three ounces shy

I took a couple from San Antonio out yesterday and today for guided bluegill fishing. My high-dollar scale was not working yesterday, so we didn’t get weights, but we had a male northern that would’ve pushed 1.5 pounds, a male coppernose that would’ve gone between 1.5 and 1.75 pounds, and another male coppernose that would’ve gone between 1.75 and two pounds. We didn’t catch any giant coppernose today, but the lady did catch one pretty decent northern female, and this time we got a weight.
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2 lbs. 14 oz. Two ounces shy of tying the state record, three shy of breaking it.

Giants for sure!
want be long until that pond breaks the record!

Great catch, those are some pigs. The next State Record may be swimming in those waters.

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Originally Posted by StantheMan2567

Great catch, those are some pigs. The next State Record may be swimming in those waters.

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I think it could be, Stan! It's a pretty special pond.

Wow, Great post!

Them fish been eatin STEAKS!! Very nice fish.

Very nice! That near 3 pounder is a toad!


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some nice looking fish. some monsters

Thanks, guys! The landowner is so excited that he's already contacted TWRA to get instructions on exactly what needs to be done if a three-pound-one-ouncer is caught. That big one was unreal - the photo doesn't do it justice. It was every bit of three inches thick.

Unreal fish for sure. Hope to catch a gill like that myself one day...

Gr8 report Walt - WTG! Beast of a fish. Did they get a girth measurement?

those sure are some monsters...the only blue-gill i have ever caught that even remotely resembles them was one i caught when i was about 12 years old , fishing a private pond , on a johnson spoon......those fish are what i am searching for these days, a monster like that on a little bitty rod and reel would be a real battle i would never forget............and i was bass fishing , if i remember correctly the spoon was a johnson sprite , fairly big and all silver.......there was another spoon we use to use on the creeks back then , it was red with a white stripe on it ( i think it was white ) , but it was much smaller than the johnson spoon.

I bet that blue gill girl would have been 3 ounces heavier come the spring run prespawn or for sure close to it .
what a ridiculous large bluegill , very nice and congrats to all involved:highfive
I remember being laughed off a forum years ago because I told a story about a 4 inch thick crappie ,who wants to take a bet on if they get that thick.
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