gar pike

[FinS]

tried my luck for some crappies today

got a few lil ones along with some gills and a huge carp i caught 5 garpike in total all hooked in the mouth

saw alot of largemouth swimmin around along with garpike and carp

 

 

 

caught this garpike on 4lb test slip bobber and a small piece of cooked shrimp sure was fun

caught 4 others around the same size all released

these fish are prehistoric

 

[Dondorfish]

Nice fish - I've never caught one before. Do they fight like regular pike?

Did you catch them down Windsor way? ( no gps waypoints please! )

 

Don

[FinS]

they fight similar to a pike

yes i caught them down here a place called lighthouse cove

[Joey]

Neat!!!.

 

Does it smell aweful like everyone says they do?

 

Joey

[FinS]

they stank lol

[Dondorfish]

Read somewhere ( probably here ) that a good way to catch them is with yarn. It raps around their teeth and the can't get loose. Ever heard of this method?

How big do they get in your area?

 

 

Don

[solopaddler]

Cool looking fish!

[FinS]

Read somewhere ( probably here ) that a good way to catch them is with yarn. It raps around their teeth and the can't get loose. Ever heard of this method?

How big do they get in your area?

Don

 

ya yarn works well but i like it when they bite the hook

ive seen some up to 8lbs get caught here

[Rich Clemens]

Cool pic. I don't see many of those.

[xrap]

Neat fish to catch. I caught alot of them on the grand river on a minnow and bobber. And a few on topwater lures. I remeber fishing the old mill at Caledonia and there would always be a crap load of them spawning thier and some of them were over 10lbs easy.

[Greencoachdog]

Actually it's a piece of unraveled nylon rope that catches them best... no hook!

 

The three words that describe Gar the best are... and I quote!... "Stink", "Stank", "Stunk"!!!

[007]

Wow what an amazing looking fish. Would love to catch one of those. Those and Bowfin sure are prehistoric looking.

 

Thanks for sharing the pic.

007

[OhioFisherman]

Georgian Bay has some big ones 40 + inches, they don`t fight as well as a pike the same size.

[b2kptbo]

Nice, cool fish...

[kickingfrog]

Nice. Haven't caught one yet, but when I did some spring trap netting with the MNR out of Matchadash(?) Bay we would usually get a few in the nets.

 

 

Rob

[Mike the Pike]

I only ever caught one.This was caught in the Lachine Rapids in Montreal.I didn't hook it the line was tangled around its mouth.It's not as slimy as a Pike it feels more like a snake.

 

 

MTP

[1leggedangler]

Nice gar! I landed a couple of those critters bass fishing down in Florida. Thanks for the report.

 

Cheers,

1leg

[TJQ]

Those are my favourite kind of fish.. i kept one in the aquarium for over two years till it got too big and we released it..

[snag]

Beautiful!

 

I think they are awesome fish.

[Pizzinato]

I was in Florida in March and saw a 100 or more Gar crusin' through the bass fry. Some of them were monsters too.

 

I never caught any bud I did take a pic of one in the water.