I have only been fortunate to get into that kind of bluegill size one time. A friend and I found them bass fish in 11' of water. We just went and got some crickets as we were not ready for that other than having our ultra light rigs with us. This was in the 1970's, lol! We had 42 and the smallest was 3/4 pound and largest was 1 3/4 pounds. Was a lot of fun, but then these big bluegills do go deep after their spawn.

LedHed you must be the master of bluegills!

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