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Was fishin at UL last week, and a friend caught this awesome sunfish. I thought it was a giant blue gill till we checked the proclamation. 10"L 10 1/2girth enjoy

That's a pretty big one! Good for him.

(Although you were right at first. Bluegill.)
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Sorry, but that is a bluegill all the way. And a very nice one at that. What about the proclamation made you think it was a green sunfish? Don't go by coloration. Green sunfish have a longer body shape and larger mouth that extends back to the eye.
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That is one very nice Bluegill !! Did you happen to get a weight on it ?? What did it hit??

Dang thats a nice blue gill.
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I concur, that is exactly what you said at first, a giant bluegill, a pure bred bluegill at that. I've caught many hybrid green sunfish bluegill crosses and this is not one of those either, it's a pure male gill. Very nice but not surprising out of utah lake. Plenty 9 inchers in there and a good number of 10's. No need for pelican lake haha.
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mouth is really small for a green sunfish, I would concur with the others, definitely a bluegil
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I never seem one that big before, the lack of vertical stripes kinda made me lean toward sunfish. But I see the shape and mouth definitely match, it was caught on shrimp and was 1/2 pound (but was hard to read on a bigger scale). []

Here is a green sunfish, I think you'll be able to see the difference, they are a lot less rounded and more pointy and bigger mouths... But that is a nice fish no doubt... good job... Later J
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This Green Sunfish was 2 inches off the state C&R. I was caught at Willard Bay and looked like a smallmouth bass when it came close to the boat. It was 8.5 inches long.


At 10 inches you sure did get a nice gill.
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Well since this has turned into the "look-at-this-green-sunfish" thread [], here is mine from a while back.

http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...t_id=62045

Love catching those little dudes! They will hit bigger baits and they are .

Either way, the pics of that gill from the original poster are great. There are some really nice, healthy gills in Utah Lake if you can find 'em.
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I recognize that concrete!
How ya been?
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Not fishing nearly enough. Hoping we get a good winter and that I wear out the new blades on my ice auger. :-)
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