A simple trick to improve your entire fishery would be to put maximum harvest pressure on the female bluegill. Take out every single one that you can. Be relentless. This way you can never harvest over 50% of the adult fish. There will be enough males left to occupy all of the key spawning grounds which means that the smaller males will continue to add weight in order to compete next year....
I used to pick up one our departed members, and we would head to his pond to flyfish for CNBG. I was directed to remove every female caught, with only one exception. If I was in eye sight of Mrs. G., smile and throw them back. He said female CNBG at the feeder were taking calories away from the big bulls that he was targeting. Much easier than trying to sex LMB in July. I miss that old fart.
