and I never target gills in winter. Still, I've caught 9 of them over 10-inches, in the past 6 months, in public water. Actually 5 of them in one shot, with many 8's and 9's in the mix that day, also. I got into a school of jumbos through the ice a couple weeks ago too- released a bunch that were in the 8-9 inch range and two of them were over 10". My point being that they arent rare in waters that arent overfished. I only kept six gills for a dinner and released the other ~50, many of which were in the 9-inch range. Thats how good fishing is maintained.
Heres a couple pics, I have alot more....
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Congratulations on the 10 incher. I agree they're hard to come by, and neither my wife nor I have ever caught one. Then on a public lake on our last day on the ice this season she pulled out two nice ones and I thought we had a chance. But when we got home and I put the tape to them, nope. We'll keep trying.
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There are a lot of little lakes with carry in access only and a lot of them have really good bluegill fishing.
There are hundreds of these little lakes between Cadillac & the bridge.
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Yeah jeez, I’m around your area and have caught several 10+ but wanting 11 for the wall but 12.5 would massive
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You ain't kidding !! That would be an absolute TOAD, I would just like to see one
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11 1/4"...1 lb. 6 ozs.You ain't kidding !! That would be an absolute TOAD, I would just like to see one
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Don't want to tick you all off but if I did catch a ten incher of any pan type fish, it would go back!
Do you have any idea how old a fish of that magnitude is? My Redear went back.
If I had my Phone I would get a photo and that would be my trophy.
Little un's are enough for me to keep but I'm old and weird!
Caught a huge 'gill years ago while fishing with a neighbor kid. Took it off and tossed it back without even a measure. The kid was incredulous that I would throw such a fish back. Told him, that fish is older than you!!!
Do you have any idea how old a fish of that magnitude is? My Redear went back.
If I had my Phone I would get a photo and that would be my trophy.
Little un's are enough for me to keep but I'm old and weird!
Caught a huge 'gill years ago while fishing with a neighbor kid. Took it off and tossed it back without even a measure. The kid was incredulous that I would throw such a fish back. Told him, that fish is older than you!!!
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