Originally Posted By: Dave Willis
Ahh, a quarry/gravel pit. That usually means less productive water, which doesn't equal big or at least monstrous bluegills. Thus, we will see the Condello initiative up and rolling again. Will it be feeding, will it be fertlization, will it be other???? Can he really let this one take its course without active management? \:\) Meanwhile, what a gorgeous resource with that wonderful water quality. It will be a pleasure for you to sit on the porch in the evening and see that site, Dr. Bruce!


http://www.finefishing.com/1freshfish/aaspecies/panfish/bgillrec.htm

Lake Ketona is an old limestone quarry; it produced the current and former world-record bluegills, four pounds twelve ounces caught by T.S. Hudson in 1950 and four pounds ten ounces caught by Coke McKenzie in 1947. It has steep banks with little shallow water, along with a very high density of bass; biologists who studied the lake concluded that the steep banks that drop quickly into deep water were one of the major factors that led to the unusual growth of the bluegill due to limited spawning areas.