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The Two Largest Bluegill Ever Caught
Posted on 6/6/17 at 7:12 am
Posted on 6/6/17 at 7:12 am
Kind of a cool story. Both from the same little lake in Birmingham. I always wanted to fish there.
Big Bream
Big Bream
This post was edited on 6/6/17 at 7:13 am
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Posted on 6/6/17 at 7:29 am to Teague
Cool story. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 7:31 am to Teague
Neat story
Posted on 6/6/17 at 8:07 am to Teague
Cool story. I heard about that lake from some older gentlemen in the area. Thanks for sharing!
Posted on 6/6/17 at 8:53 am to Teague
WARNING! Buzzkillington Post:
My first real job was in Tarrant. We always brought fishing gear. Ive fished Ketona many times. There are many private retention or quarry ponds in the area that hold monster fish of all species. That article tries to put a feel-good spin on it but that area was absolutely covered with industrial waste from mid 1800s to 2000s. The added mineral content effects growth of the fish and of course unedible. Unfortunately those species would probably not have really gotten that large without human intervention. Many feel that the record should have an asterisk due to the pollution and being private. I think it was perfect storm of added minerals, genetics and lack of predators.
Interesting side note my father was a part of the cleanup of that area. Parts of 5 Mile Creek were cleaned up so much, it caused algea and other flora bloom explosions that killed fish, salamanders, snails, etc. They actually had to reduce the efficiency of some of the scrubbers and other cleanup equipment.
That being said. The #1 thing that I absolutely miss about Alabama is that you could carry a fishing pole and fish nearly anywhere. No matter where you live you have access to honey holes even on drive home from work. I used to wait out traffic by catching half a dozen bream or bass. Louisiana land owners and their laws blow arse.
My first real job was in Tarrant. We always brought fishing gear. Ive fished Ketona many times. There are many private retention or quarry ponds in the area that hold monster fish of all species. That article tries to put a feel-good spin on it but that area was absolutely covered with industrial waste from mid 1800s to 2000s. The added mineral content effects growth of the fish and of course unedible. Unfortunately those species would probably not have really gotten that large without human intervention. Many feel that the record should have an asterisk due to the pollution and being private. I think it was perfect storm of added minerals, genetics and lack of predators.
Interesting side note my father was a part of the cleanup of that area. Parts of 5 Mile Creek were cleaned up so much, it caused algea and other flora bloom explosions that killed fish, salamanders, snails, etc. They actually had to reduce the efficiency of some of the scrubbers and other cleanup equipment.
That being said. The #1 thing that I absolutely miss about Alabama is that you could carry a fishing pole and fish nearly anywhere. No matter where you live you have access to honey holes even on drive home from work. I used to wait out traffic by catching half a dozen bream or bass. Louisiana land owners and their laws blow arse.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:04 am to Teague
Neat part, to me...
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As always with panfish, overpopulation, stunting and competition with a large age class will keep sizes down. In small Ketona Lake there were huge numbers of bass to eat smaller bluegills and extremely limited spawning areas for bluegills on small limestone ledges. So few bluegills hatched, and most of those became bass food.
The common situation, which pulls most of the bass out of bass and panfish waters until panfish take over, didn't obtain. Locals hadn't figured out how to catch the bass in this suburban Birmingham lake
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:24 am to AutoYes_Clown
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The added mineral content effects growth of the fish
I'm going to have to see some science on this. I have no doubt that a lot of people said that, but I have a hard time believing it's true. I don't know of any pollutants that actually help animals grow to huge sizes. I think the explanation that Alx quoted is the real reason those fish got big.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:08 am to Teague
Pound for pound, tGOAT sport fish?
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:12 am to Teague
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I think the explanation that Alx quoted is the real reason those fish got big.
Could be a combination of both. Pollution is a broad term, and fertilizer runoff is considered pollution.
In a limestone quarry pond the water would have a natural pH buffer, and this increases the bio-availability of certain minerals to plankton and algae. It's basically the exact situation most people pay thousands for in their pond with lime and fertilizer.
This set the table for an overpopulation of fish, but the habitat with no spawn beds for bluegill and great ambush structure for bass led to only the biggest bluegill surviving with no competition and a great food chain to grow on.
To grow big bluegill in a pond you remove the majority of hiding places (cover) for them and harvest no bass, while pumping the pond full of nutrients. Sounds like this place was the perfect storm of all the above.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:23 am to ReauxlTide222
That picture should be a deal with it gif.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:50 am to TheDrunkenTigah
I can see that. I guess I was just reading his comments as some sort of nuclear waste type situation with mutant fish. 
Especially since he mentioned not eating the fish from there (although the guy that caught this fish WAS going to eat it).
Especially since he mentioned not eating the fish from there (although the guy that caught this fish WAS going to eat it). 
Posted on 6/6/17 at 2:35 pm to Teague
Just looked this lake up. I worked 500 yards from them for a year and didn't even know it 
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