Coppernose bluegill can grow to over three pounds in ideal conditions. A 3 lb. 2 oz. coppernose was recently caught from an intensively-managed private lake in North Carolina. We'll be aiming to grow them that big and bigger

In years past I've grown northern-strain bluegill to one and three quarter pounds without automatic feeders or pellet food. So I'm pretty confident I can grow them to over two, and coppernose to three or better, using feeders and high-protein food, which we'll be doing on the 22-acre lake. The lake in N.C. where the giant referenced above was caught makes heavy use of feeders and high-protein food.