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#17786 11/12/2002 10:13 AM
by tim k
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I will try this question again as did not get any suggestions last time. In a very healthy bluegill population, should bluegill be culled similar to culling bass when they are overpopulated? If so, how does one know when to cull and what sizes to cull? Since objective of bluegill is for forage, seems like the more the better. Have two feeders going 4-5 times per day on 8 acres. Any input appreciated.
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#17787 Nov 14th a 02:50 AM
by Bob Lusk
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When bluegill are overpopulated, culling helps. But, be sure bluegills are overcrowded. Here's a sure way to tell.
No bluegill except full grown adults exist.
No baby bluegill, no baby bass, adult bass are underweight. Bluegill outnumber bass 10-20 to one, and growth of all fish seems to have stopped. Also, adult bluegill are underweight.
If you have all those symptoms, cull bass and bluegill. Culling stimulates spawns, spawns stimulate growth.
And, never take the biggest bluegill. Take the smallest adults.
If you catch 20 bluegills, 10 larger than 9 inches, 10 smaller than 9", take the smaller 10. Size is genetic, and larger bluegill tend to be better spawners, and will protect their territory. So, your gene pool stands a better chance by leaving the largest fish.
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