Arizona/California Border Bluegills

I spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday fishing the waters around Yuma AZ and the canals in Imperial County CA. The fish are on the beds so we put them all back. Here are some shots of representative fish. The first one was taken from the Gila Gravity Canal in Yuma, AZ and the last two were taken from the East Highline Canal in Imperial County CA.

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I am going back to Yuma in 2 weeks. This time I am pulling the boat. You seldom hear of Crappie being caught over there, but there are a few stories. I hope to change that shooting docks, fishing the rock jetties and shallow brush. I intend to fish with jigs and crickets.

Nice Jim thanks for the pics..

Man those things are hogs...what size/weight do you think that first one is ?

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Originally Posted by catch&crisco

Man those things are hogs...what size/weight do you think that first one is ?

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11 inches, give or take one and about 1.5lbs. We pulled a lot of them off those beds. Since they were on the beds, we put them all back.

Nice looking gills man.

Nice fish, we'll get there soon when it warms up

Fatman

Really nice bluegills! I worked on a boat ramp somewhere down there in the 70's. We drove across the desert 30 or 40 miles from Yuma to get to the river. Great looking water to fish, would love to go back.

Nice catch ! looks like a great place to fish , thanks for sharing

Boy, that first picture is a hog shellcracker. Southern Cal has lots of BIG shellcracker from what I understand.