I have been down this road. Where I live I have come to realize a good bluegill is 7.5-8” I rarely catch any larger. I had to travel hours to a lake to catch some that was 9”. It was easy. Because they was there. It’s no your gear or your bait/ presentation. It just that they may not be there at all. I beat myself up hunting 9” gills and never found any even close locally. Actually most are in the 6-7” range for the most part. If you want to catch ones like that. You have to do homework and research and travel.


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