Largest Bluegill You Have Ever Caught

[FirstnameLastname]

I would say my personal best is probably a little under a half pound. I caught it on night crawlers in a small lake. World record sunfish is 5 pounds 12oz I belief, caught in Mexico. Not a bluegill but close. Anyway what are your best bluegills and what we're you using?

[aavery2]

Right around 2 lbs.  I caught him at a sandpit on a Bomber crankbait, he was almost completely black, had a big knot on his forehead.  My son had never seen one get this big and because of his coloring and the knot on his head did not even recognize the fish as a bluegill.    I have caught many over a 1 lb , but never anything close to size of this beast.

[RSM789]

All of the large bluegill I have caught were accidental, caught while fishing for bass.  The largest was 2.5 lbs, caught on a plastic worm & was as big as my face.  I have caught a dozen or so in the 2lb range on everything from topwaters to crankbaits.  They get funny looking when they get that big, it is as if they outgrow their head.

[everythingthatswims]

Not sure on the weight, but I have caught about 5 in the 11-12" range. All from the same pond, we have caught some there on trick worms and superflukes, they are big enough to fit a 3/0 EWG in their mouth!

[FirstnameLastname]

Wow, that's a panfish I couldn't fit In a pan.

[PondHopper96]

My buddy caught one when fishing for bass that weighed 2.6! He got him on a square bill

[SirSnookalot]

Have had brim in Florida looked to be the size of a skillet.

[Bluebasser86]

I caught some monster bluegills out of my grandparents old pond. I used to use a tiny lightwire hook with an ultralight to hook a big grasshopper under the collar and let it kick around the surface with no weight or anything. One day there was a school of huge ones under their dock, 12 inchers that were bigger than my grandpa's hand by a lot. No idea what they weighed, certainly in the 1.5 pound range. 

[Catch and Grease]

My PB would probably be around a pound

[Coherence]

2 lbs 1 oz caught on a beetle spin when I was messing around trying to catch perch and crappie one day. Needless to say I was shocked when I pulled that thing out. Haven't seen one even remotely close to that big since. 

[BasshunterJGH]

3/4 lb on a Panther Martin

[Nelson Wormefeller]

Here's mine.       9.25" length, weight unknown

 

[Munkin]

Caught one 13" on a DS worm and though I had a decent bass.

 

Allen