That's something I hadn't considered, so thank you. I wouldn't really call it heavy fishing pressure, but maybe enough people throwing lures at the same fish to scare them off of those.

I'm going to spend a whole day soon with a bucket of minnows and small bluegill and try to catch as many bass as possible and weigh/measure them. I'll post the results here. The one my daughter is holding was around 15" but I did not get a weight.

Any ideas from anyone about the bluegill for now? Should I try to thin them out a bit or just leave them alone until I figure some other things out?