Record Longnose Gar for MD. caught last week.

[Greg31]

I live on the patuxent and we have zero gar.

 

[WckedMidas]

I am 46 and am far more saltwater (Chesapeke Bay, Del. Bay, Indian River & Atlantic Ocean). Most of my freshwater fishing is froom either the resivours, or the triburaries near the middle bay like the Magathoy, Severn & Choptank. I have never hit the Susquehana, Potomac or Patuxent (YET!).

I actually have not been fishing in 2 years.

I fish indian rive rinlet also use to go down every year in october november for the rockfish some best fishing i ever had. You need to try the susquehana . good fishing

 

[E_americanus]

Huh. I didn't know that about the longnose populations and saltwater, pretty nifty.

yeah, several gar species are quite tolerant of brackish and saltwater conditions (obviously with acclimation and potential population-level adaptation). LNG, ALG, SPG, and CBG are all well-documented in brackish and in several cases full saltwater. Of all the gar species, SNG seem to be the least adapted to non-freshwater conditions, although that species is found pretty far inland and historically westward too. TPGs are the only gars that extend into Pacific Coast drainages, but their salinity tolerance is not well understood--
--solomon

 

[Polypterus]

Missed FLG Sol which oddly seems to not care to move around in Brackish or salt conditions.. Kind of bizarre for a fish that lives on a piece of land surrounded on three sides by Ocean... It is what it is..

 

[Madding]

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

Nice..

 

[Wiggles92]

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[Madding]

By the way I use that only in total seriousness, the amount of info posted in this thread is abundant, no sarcasm intended.

Record size LNG + more knowledge = good thread

 

[E_americanus]

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[screaminleeman]

By the way I use that only in total seriousness, the amount of info posted in this thread is abundant, no sarcasm intended.

Record size LNG + more knowledge = good thread

Wow, Thanks!

Even a numbskull like myself can get lucky every once in a while and post something slightly useful! You know the old saying, Every blind squirel finds an acorn every now and then!