anyone target gar fish

Hey does anyone on this forum target gar fish down south?????

just thinking it would be cool to do some day

I HAVE CAUGHT A FEW SMALL ONES... THEY FET PRETTY BIG! TEXAS I THINK HAS THE BEST FISHING FOR EM! THEY STINK LIKE HELL THOUGH

Really...... stink as in Peeeeee.Uuuuu stink lol

YEA MAN.... STINKING UP THE JOINT STINK! LOL

We have Longnose Gar, Florida Gar, and Alligator Gar the later gets real big, when releasing they you have to be extra careful cause you could lose a finger :affraid:



Alligator Gar records:

World Record - 279.00 pounds, caught in the Rio Grande River, Texas, in 1951.

State Record - 123.00 pounds, caught in the Choctowhatchee River, Walton County, in 1995.

a buddy of mine was on a gar bow fishing trip the guy he was with got a monster .. my buddy is 6 foot 4 and it was allmost as tall

Mostly Longnose and florida gar where I live both out up a nice fight but are hard to catch, longnose are my favorite they get bigger and fight harder but are harder to catch.

Caught a few when I lived in Fla but thatwas over 20 years ago
Damn I feel old now.

I have bow hunted for them and fished for them using rod and reel. I is fun they are some powerful fish.

I never targeted gar them but did catch 1 a couple of springs ago. It felt like I had the bottom of the lake and it was swimming... They're really strong fish. He bit the shank of the hook. The barb was actually under his jaw.

I did pick a few forum posts by guys that do target them. Some spoke about using carpeting instead of hooks believe it or not.

I knew nothing about their :shock: CRAZY :shock: teeth--whew and I opened his mouth with just my index finger and thumb. I've never seen teeth like this on a fish before--beyond razor sharp almost like small fangs of sorts and they interlock with each other. My fish bit the shank of the hook and I still netted it.
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jr