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A picture of an exceptional, Southwest climate bluegill. Just to getcha fired up for 2014. 
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Bruce, I gotta call you sometime soon and talk to you about Aarons pond.
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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I'd like to spend about a week, studying absolutely everything I could think of about this pond.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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thats a beast what was the length and weight on that thing it looks like it would eat my BG
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Subscribe to Pond Boss MagazineFrom Bob Lusk: Dr. Dave Willis passed away January 13, 2014. He continues to be a key part of our Pond Boss family...and always will be.
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Nice fish Aaron !! There is a thread on here about Aaron's pond and its mgt. and a Pond Boss article IIRC.
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Nice fish Aaron !! There is a thread on here about Aaron's pond and its mgt. and a Pond Boss article IIRC. This was the Sep-Oct 2009 issue of the magazine I believe.
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Start experiencing the joys of wearing a belt, you big Freak!
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Does anyone have the link to the thread about management of the that pond? I would be interested in reading it.
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I think Aaron no longer owns that pond. He moved and sold the property. Try searching the forum for references to Aaron Matos pond.
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Amazing fish - that's mini pond fishery management at it's pinnacle, truly.
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Is that fish from AaronM's little pond in Phoenix? If so , what the heckk?
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Remember a while back I said you should read all his posts? That's why!  Wait 'till you see the picture of the Smallmouth Bass!
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Or maybe Aaron could send them to ewest as an option and ewest could re-post the pictures. I'm not sure Aaron still frequents the PB site. We may have to contact him for the original pictures??
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Ok, I want to see that same fish with the lights turned off. I suspect it glows in the dark. Is this pond by any chance near Area 51? Amazing fish!
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LOL, indeed, and that BG piloted it's own UFO from what I'm told. Amazing fish.
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Bruce how old is that BG your holding? I am gonna guess and say 5 years old? Or is it just fed real well???
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The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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Really nice gill I hope to raise a army of them in time!
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That thing is a beast. The ones I'm trying to grow have nothing on those hogs . I'm hoping I can get this gill and some of the others to grow quite a bit more. This guy was right around one pound. 
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Good fish right there, FishFan.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
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Yeah nothing wrong with 1 pound fish that's for sure!! Mine are right near that also at this point. Should be interesting come next spring how they look.
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The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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FishFan, in case you weren't aware, the fish you have pictures if a hybrid BG and not a pure BG. A fine looking fish none the less though. Very interesting coloration on it.
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Thanks guys. Iv'e been feeding them aquamax 600 almost daily for about a year and a half. I don't know if it's the colder weather but they hardly come up to the top to eat lately where in the summer it was like a piranha frenzy. The gentleman I bought them from mentioned about being hybrids and said they would get pretty big. What type of gill is the one Bruce posted?
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