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Title: alligator gar
Post by: Bigcast88 on Aug 25, 2014, 06:47 PM
 caught this guy on the buffalo bayou in Houston ,Texas (http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f109/viperdude88/Fish%20pictures/alligatorgar_zpsc2410333.jpg)
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 25, 2014, 07:07 PM
Great picture...   :thumbup_smilie: :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Bigcast88 on Aug 25, 2014, 07:15 PM
thanks that gar took me all day to bag gar are picky eaters for sure.
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: muskyon46 on Aug 25, 2014, 10:06 PM
Very nice, always wanted to catch one of those. Just going to have to travel to do it, one day  :) thanks for sharing bigcast
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Bigcast88 on Aug 28, 2014, 07:57 PM
this is a spotted gar  i hooked one of seven different types four of whom reside in Texas rivers and bayou systems  (http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f109/viperdude88/Fish%20pictures/maggie134_zps72c4420b.jpg)
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: fishnmachine on Aug 28, 2014, 08:36 PM
Ugly fish in a good sort of way.... ;D. No skinny dipping in those waters!  :unsure:
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: WANNAKETCHUM on Aug 28, 2014, 08:52 PM
Ugly fish in a good sort of way.... ;D. No skinny dipping in those waters!  :unsure:

OMG!!!... The mere thought of that type of encounter make me cringe!  :o

WK
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: PikeHunterDan on Aug 29, 2014, 06:55 AM
Long-nose gar actually. I caught one while bullhead fishing last year. It had it's jaws clamped down on my line only, no hook in it's mouth. strangest catch ever.
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Bigcast88 on Aug 29, 2014, 12:52 PM
 this is definitely a spotted gar ive caught plenty of long nose and that nose is definitely the first thing you notice to me it wasn't any longer then usual 
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: PikeHunterDan on Aug 29, 2014, 03:30 PM
Actually, I thought the first picture was a long nose gar. In any event, I won't argue with anybody who has caught more than me. ;D
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 29, 2014, 04:50 PM
Here is an older video of the gar and other fish in my son's tank..   ;D   Now that sucker is about 16" long.... ;D
Click on picture...

(http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp237/raquettedacker/Raquettedackers%20album%202/th_100_2588_zps9e68f3ec.jpg) (http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp237/raquettedacker/Raquettedackers%20album%202/100_2588_zps9e68f3ec.mp4)
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: filetandrelease on Aug 29, 2014, 05:13 PM
Hey are you using gold fish for bait  ; great vid thanks
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 29, 2014, 06:52 PM
Hey are you using gold fish for bait  ; great vid thanks


     I thought they were certified rosies...   ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Water Wolf on Aug 29, 2014, 10:36 PM
That would be an interesting fish to try and catch. I bet it fought well.
Way to go Bigcast88. :)

WW
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Bigcast88 on Sep 07, 2014, 03:21 PM
o it most definitely did funny thing about gar they will spit bait out in a heart beat i used hot dogs if you can believe it they love them for some reason.
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Bigcast88 on Sep 07, 2014, 03:24 PM
i want to get my hands on a pike i saw a couple of vids on here and pike just look like all kinds of fun.
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Fat Boy on Sep 25, 2014, 05:00 PM
I enjoyed your thread and your pictures, thanks for sharing.  I've had many gars hit but rarely hook them for obvious reasons when bass fishing.  This past spring I hooked nice big longnose gar one on a Rat-L-Trap and had it to the boat.  Just as I reached to net the fish the hook pulled free and off it swam.  I was so close to landing my first gar!  This one remains on my bucket list!
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: WANNAKETCHUM on Sep 28, 2014, 04:04 PM
I remember reading some years ago in the In-Fisherman (I believe it was) magazine about a guide that developed a system for fishing for Gar with a very successful hookup rate. If I remember right, he used a length of braided rope that he had unraveled and tied onto the shank of the hook he used like somewhat of a crude fly which he then dipped in some homemade concoction of scent. Apparently, when a Gar took his rig, it had trouble shaking the lure (or fly) whatever, from it's mouth because it would become tangled in it's teeth allowing the angler time to get a good hook set.

WK
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Fat Boy on Sep 29, 2014, 05:26 PM
Yeah, I heard that too WK.  A buddy of mine actually ordered lures designed for gar along that principle.  I'll see if I can get the name of them and a picture.  I've been too cheap to buy one!
Title: Re: alligator gar
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 30, 2014, 06:04 AM
    http://www.in-fisherman.com/files/2012/05/INFP-070300-GAR-07.gif (http://www.in-fisherman.com/files/2012/05/INFP-070300-GAR-07.gif)