0.2 lbs off Lake Record! Won Striper raffle

[SEA ADDICTION]

My brother and i took our dad out to DVL today in hopes of getting him hooked up with one of the big stripers, Had one shot but it came unbuttoned. Caught plenty of LMB and hooked into what we thought was another 5-8 lb bass and ended up being a 3.25 lb BLUEGIL!!!! Damn that thing faught hard! Biggest bluegil we have ever seen and probably ever will see. It ate a 3 1/2" fish trap and inhaled it! We decided to get it mounted since it died, Will look awsome on the wall! Also found out that i won the stiper raffle!!!! Nice basket of assorted swimmies,Z-plug,Line... ect. Awsome day on the water..

[Thisfool]

damn that thing is a pig

[nismotech91]

Dayumm! Nice..

[Ifishtoolittle]

HOLY CRAP! I've been fishing for 5 years for a toad like that! Nice job!

[Fisherman57]

Congrats!

THAT is a BIG panfish!
Almost looks like some kind of Redear/Bluegill mix...... hybrid.

Either way, NICE FISH!



57

[IncredibleHuck]

Great job out there! That thing is huge!

[crappiemike]

with those spots it looks like a giant shellcracker, " redear" !!!!

exfactor respond to this one..... still a nice fish,,



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[jmp_fishinn]

holy crap!! :EyePop::Shocked:

that thing is a BEAST!

[bluehunter]

That thing is a beast. Nice catch!

B

[TopwaterTony]

:Not Worthy: Damn I was going to use the "Now that's a sandwich" line, but damn, that won't cut it here. Not sure if I can even come up with a good one on the fly .... 0.2 shy is definitely something to be proud of! Congrats

[Git R Done]

You should of threw in its belly a 3oz torpedo weight! haha!

[superbigfish]

What the heck? First you take trophy sized lmb and now you take trophy size gills? whats next? haha

congrats on the catch

[SEA ADDICTION]

Thanks guys, its a monster for sure. What's the world record, anyone know? I can't imagine a bluegil getting much bigger. My real trophys are salt water fish. 09' was a great year. 64 lb WSB, 42 lb halibut, and a 500-600 lb Black sea bass, yes 500-600 lbs! I'll have to post some pics in the salt water section, those are my real pride and joy fish!!!

[Hog Caller]

Great fish SA.

My buddy caught a redear like that one last year at DVL that weighed 2 pounds and I thought that was a toad....good grief that thing looks freaky.
Post the pics of the saltwaters in the photo section, I'd like to see them.

Brent

[TroutOnly]

NICE BLUEGILL I WAS HOPING TO SEE ANOTHER BIG DEAD STRIPER,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,t/o

[SEA ADDICTION]

You and me both T/O, gotta love DVL, just never know what your gonna catch!

[pwynn]

yep that is a pig redear (shellcracker in Georgia). that was the catch of a lifetime...

[fishmounter]

Hey SA... That is not a Bluegill. It's a Redear Sunfish and a real trophy at that! You might check on what the lake record is for that species. I thought it was an even 3 pounds. What was the length on that fish? Also, if you are going to get it mounted and you have the fish, do yourself a big favor and have a mold made from it for a quality fiberglass replica. Don't have a "skin mount" made. I am not taking in any fish right now, but if you PM me, I will give you the names/numbers of a couple of really good fish taxidermists that do awesome work. (Not as good as me though!..LOL!)

[SEA ADDICTION]

I stand corrected. Red ear sun fish it is.world record is 5lbs 7oz wow....

[fisherman from long beach]

congrats on the striper raffle and that killer gill.also ill keep an eye out for your other post of huge black seabass and hali.

[Troutman65]

Dude, Nice going on that huge Redear Sunfish.:Big Grin::Cool:

Please post up some of your salt photos in the photo section of the boards.:Wink:


Thanks for posting .

[SEA ADDICTION]

Dude, Nice going on that huge Redear Sunfish.:Big Grin::Cool:

Please post up some of your salt photos in the photo section of the boards.:Wink:


Thanks for posting .

I will post those up soon....

[M@M]

WOW!! Love them panfish! Thats a monster!

[Lightning]

Awesome looking fish.

[kewlwhip]

nicee, congrats on that fattie!

[NooB SaBass]

Thats a beast bro, Im headed there right now in about 30 min

[fishmounter]

SEA ADDICTION...I sent you a PM.

[SEA ADDICTION]

SEA ADDICTION...I sent you a PM.


Sorry FISHMOUNTER, PM sent....

[SEA ADDICTION]

The fish was 16.5 x 7.75 x 3.75....
I posted a few of the saltwater pics i mentioned in the picture section. I have more but have to download off the camera.

[Native Gal]

That is one sweet Redear, Congrats :Thumbs Up:.

NG
:Big Grin:

[marzocchi]

Another monster?!?! That thing is a pig! Very Nice!

[bassjedi]

Great catch; it will make a nice mount.