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igquick
On the left is a 5 inch bluegill, how long do you think the right is?
Bluegill length
TheKnigit
I'm gonna go with 8"
EOBOY
9"
troutdude
Is this a magic trick? Cuz the one on the left, is a swimbait! LOL
bass
I have to ask if the fish is laying flat on your hand or if your fingers are bent and you are using perspective to make the fish look bigger. If the fish is flat then I would say it is 8-9" if you are trying to trick us I would guess it is 6-7" 
EOBOY
to me that looks like a lure! I have one just like it! My thought was it was a know size, which gave the perspective.
I
igquick
All in all just trying to catch the Oregon record bluegill
Next question, are all these bluegill or redears?
bass
Definitely not a redear, it is missing the red that is behind the black dot on the gill plate (from which redears get there name). Bluegill, redears, and green sunfish can cross breed so it could be a hybrid. I would guess that is considered a bluegill though. You made me look up which sunfish live in Oregon though.
I think the pumkinseed record is most vulnerable since it is less than 1/2lb. Bluegill is 2lb 5.5oz and Longear at 1lb 15.5oz both seem pretty hard. The fish in your picture is probably about 1/2 pound. That is about the size pumpkinseed you need to go down in history! Best of luck!
Also, not sure where you are fishing but all state records must now be caught from public waters. It is interesting that the pumpkinseed record that is there would not be able to be submitted today since Lake Oswego is not open to the public. I think the Largemouth would also not count but I am not positive there.
I think the pumkinseed record is most vulnerable since it is less than 1/2lb. Bluegill is 2lb 5.5oz and Longear at 1lb 15.5oz both seem pretty hard. The fish in your picture is probably about 1/2 pound. That is about the size pumpkinseed you need to go down in history! Best of luck!
Also, not sure where you are fishing but all state records must now be caught from public waters. It is interesting that the pumpkinseed record that is there would not be able to be submitted today since Lake Oswego is not open to the public. I think the Largemouth would also not count but I am not positive there.
| Bass, Smallmouth | 8 | 1.76 | 2005 | Henry Hagg Lake | Nick Rubeo |
| Bass, Hybrid White | 19 | 12 | 2014 | Ana Reservoir | Chad Meadows |
| Bass, Largemouth | 12 | 1.6 | 2002 | Ballenger Pond, Springfield | B. Adam Hastings |
| Bass, Striped | 68 | 0 | 1973 | Umpqua River | Beryl Bliss |
| Bluegill | 2 | 5.5 | 1981 | Farm Pond | Wayne Elmore |
| Catfish, Bullhead | 3 | 7 | 2001 | Henry Hagg Lake | Bob Judkins |
| Catfish, Channel | 36 | 8 | 1980 | McKay Reservoir | Boone Haddock |
| Catfish, Flathead | 42 | 0 | 1994 | Snake River | Joshua Kralicek |
| Catfish, White | 15 | 0 | 1989 | Tualatin River | Wayne Welch |
| Crappie, Black | 4 | 0 | 1978 | Lost River | Billy Biggs |
| Crappie, White | 4 | 12 | 1967 | Gerber Reservoir | Jim Duckett |
| Perch, Yellow | 2 | 2 | 1971 | Brownsmead | Ernie Affolter III |
| Perch, Sacramento | 0 | 11.2 | 1998 | Lost River | Jonathan Cogley |
| Sunfish, Green | 0 | 11 | 1991 | Umpqua River | John Baker |
| Sunfish, Pumpkinseed | 0 | 7.68 | 1996 | Lake Oswego | Linda Mar |
| Sunfish, Redear | 1 | 15.5 | 1992 | Reynolds Pond | Terence Bice |
| Walleye | 19 | 15.3 | 1990 | Columbia River | Arnold Berg |
| Warmouth | 1 | 14.2 | 1975 | Columbia Slough | Jess Newell |
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igquick
I've lost the oregon record pumpkinseed a few times, and someone else lost it that I brought with me...pretty sure the same fish...
1st time, I hooked her, and she came off when I tried to flip it onto the bank
2nd time, I flipped her on the bank, and she flipped back into the water
3rd time, someone I took out hooked the fish, and it came off when she tried to flip it lol
Not only that, I know someone else that has pictures of 1 from a different lake they catch every year...I told them about the record and they didn't even know about it
1st time, I hooked her, and she came off when I tried to flip it onto the bank
2nd time, I flipped her on the bank, and she flipped back into the water
3rd time, someone I took out hooked the fish, and it came off when she tried to flip it lol
Not only that, I know someone else that has pictures of 1 from a different lake they catch every year...I told them about the record and they didn't even know about it
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Jackson
Nice I’m about to go to Portland soon and lakes near or around you would recomendigquick said:
Joffurson
I definitely watched a guy break the bluegill record in Henry Hagg a few years back. I was fishing from the shore over by orchard ridge and a guy showed up with his wife and cast his rig out with a nightcrawler on the bottom while he set up his wife's pole. Within a minute his pole was tearing off towards the water. He ran after it and grabbed it and one of the most epic tussles I've ever seen followed. The look on his face was unforgettable and after about 10-15 minutes (on probably 8-10 pound gear) he pulled in a bluegill literally the size of a dinner plate. Thing couldn't have been under 3 pounds and was so fat it was practically circular. I'm sure he had no clue it was a record breaker and took it home to eat. Not that it'd matter much with how much of a hassle it is to register a fish in this state. I'm sure a lot of the records are only as low as they are because the process around here is too much of a pain for most people to bother with it.
