Catchin gar

[Cooter]

Hey, they have teeth so thought I'd post here. Anyone have any techniques for catching gar? Got a couple lakes just nort of me with lots of em in there - get tons of follows on the musky stuff. Thanks, later.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Cooter,

There was a great article on it a month or so ago in In-Fisherman (their annual mulit-species issue). Lots of ideas for rigs. If you haven't seen it, I would suggest checking it out.

I personally have never caught one.

[slipperybob]

I think that they're just primarily fish eaters and have caught them on hard baits. A big over four foot long one, bit into my 2 inch crankbait once. That monster swam and then did a midair acrobat and managed to spit my crankbait back at me. I usually sight fish, toss a rapala size 9 - 11 check to see if they'll bite.

[Cooter]

I've caught one on a 9" Grandma bait and that thing came off the hooks soon as it hit the bottom of the boat - talk about tough, bony mouths. I've talked to people fishin the same lake with rapalas and the general reports are lots of hits but few hook ups.

[muskylover9]

I've heard of fishing for them with a piece white nylon rope. You just fray one end and when they bite it the fibers get caught in their teeth. It is supposed to work better than hooks.

[dakotakid31]

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I've heard of fishing for them with a piece white nylon rope. You just fray one end and when they bite it the fibers get caught in their teeth. It is supposed to work better than hooks.

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i have heard the same thing from a guy that use to fish them in HotSpotOutdoors.