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giant from a different pond
So a few minutes ago I got a text from a landowner with a fish photo. This was caught this past week from a seven-acre pond we manage in west Tennessee. This pond was stocked as a new pond in March 2016 with 1-2” coppernose bluegill, so this fish is no more than four years old, meaning it still has two years of growth left.
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Wow, what a fish!
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That is tremendous growth! How big is the fish?
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That’s crazy big in my book!
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Unfortunately, the angler who caught it (a neighbor of the landowner) did not weigh it. I would estimate well over two pounds at a minimum.Originally Posted by D10
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Wow, A good one for sure, thanks for pic.
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Very nice fish. Are they fed or natural forage?
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Wow you are showing us some amazing gills. Do they get pellets?
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This pond and the other pond I posted photos from a couple days ago both have feeding programs. The feeding alone, however, doesn't produce bluegill this big - there are thousands upon thousands of private ponds and lakes across the Southeast that have feeders and don't grow bluegill like this or anywhere close. Many of those lakes are far larger than these two ponds; and water body size is a major factor in fish growth. A study was published three years ago in which the author found that bluegill growth in central Georgia small impoundments was more influenced by lake surface area than any other single factor:
Influence of lake surface area and total phosphorus on annual Bluegill growth in small impoundments of central Georgia (Book, 2016) [WorldCat.org]
All that just to say, it ain't easy to grow bluegill this big, anywhere, and it definitely isn't easy in smaller ponds.
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Very nice.
