Thread: What is your keeper size?

Smoltz, these northern fish take too long to get big, eh/

Originally Posted by MCG1

Smoltz, these northern fish take too long to get big, eh/

You sure are right about that. It’s very frustrating. I go fishing for bluegill. It’s basically constantly dinks. Every once in a while you get some thing decent. But rarely above 8” mark.

A few years ago I researched and research. And found a spot that was 2hrs away that had a small lake that was out in the sticks so to say. And the biologists reported they got a few in trap nets around around 9” mark.
I make a weekend overnight trip and caught my first 9” Gill. I caught a few around that mark. Not many but they were bigger in general. I found out real quick why. The small lake is absolutely chocked with weeds. It’s was really difficult to fish at all. That weed cover kept many from fishing it. They was able to grow to a bigger length.
We just don’t have the grown rate of size class fish here like these other places do.

I have actually started to target more green sunfish in lakes around rocky areas and redbreast in river. Because they are a heavier, most times harder fighting fish. Got thicker shoulders. And those green sunfish are mean buggers. I’m enjoying it.


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