catching GAR?

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catching GAR?

Postby HOOD » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:06 pm

anybody fish for em me and a buddy were up a river and there must of been athousand hitting or rolling on top of the water i did not see any sign of food they were hiiting, so my question is why are they on the surface and also how can i catch them , i tried the ol nylon rope thing :roll: ive heard cut bait? iv killed plenty with a bow but want to catchem when things are slow
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Postby mshunter77 » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:08 pm

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Postby Dutch Dog » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:10 pm

Caught them on anything from a plain ol' crappie jig to a crankbait, to a minner. Basically anything that immitates a minnow/shad.
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Postby Gunslinger » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:27 pm

Make sure you use a steel leader. I've caught some on spoons before.
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Postby duckkiller » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:59 pm

Dutch Dog wrote:Caught them on anything from a plain ol' crappie jig to a crankbait, to a minner. Basically anything that immitates a minnow/shad.


what he said, also why in the world do you want to catch them?
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Postby msbigdawg1234 » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:47 pm

They are fun when the fishing is in a lull. Here are a couple os small ones a bud caught one eve. We were chunking rattle traps and stick baits.Lots os time you are snagging. But they pull like a mofo. Image
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Postby ChrisinAr » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:19 pm

A piece of frayed rope.
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Postby blk-h2o » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:09 pm

rope works and you can buy baits made just for the big ulgies, I cant remember what there called but you can find them on the www.
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Postby muddinram2duck » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:29 pm

real question is how many of yall eat them prehistoric monsters?

I have heard many rumors...
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Postby duckkiller » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:32 pm

I love to shoot them with the bow rig but we usually give them to men that work for my dad
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Postby tunica » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:47 am

muddinram2duck wrote:real question is how many of yall eat them prehistoric monsters?

I have heard many rumors...



strip the meat off the bone and make gar balls. cornmeal and the meat aka gar balls think thats how I remember it
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Postby tunica » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:48 am

muddinram2duck wrote:real question is how many of yall eat them prehistoric monsters?

I have heard many rumors...



strip the meat off the bone and make gar balls. cornmeal and the meat aka gar balls think thats how I remember it
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Postby MudHog » Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:17 am

We catch them in saltwater using cut bait (mullet) and a steel leader on a Abu Garcia 7000 with a heavy duty rod.

Gar meat is great to eat. Peel the meet off and make patties with the meat.
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Postby blk-h2o » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:46 am

eat it hot and its pretty good (TASTES LIKE CHICKEN) eat it cold and i reminds me of a cross between a wilson basketball and a cotton ball kinda chewy and the longer you chew it the bigger it gets......
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Postby RebelYelp » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:41 pm

the only way i've ever intentionally caught them was bowfishing......
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