update-
dad & one of the neighbors decided to get rid of the rest of thier wax worms yesterday and fished from the pier. Tons of tiny bluegill. He reported catching over 40 himself, while chuck got 10-12 (dad was out there much longer than chuck). These are tiny bluegill...in years past they were HUGE (due to heavy bass predation of the size i am now talking about, right?) Here's the image i posted on a previous page, that when i showed it to dad, he agreed that they were all about the same size:

so previously i had been told that this could just be seasonal, the reason there were small ones was because in the winter the bass were too lethargic to knock them back. This seems excessive to me, though, that there were this many tiny ones, with ice off and temps in the 60's for almost 2 weeks.
What do you guys think this means? just a curiosity.

thanks in advance,
-skinny

Last edited by skinnybass; 03/18/10 11:39 AM.
Trying to help with 7.5 Acres in the Chain of Lakes Illinois
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The fish would stay out of trouble if it could just keep its fool mouth shut.
Turns out there is a lot I should be learning from the fish.