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  1. 03-31-2010, 09:17 PM #21
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    hand size for me. i will fillet anything before pickin bones, nothing like fish popers
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  2. 04-01-2010, 09:35 AM #22
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    I reckon for myself it's 7". In my first boat I fished quite a bit with my father-in-law. He had a heck of a time remembering what a keeper looked like so I painted on a little ruler on the gunnel for him. It went up to 18", but all it said below the 6" mark was, "NO WAY!" I ain't too selective, but I hate cleanin' a mess of little ones.

    I've always wondered about other folks, but I dislike cleaning big bluegill, say those above 9". Just not slick at it the way I am for 7" & 8" fish. If theyr'e hittin' good sometimes I"ll just target the 7-8" for keeping and slide the bulls back into the water.
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  3. 04-17-2010, 03:06 PM #23
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    I'll throw back bluegills less than five inches. On my last trip my dad caught a few 4 and 3 inch bluegills and kept them. I caught several of those size and released them. The biggest bluegill I've caught was the size of my hand (6 inches.)
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  4. 04-17-2010, 09:01 PM #24
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    Anything you can get a fillet off of probably 6 or better. If it will make a fish sammich it's OK with me.
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  5. 04-29-2010, 01:40 PM #25
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    If its a bluegill I keep just about all sizes. The way I see it is there are so many bluegills and not enough people fishing them around here, so I might as well eat the small ones and hope next year there will be space for bigger ones.

    Crappie, well if it isn't a baby I will keep it. I like to eat fish.
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  6. 04-29-2010, 03:20 PM #26
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    It kind of depends on the water I'm fishing. Small ponds can exceed carring capacity and stunt quickly,so I keep a lot of smalls there especially.
    I'd say 5"-8", I fillet everything. Started doing that when my kids were small.
    When in practice I can fillet one in 30-45 seconds and those fillets battered and deep fried can be eaten like popcorn.
    As was stated above I prefer to release the big ones to strengthen the gene pool.
    Iowa has a 25 fish limit on both Bluegill and Crappie per species on State Water. No limit on private property. 50 fish is plenty for one period at the cleaning station and I often take less.
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