Thread: has anyone seen this before?

Originally Posted by jaked

i caught a bluegill today. but it wasnt a normal bluegill. it was all blue! has anyone seen this before

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catch em in lake holiday illinois all the time

i got a few the other day that were pink

I was in the campground at Disnet World the week of 11/7 and caught a couple gills in a cannal that looked just like that.

Originally Posted by stinkies daddy

i got a few the other day that were pink

I had a couple like that too. Almost looked like it was albino or something...weird

Welcome from Alabama.

No I have never caught one that color. I have caught some that were suspicious and I threw them back. It turned out to be from chemical contamination in the pond wher the farmer had dumped some stuff and it leaked into the water.

Good call ship. I've seen that too. At a golf course drainage pond. All the chemicals they use on the grass drain into the pond. Caught some huge gills and bass up to 10lbs but the color was always strange to me. I would always throw everything back but some guys i know/ knew used to eat them. I'm not saying there's something wrong with the fish posted. Just telling my experience.

Originally Posted by wrwest

I have to say that I have never seen a blue gill, that was blue.

Interesting play on words there my friend. Hey Chaunc...If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and talks like a duck..........It probably is not a Bluegill. I guess I follow old school philosophy. If it don't look right, smell right, or feel right...throw it back and be safe.


EPA did make that fellow clean up the chemical spill and fined him $30,000.00 for illegally storing contaminates on his property. Evidently they were not properly sealed or stored according to regulations.

caught many of those just like that over the years in Alabama