Today I Saw hundreads of 3/4"- 1" bluegill swimming around the dock and near the grass. the water temp was 56. Is it normal to see that sized bluegill this early. I guess I thought that last years young would have grown bigger by now.
GOPACK,
Like Ewest says they are most likely a late spawn. My bluegill production pond had up to four spawns last year and the last hatch went into winter as 1/2 inch fish. They were hatched in August. You're probably had a little bit longer of a growing season before winter than mine here in northern Indiana hence why your fish are a little large than mine were.
Approximately 1000 of mine are now in my indoor RAS and having been brought in from a floating cage February 2nd they are now 1 to 1 1/4 inches in length.
