STONEY LAKE, BULL (BLUE) GILLS

A few years back I went to s. lake and stumbled into big bull-gills (as they are called), they were anywhere from 12-16 in. and were down in 60ft of water. it was incredible - the fight, and table fare can't be beat. It was about this time of year till early the first week of october. sorry they won't let me mention the name of the lake. Anybody starting to get big blue gills - I know Canadians don't fish for them but, we americans are more than happy to take them off your hands.

Do you mean bluegill like this picture. Do you have a picture of a big one you caught. I have never heard of a bluegill that big in Canada or the U.S.A.

Or this colour bluegill.

I haven't seen or heard of one in Ontario, but I've watched a couple of shows in Michigan where they were catching what they called Magnum Gills. Damned things were almost as big as a frisbee!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4q3-ab7CI

Cool video Lionel. I looked up record bluegill in Ontario the record is 11 inches, and in the U.S.A. it's 15 inches. Biggest I have ever caught was like 9 inches. I catch them at night on crank baits fishing for crappie and walleye.

Yeah, the growing season up here just isn't long enough to get to the "magnum" size.

i read the comments funny pics., however I was there fri. and caught 15; 12-inchers more like saucers. I tried to post but my pic exceed 6-m from my phone, is there anyway to reduce size so i can put all the skepticism to rest.

...yes seeing is believing

Try pulling up the pic, then taking a screenshot on your phone - post that

There was no skepticism in my comments, if you caught a 16 inch bluegill, that's amazing. I simply wanted to see a picture of a 16 inch bluegill. That is why I asked to see a picture. I have the unofficial record for the biggest crappie ever caught in the Kawarthas....17.5 inches and 2.6 pounds. If someone asks to see the picture I show them. Hopefully your pictures load so you can post a picture of a 16 inch bluegill. By the way if you have a picture of a 16 inch bluegill, you will be the unofficial world record holder of said species.

I didn't post the pictures to be funny, I asked if you meant bluegill as a species. Your title said BULL BLUE GILLS...never heard of that before.

Bull blue gills are just what the big males are called that roam around together in packs I believe.

I have seen this before as well.

Not that big though - a 16 inch blue gill would be an absolute monster and yes a hell of a fight!!! From 60 feet down too no less.

I have seen packs of huge male blue gills that hunt together. I've caught a few big ones - 10 inches.

I have seen a few that looked bigger maybe 11 or 12...13?? - but that's about it.

Still huge for the species IMO.

Catching or seeing a 15 plus would be a lifetime fish for us up here and if you landed on a school of them well then well done sir lol

holy smokes those are just giants

I would really love to see some pics as well though

Used to get the bulls in Percy Boom, but it has been fished out over the last 10-15years, and the crappie have all but disappeared there. We would get them when they run the Locks in the spring and the biggest ones were maybe 10”, but thick with a Neanderthal looking brow. The meat was sweet like sugar in the spring. Pulling up from 60’ would be a blast!

still trying to bring up the pic and no it was not 16 (we fisherman lie a bit about size) but 12 for sure and saucer like. i can't believe the pics on my iphone are too large for this platform.

i have a pic thats 8.44 but not wking with the screenshot where would i go to get it to attached?