Recent Slabs (Bluegills)

**wademaster** · 11-01-2012, 11:07 PM

I'm on a quest for a citation bluegill now and i think it's going to be tough. Here are 3 of the larger ones we've come across recently. A citation gill has to be 11"; we've gotten right at 10" but i think that last inch is going to prove to be a challenge. I know these are just bluegills but i'm quite proud of them; you have no idea how many i've caught and how much time i'm putting into this; lol. Thanks for checking it out. Any advice for hunting the big panfish is greatly appreciated.

**6poundtest** · 11-02-2012, 05:20 AM

Those are whoppers! I'd be proud of them if I'd caught them, no doubt about it. But as you say, that last inch may be tough to get. Sorry I don't have any tricks to offer other than encouragement. Keep at 'em! You'll score one soon, I'm sure.

**Blackhawk19** · 11-02-2012, 06:17 AM

Great lookin gills, congrats.

**Kingfish1** · 11-02-2012, 07:48 AM

Congrats, those are some very nice Bluegill. One year my fishing partner and I fished most weekends below the Chickamauga Lake Dam. We fished most Sat. & Sundays. We keep a log and caught one nice Bluegill out of about 3 or 4 caught. We ended the year filleting 4312 keepers. After catching all those nice Bluegills like yours we only cauaght 1 (one) over 10" (it was 11"). Good luck in your search and hope you do better than we did.

We fished with ul rod, 6 lb. Blue Stren line, crickets on a #6 aberdeen cricket hook with a #6 split shot (up about 6" or 8"). We used crickets. As a rule we fished the wing wall and along the water break between the moving water and the slack water. Hope this info helps.

**chaunc** · 11-02-2012, 07:54 AM

Great gills and great eating there, but if you want to get that 11" one, you'll have to throw those 10's back for next season. 7 and 8's dont become 11's in one season so they have to have time to grow. Bluegills are my favorite fish to eat so i'd have a heckofatime tossing those back. Citation size up here is only 9".

**wademaster** · 11-02-2012, 07:59 AM

thanks a lot guys, don't worry i've been tossing them back for next year and the next too, i love catching fish on the UL rod, i guess i shoulda specified: the fish laying on the tackle box is actually a "gillcracker"; mixture between a bluegill and a redear; but to be honest if it bends my rod i don't care what it's called hahaha

**slabsrus** · 11-02-2012, 11:09 AM

Definitely great gills you have there. You are right about that last inch. I catch a hundred or more every year in the 10 - 10 1/2 inch range, but only manage one or two beyond that.

**"G"** · 11-02-2012, 11:21 AM

Those are some nice ones......lots of fun to catch and for sure good eating.

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**Crappie 1** · 11-02-2012, 03:04 PM

I have caught a lot of Bluegills in my lifetime (67soon)) I have had about 1/2 a doz. reach 10 1/2 " Funny thing about a ruler, they shrink those fish. I'm a little leary of people that catch, or say they catch, a lot of Gill's beyond 10" Put the ruler to them and you won't catch that many over 10", they will start showing up at 9- 9 1/2" Just sayi'n. Lot of difference between 9 & 11" fish..

**Alphahawk** · 11-02-2012, 04:45 PM

I have caught many specie of fish......and lots of them. But I chase Gills because of the fun. I have caught many at the pound mark and a little over. I want that 2 pound Gill. I am hoping to get it on middle of this Winter. Try to read the InFisherman article about using tungsten jigs. I have been using them for the past month with great results on deep water. They will change the way you fish for Gills during Fall and Winter.

Regards

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