An angler caught a giant bluegill in Colorado this week to set the state record.
Gregory Wallace set out to catch some pike on a fly rod the week of June 12, 2019 at Totten Reservoir in the Southwest corner of the state. He unexpectedly tied into a Colorado state record fish in the process, although not a pike.
Wallace now holds the state record for bluegill with a fish that measured 12 3/4 inches long and weighed 2 pounds, 9 1/2 ounces. He caught the fish on a sculpinator pattern while targeting pike.
The fish was verified by Colorado biologists at the Durango State Trout Hatchery.The previous state record bluegill was caught in 2014 at Comanche Power Plant and weighed 2 pounds 5 ounces at 11 1/2 inches in length.
The all-tackle world record for bluegill is 4 pounds, 10 ounces caught in May of 1947. No picture exists of the world record.
