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dollarbill300 reply :
This is the first gar I have ever seen up close. I was fishing in my brothers marina and this thing was dead and floating. Something bit this thing towards the tail. It was about 3 feet long. I have never seen one before.
Missouribassman95 reply :
That's really cool! I've never caught a gar.
bass or bass ? reply :
I used to catch lots of them in Florida as a teenager. Real scrappers and the fight is on the surface.
rgbaseball reply :
that is something very cool to see!!
Bankbeater reply :
We usually see a lot of them in lakes near the river after a flood. I haven't seen one that large in a long time.
dolomieu reply :
I think gar are awesome fish. A lot of bass fisherman hate them, and I've never really figured out why.
I once watched under a light at night, about a 2 in gar chase and eventually catch a little inch-long fry of some sort. The gar T-boned it and just waddled off. Coolest thing ever.
dollarbill300 reply :
I have a question about these things. Since these are half breeds of an alligator, does that mean there are alligators in this lake. If not, how would a gar population get into this lake?
florida strain reply :
I catch a few off them from time to time here.They hit alot off topwater plugs,brighter colors and just chew them up and mess the trebbles up. I have caught some while fishing crappie on a jig color called electric chicken. They are every where here.
Rebel Angler reply :
thats pretty awesome
I've never caught one but i hear they're a fight
unageo09 reply :
See them all the time in the creeks around here. They don't ever bother our baits though. Most of the bigger ones are 3-4 foot long.
Crabcakes reply :
QuoteI have a question about these things. Since these are half breeds of an alligator, does that mean there are alligators in this lake. If not, how would a gar population get into this lake?
Gar as we know them in the US are a family of fish (Lepisoteidae) with seven species in North and South America. The presence of Gar is not related to alligators and the do not interbreed.
There are other fish referred to as "gar" in the ocean but those are ususally actually needlefish or houndfish.
Matt Jungblut reply :
I fish the Mississippi river all the time and theres tons everywhere.
Here's my best one to date
This 1 went 47 inches.
I was fishing a wing-dam for walleyes and he bit my jointed shad rap
Jake. reply :
QuoteSince these are half breeds of an alligator
Who told you that? ;D
Tin reply :
QuoteQuoteSince these are half breeds of an alligatorWho told you that? ;D
LOL
Dan: reply :
QuoteQuoteQuoteSince these are half breeds of an alligatorWho told you that? ;D
LOL
ahahahaha, I hope he was kidding!
Flip4Braid reply :
Those gar sure are toothy critters. Nice fight though.
dollarbill300 reply :
Obviously, I've gotten wrong info about gar. When I first looked these things up, I read that they were a half breed of an alligator. I've also been told that by people when I ask them about gar.
bassman31783 reply :
I foul hooked a 3' gar once on purpose with a jerk bait because I hadn't caught anything yet that day. Very stupid thing to do. I got it to the boat, the lure was near the tail flopping around, & my bud in the back of the boat said "what are you going to do now Einstein?" and kept fishing. After much blood (seriously it bleed all over my deck) & close calls from the teeth & the treble hooks in the tail I finally got it off & let it go.
As for them being part alligator, not true at all. However they do have the ability to breathe small amounts of air, allowing them to live in waters that are low in oxygen. Kind of cool if you ask me.
Hooligan reply :
Gar are an amazing fish, often viewed as undesirable because they're most closely associated with low dissolved O2 waters. They're a unique species that fills a unique niche. We will catch them from time to time in sandpits around here. You'll think you've latched on to a really nice fish, and boom, it's a gar. Yet, when it's a slow day and that's what you get, they're still a riot cause they will scrap with the best of them.
catchnm reply :
There's a ton of gar in my favorite honey hole. I avoid catching them though, mainly because I don't want to lose my lure to them which happens frequently. I used to play with them until one made off with a $12 crankbait. 
Lot of guys around here bowfish for them which helps keep their population controlled. Alligator gar can overrun a small lake or oxbow like I fish in often.
Dan: reply :
What exactly would be involved in the process that crosses an alligator with a fish?
CRFisher reply :
Alligator gar was just featured on River Monsters. Interesting that they said gar were once in most of the US but were killed off.
Do people eat them? I hope they're not bowfishing just to kill the things.
Sweetwater reply :
QuoteAlligator gar was just featured on River Monsters. Interesting that they said gar were once in most of the US but were killed off.Do people eat them? I hope they're not bowfishing just to kill the things.
The backstrap is delicious.
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David T. reply :
I catch them fairly regularly catfishing, and whenever I am using live minnows. They are a pain to hook! You will never catch one unless you give it slack line and run with the bait, and once it stops and starts chewing then you have to swing for the stands! They fight pretty good, until they get turned. Usually can get a jump or two out of them.
heyitskirby reply :
A dude I work with was talking about bow hunting for gar the other day. I asked him what he planned on doing with it after he killed it and he tried telling me it was all about the sport.
What a waste.
whitwolf reply :
If any of you NC boys want to catch a Gar head down to the N.E. Cape Fear river above Wallace and float down past Burgaw. It's a gaurantee you'll catch Gar, Blackfish, Bass, etc.....
ggfishing reply :
what a fish, Good job
QuoteI fish the Mississippi river all the time and theres tons everywhere.Here's my best one to date
This 1 went 47 inches.
I was fishing a wing-dam for walleyes and he bit my jointed shad rap
unageo09 reply :
My dad hung a gar the other day on a storm swim shad. It snapped his line. He never really had a chance, but that was sure one heck of a splash when it nailed that bait.
Jay S reply :
Looks like it would be fun to catch, I've only seen them in aquariums. Don't think they come this far north.
rebeav reply :
We take the needle nose and snap their jaws same thing with the jackfish (southern chain pickeral). You have to catch one like the 47"er to have a descent portion without a bone.
Them folks that run track in those white rubber boots (jk) make gar balls out of them.
JaxBasser reply :
There are a ton of Gar in a lake that I fish a lot. I hate the things. Any time I try to use any kind of spinner or crankbait they literally just destroy it.
I caught one my last time out on a superfluke and it put up a good fight. I hooked anther one that was HUGE...I saw this thing splash on the surface and almost had a heart attack. It was bending my MH rod like a twig and peeling drag like crazy. The hooked popped out of his mouth before I could get it in though (almost straightened my EWG worm hook).
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