GIANT BLUEGILL All Day Long! - The Pursuit Of A 10 Finale [EPISODE 8]

Welcome back to a mini-series... The Pursuit Of A 10! This series is all about seeking out & catching trophy-class Bluegill. As a multispecies angler, I have grown to love Bluegill not only as a neat part of the ecosystem, but also as a truly prominent sportfish. What I have found, however, is that Bluegill tend to earn 1 of 2 reputations - they can be either a "beginner fish" or a "fill the freezer fish". I definitely believe they are far greater than those two stereotypes. I believe they are a true sportfish and you know what else is great about them? They are pretty much everywhere!

My goal was simple with this mini-series... Build confidence in my big bluegill hunting skills & catch a 10" gill along the way. Michigan considers a 10" Bluegill a "Master Angler" Fish - essentially implying that it is a trophy in our waters. I definitely feel I can accomplish this goal throughout the course of this series, however time will tell. Ultimately, I just want to continue to flex my multispecies muscles and learn more about targeting and patterning large bluegill. Throughout this series, I will obviously be fishing a lot but I also intend to include some informative biology information so we can all learn to be better conservationists and help create better big bluegill fisheries for years to come.

In this FINAL EPISODE, I got out with my good friend ‪@bassinbill96‬ to chase down some spawning Bluegill. It was hands-down the best Bluegill trip of my entire life. We probably boated over 100 fish and the average size had to be pushing 9 inches. This body of water is a perfect example of why proper Bluegill management is important... If we want big Bluegill, it is a possibility... We just need to treat out bodies of water the right way to get that accomplished.

Make sure to watch until the very end because you don't want to miss my last catch. That's right... We have finished the series on a true trophy! 10.5" of Pure Michigan beauty right there. It was such a wild ride to catch that fish because we had boated so many big ones up until that point, I had pretty much given up hope. It goes to show that you've just got to keep grinding because it paid off. Shout out to the Mule Fishing Donkey Tail Jr (Pasture Fire) on a 1/64oz Mule Jig (Fire Red) which is ultimately the rig that got it done!

**WATCH THE ENTIRE SERIES HERE**
Episode 1:    • A New Goal... The Pursuit Of A 10 [EP...  
Episode 2:    • A Good Lesson - The Pursuit Of A 10 [...  
Episode 3:    • I Broke My Favorite Ultralight Rod......  
Episode 4:    • Interviewing Fisheries Biologists Abo...  
Episode 5:    • We Found A Big Bluegill Pattern! The ...  
Episode 6:    • BIG Bonus Pike While Bluegill Fishing...  
Episode 7:    • Ultralight Bluegill Fishing - The Pur...  

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