I've caught countless Green Sunfish over the years. Most of them were small...like 2"-5" range.
In the past couple of years I've been getting some larger and larger ones in a few places. I've caught some 9-inchers this year, with the biggest I've measured being 9.25".
Today during lunch I caught another 9-incher. This one was SO DEEP-BODIED...it just seemed even BIGGER. I had to measure it.
It takes a 10" Green Sunfish to qualify for an Iowa Master Angler Award...which seems crazy...I've NEVER seen one that big...yet. I really kind of suspect that many of these "Green Sunfish" people catch that are 10" or better may actually be Hybrid Sunfish. But maybe not? If not, that means that these fish DO get bigger, so hopefully within another year or two one of my local spots will produce one that big.
Anyway, I also did catch a crappie, a couple Hybrid Sunfish, a couple more Green Sunfish, and a couple small Bluegills, all on a gold microjig under an indicator.
I've seen some big ones but 10 inches is huge. When they smash a #2 bass popper and nearly swallow it then you know you've hooked into a massive Green.
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