You can read about our pond and followed its progress under "Pond Construction;Grandmother's Old Pond." I will update in a day or so as soon as I sample some bluegills. As I noted earlier, I believe the best opportunity to best the 2 pound mark will be with the original stockers. With that in mind we have intentionally limited the fishing to sampling and family or friend gatherings where I can supervise handling of the larger bluegills. Once the original stocking passes on, we will open the fishing more and simply manage for a large population of pound plus fish for our guests and family.

I now carry a Chatillon 2-pound spring scale in half ounce increments to weight the big gills. The scale was modified with the addition of a size 8 barbless hook to scale's hook to facilitate ease of handling the fish.