Mr. Eitel, fine pics, beautiful pond, beautiful daughter. You're a better man than I. In retrospect...I am an idiot. I had my 15 yr old son (lives in Denver) for the last two weeks. We had three awesome trips to the downstream ranch pond. D.I.E.D. did not bring a camera. We had permission to keep and move any bluegill we caught to my pond (we transferred 23 bluegill the smallest of which were about 6-8-inches, the largest easily surpassing 10-inches/well over a pound, maybe close to 2 lb). Sorry guys, no ruler, no scale, just a dad and his kid acting like two kids. My wife went w/ us the first day. My wife trying to catch bluegill with a small trout rod (4lb test) hooked a LMB easily over 5 lb, she was scared out of her gourd, but we got it landed and released back into pond.
there is no feeling greater than to share these special moments w/ family, on a beautiful pond, catching fish, the camera was last thing on my mind. will try to get a couple pics of those massive bluegill next time i am invited down to ranch.
good show Ed.
