If you really want to make use of your small bluegill you can them. Gut, dehead, and scale small bluegill. Cram them into sterilized, wide mouth pint jars and pressure can them for 100 minutes at 11 psi. Eat them on crackers just like sardines for the rest of the year.
Last edited by Mike Almond; 06/24/12 10:05 PM. Reason: 100