Big gills

The wife and I found some..






Big blue gill lakes are not to be discussed on an open form...lol

Those are dandies! Thanks for the photos!

Nice fish! And man are those fun to catch. And eat!

Probably my favorite fresh water fish to eat..

I like it when they go round and around when you set the hook.

Nice size

The gill the wife is holding is 10.5", that's a big gill up here.

Those are some thick fish.

Nice fish.

New lake for me, how excited was I watching that big gill come up from the depths...

Heck yeah good job

Nice!

when I was a kid I liked them skin off , but as an adult , fry that skin, make it crispy great eating fish

Good times and good eating

Skin on for me, always. Big ones I always fileted out skin on, 8" scale and gut, I do like crisp tails.

I'd give up my left Nutt for a bucket of them...

They are super fun

great eaters

My favorite Fish to catch!

Before I looked at your location, I guessed Sandhills in Nebraska based on pics. Nice fish.

Nice

A 10.5" is a nice one anywhere. Anything over 8" is a nice eating size, IMO.

Pics on the water on the northern prairie can be very deceiving, pics are on a ND lake.

I call them, circle fish. I haven't targeted them for many years.
Nice gills

Yes they are nice ones. Years ago myself and two of my brothers would catch a batch of gills, with new baby red spuds, coleslaw and fresh peas!! Those were some really good meals.

Bryce

You probably won't need It anyway

Nice, I need to find some.

I tried and failed this morning.

nice gills , great eating

I have caught scads of shellcrackers over a pound, some up to 2 1/2 pounds, but I have never caught a bluegill over a pound.
It is on my bucket list. I need to fish more. They don't hardly ever swim by my couch.

A little advertising for the southeast> Alabama and florida have produced some record size bream. I have fished Merrits Mill Pond many years ago, but never caught any record sized fish. I hear that it has changed a lot since then.

Alabama record bluegill

Those are jumbos very nice! I go to a remote spot and have fun catching them on fly rod. I hardly ever use a spin cast any more everything is fly rod fishing.

I kept some the other day for a nice lunch. Remove head and gut them than on the grill for a very short time.