hard to believe this is the same fish!

got it when it was a little under 2 inches now its pushing 6. i don't remember how long i've had it.

It's the right time now to get a cork and a 5/0 circle hook and catch you a big 'ole bass with that thing!

yeah right! i'm keeping this thing as long as i can! its got some serious growing potential.

just checked my aquarium log and i added the bluegill on january 8, 2009

That's my birthday!!!

I wish I grew 4" in a year and 3/4.

you mean just 3/4 of a year

I remember when you got him, Dave.  Gonna eat him when he hits 9 inches?   

I remember when you got him, Dave. Gonna eat him when he hits 9 inches?

ew gross no way. i bet aquarium fish taste like crap. when it ever dies i'm going to remove its otoliths and check em out under a microscope to check out its growth rates.

you mean just 3/4 of a year

1 3/4 or 3/4 is there much of a difference?

you mean just 3/4 of a year

1 3/4 or 3/4 is there much of a difference?

Yes, a 1

when it ever dies i'm going to remove its otoliths and check em out under a microscope to check out its growth rates.

I was gonna do that to the family dog but it made my son cry. 

when it ever dies i'm going to remove its otoliths and check em out under a microscope to check out its growth rates.

I was gonna do that to the family dog but it made my son cry.

He looks sad, let him go!

here fishy, fishy....FISH ON!!!

I remember when you got him, Dave. Gonna eat him when he hits 9 inches?

ew gross no way. i bet aquarium fish taste like crap. when it ever dies i'm going to remove its otoliths and check em out under a microscope to check out its growth rates.

Probably theeee nerdiest thing I have ever heard, but I appreciate it

well if i had dermistid beetles i'd clean and preserve the skeleton, but since i don't have the beetles i can't... :-/

Hahaha, its funny to me cause I know exactly what you are talking about. 

I actually got interested in a lot of this from CSI, funny enough like 5 years ago.

osteology is cool. i really like cleaning bones and stuff.

Dave, you fry that fishy up and I'll clean its bones for you!

or maybe i'll grow it out to be like 3lbs and then put a hook in it and say i caught the state record. :-X

I also remember when you added him to your tank.

He looks great.

Hopefully you will release him one day and get another smaller one to take his place.