where are gars found in wild?

[Monster Oscar]

ive always seen small fish in the Salt water by my house in shirley Long Island when i was a kid. i called them pencil fish because thats what the looked like(long and skinny) now that im older they look to me like very small gar but im not sure if they are? does anyone know??

and can one that lives in salt water every live in a fresh water tank??

SHE LIVED ON THE SOUTH SHORE

 

[408smokin]

I don't think Gar lived in salt water, could be some other type of fish...

 

[likestofish]

needlefish?

 

[DEvinshteyn]

gars are native to southern freshwaters like around florida, and yeah i think it was needlefish.

 

[arowfan]

needlefish is what it they are...we have them in the hudson river believe it or not! largest I've seen over here is about a foot....in FL I've seen them in the 2ft area-big suckers!

 

[Austin]

world record gators are from texas

 

[arowfan]

world record gators are from texas

did you get that from river monsters last week? lol

 

[JOE S.]

I live in Houston Texas and you can find gars in the bayous

 

[skrefany]

I've fished for them here. Not intentionally at first. Hard little buggers to catch on a brim hook, but a fun little challenge.

 

[Austin]

did you get that from river monsters last week? lol

nope....monster quest had a special on it and i kinda know first hand