give your tips on catching gar here....

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Both the big one and the one that bit me were long nose gars.


The bite was weird. It didnt hurt or even that bad but since they are so long yet so thin and sharp I bled like a cut hog!
 
Use a large mepps spinner with a trailer hook, put on a piece of brightly colored pork trailer, either the long skinny one or the frog shape. Pull the mepps spinner right under the surface, the gar will take it, let him run with it for 10 seconds or so. you will also catch a lot of mudfish this way............


I have never seen the rope trick work in Florida
 
good tips everyone,keepum coming.

reverse,think theres a pic on google of that setup? :)

ok so heres some pics
1st is the rope un touched.
2nd and 3rd are 2 that i unraveled."they were as long as the first pic"
4th pic is of how i been trying the rope trick :screwy: :grinno:
and 5th is of the 2 unraveled ones on the treble hook.
and with that big and flashy of a tail,might get a big lmb lol
i think i might be able to make time to try it today too. :naughty:
on with the pics :D

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got tons of hits as always.
got about 5 hits with the unraveled rope.
none hooked.
switched to a plain popper lure
got lots of hits.
landed 2,one got off,flopped on the ground,i couldnt grab before he hit the water.
had him on land tho :D
heres a pic of the other one.
he is a bleeder.didnt measure,not the size im after :D
im going to try the fathead minnows and small hooks trick next time. ;)

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With the rope let the fish take it. Dont start reeling. Use just enough pressure to simulate a struggling fish to make the gar keep chomping.

Also if you try the small hook trick make sure you use braid. Also dont just cast the minnow and hope for a bite. Sight cast ahead of the gar reel the minnow pass the gar quickly as they love to hit any shiny quickly moving thing!

Also the rope trick tends to work better on long nose gar. That looks like a shortnose.
 
With the rope let the fish take it. Dont start reeling. Use just enough pressure to simulate a struggling fish to make the gar keep chomping.
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your asking me to go against all ive learned :ROFL:
its instinct to yank when a fish bites :grinno:

Also if you try the small hook trick make sure you use braid
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i always use braided.
sucks for knots and birds nest but i can pull in a big one plus 10 lillie pads
:D

Also dont just cast the minnow and hope for a bite. Sight cast ahead of the gar reel the minnow pass the gar quickly as they love to hit any shiny quickly moving thing!
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sounds good.not really any sight casting needed there everywhere in the lake.lol
they boil.will hunt down the vid after this.

and i know i need to let them swallow the minnow.
sucks tho cus i dont believe the "few days it will rust out"
in saltwater i would guess weeks,fw longer.
i may need to experiment.lol
 
I know its hard not to set the hook!

My reaction is so strong that one time when I was trying to get my ATF on frozen shrimp and used fishing line to make it move like live, when he hit I damn near jerked him out of the tank!
 
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