It was like I said an interesting observation,,,and for the first time ever---I caught flatheads every trip out from the first of Aug till mid Oct when the started letting the water out of the lake---dang somebody oughtta lubricate that horseshoe---anyway the baits came harder to come by in those earlier fall months and things I would have normally released was kept and used (the small gills). And with our more liberal fishing Pole laws I was able to keep better track of large, medium and small gills,,,I generally placed one of each size to target areas (cover oriented) and surprisingly the little guys was the first to be picked up,,and by the next morning only the larger baits were left---maybe they were better at hiding--I dunnno :

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My brother who is addicted to gambling, fishes paylakes for the money pots,,,,at lot of his money pots are won with 1 to 2 inch bluegills---so ya gotta think something is up with bait size.