...Most of the males ranged between 9 and 11 inches, with somewhere just over 50% of them between 10 and 10.5 inches.
I'm just expressing the fact that I'm thoroughly impressed with your population.
The above numbers place your pond squarely in the top 1 percent of bluegill ponds and you should be tickled and proud about that fact. Congratulations. I wish I was going to be in your neighborhood sometime because I would bring the beverage of your choice to get a chance to get in on that action.
The only other pond I've fished that might be able to claim that elite status is the Grand Master Lusk himself. On a cold January morning I fished one of his ponds and nailed male bluegill after male bluegill that were consistently over 10 inches. I pinched myself so many times that I was bruised at the end of the morning.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
