Also I did gill hook one and it was bleeding pretty bad. Have feeling he will a floater this morning. What is the best kind of hook to catch these things while trying to prevent mortality. I was using a long shank. Always ignored these types of fish all my life because they never got big in the rivers around me. We only ever caught them for trot line bait. Never even knew a bluegill would get that big until I found this website and forum. Can't wait to take my daughter out to catch one of these. She is only 14 months right now so they should be pretty nice sized at that time.
If you ain't gonna fart, why eat the beans?  . RES,HBG,YP,HSB,SMB,CC,and FHM. .seasonal trout.
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