The business was split into two separate groups in 1960, that later became Aldi Nord, headquartered in Essen; and Aldi SÃ¼d, headquartered in nearby MÃ¼lheim. In 1962, they introduced the name Aldi (a syllabic abbreviation for Albrecht Diskont), which is pronounced [ËaldiË].
The biggest Bluegill ever caught weighed 5 lbs and 7 oz. It was caught in 1998 by Amos Gray in South Carolina. Majority of Bluegills weigh half a pound. The average length is six to eight inches. The Bluegill was originally a freshwater fish.
His catch broke the previous state bowfin record - a 16-pound fish caught in 1988. The DNR says it got 54 entries for the 2009 Fish-of-the-Year, of which 27 were accepted. The smallest was a 12-inch bluegill caught in Crystal Lake in northern Indiana's Kosciusko (Koss-ee-OSS'-koh) County.