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Any person ever caught gar fish

Try posting threads like this in the general or off topic discussion.

Anyways, no I haven't caught a Gar but I sure as hell want to

Giuga10

Yes...Longnose Gar on the fly.

(09-30-2012 10:07 PM)MuskieBait Wrote: [ -> ]Yes...Longnose Gar on the fly.

Wow.... Awesome catch Ken.

Did you catch it in Canada? And that is one big fly lol I've never seen one with a treble haha.

Giuga10

I caught it in Ontario. Longnose Gar has a bony snout. The best chance you have in catching them is to use a properly sized trailer treble hook and hopefully it will find a little bit of flesh to hook into. That would be the tip of the upper jaw, the lower jaw or the corner of the jaw. Sometimes, the gap of the hook is just the right size that the hook pins into the long snout and just barely hold in place by the barb.

On average, I would be lucky to get 3 gar hooked out of 10 strikes, and I would be lucky to land 1 of the 3 since the hooks don't always stay in. There was a magical day I found lots of them and landed 5 in a day. The pictures here were from 3 of the 5 gars that day. I had a fish in the 36" size range that flopped out of my hand and left me with a bitten finger before I can snap a picture. That's what you get fishing on your own some days...

(09-30-2012 10:19 PM)MuskieBait Wrote: [ -> ]I caught it in Ontario. Longnose Gar has a bony snout. The best chance you have in catching them is to use a properly sized trailer treble hook and hopefully it will find a little bit of flesh to hook into. That would be the tip of the upper jaw, the lower jaw or the corner of the jaw. Sometimes, the gap of the hook is just the right size that the hook pins into the long snout and just barely hold in place by the barb.

On average, I would be lucky to get 3 gar hooked out of 10 strikes, and I would be lucky to land 1 of the 3 since the hooks don't always stay in. There was a magical day I found lots of them and landed 5 in a day. The pictures here were from 3 of the 5 gars that day. I had a fish in the 36" size range that flopped out of my hand and left me with a bitten finger before I can snap a picture. That's what you get fishing on your own some days...

That's awesome. Where did you get trailer hooks that size. I've only got little ones. And now knowing that there in Ontario I'm gonna set out for one .

Giuga10

(09-30-2012 10:24 PM)Giuga10 Wrote: [ -> ]That's awesome. Where did you get trailer hooks that size. I've only got little ones. And now knowing that there in Ontario I'm gonna set out for one .

Giuga10

I think he just buys trebles and ties them on himself.

I didn't even know they were in Ontario until recently.

Yeah, I bought the trebles and tied them on myself. I also tied the streamer flies on my own. Can't remember the hook size...I just eye ball the hook size. Plus every company has a slightly different size numbering system and it just gets confusing after a while.

I've caught them trolling West Lake, and fly fishing in the Grand River.

They spawn in the Grand in late May and June. On a bright sunny day you can sight fish for them. They are aggressive hitters,....... but as MuskieBait says - hard to get a hook set.

Heres a couple of great ONTARIO instructional videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...f_iQQyHCZg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq8KMikgr...ature=plcp



In the second one a gar actually attacks the wading fisherman.

Cheers,

OldTimer

OT amazing video finds! How'd you find those videos? This is the first time I've seen people actively hooking up gar