I started two weeks ago trying to get my florida gar off feeders. the first 7 days i tried all sorts of foods pellets, thawed shrimp, dried krill and nothing no bite. at day 8 i gave hime 2 red minnowes and started the process all over again, i got to day 8 with the same results as week one, so i tried a different aproach. i found frozen krill at my lfs with a nice orange color, i figuered the gar might think is a minnow and chomp on it, well i was right the second he saw them right down the hatch lol. im so relieved. now lets see how to trick em into pellet food.
Success, my gar off feeders!
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The transition from Krill to (mini salad size) market shrimp should be a snap. From there bigger sized shrimp from skewer should be the next step. When your gar eats shrimp from a skewer, any other type of aquatic meat should not be a challenge.
I netted a bunch of tree frog tadpoles from my swimming pool cover early this spring and everything ate them (including my gars).
Yesterday I decided to go one step further. I bought a 1LB package of Bullfrog legs from Lexington Market. Oh yes, inexpensive treat that the gars all loved!
I netted a bunch of tree frog tadpoles from my swimming pool cover early this spring and everything ate them (including my gars).
Yesterday I decided to go one step further. I bought a 1LB package of Bullfrog legs from Lexington Market. Oh yes, inexpensive treat that the gars all loved!
