Those are some nice size bluegills. In California, people here fish all the big gun out. A lot of small size. But when I was fishing for them. I use artificial lure and I see them big gun chasing it. The big gun seem to not like live bait, only the smaller one does. Maybe I make a one trip there to my secret spot...
There tons of bluegills, but a lot of asian fish there, no hmong folk's... I think hmong folk's don't even like bluegills haha...
We use to fish for bluegills in this one creek near our old place. We use to catch them over 12 inches long. But it was only a short period of time. Don't know where they all gone to, ever since no more big one. If you use maggot, forgot the real name but they do look like maggot..., bluegills love it.