2' Gar, and curious...

[jcasebee]

I was out fishing a muddy creek last night, and saw a gar cruising top-water. After a couple casts with a small yellow popper, he took it, and I knew the fight was on...

... but it wasn't. This thing was over 2 foot long, but didn't give much of a fight at all (on my 5 weight). I just basically drug him in to the bank.

Are gar always that lethargic? I'm just curious.

[txFly]

what type of gar was it, I catch alligator gar here and they put up a great fight on a 5 wt. the spotted gar are not near as much fun IMO.

darryl

[Bluegill222]

I haven't caught a gar yet that didn't put up a decent battle. But I fish a lot of carp as well, and occasionally I'll have one of them roll over on his side and come in without a fight. I would wonder if it had more to do with water conditions than the species. I know extremes of water temp can make any fish lethergic (the lazy carp I've caught have all come out of pretty cold water). Other than that I couldn't say why your gar went so quietly, but I can tell you they aren't all that way.

[ol' blue]

I've only caught long nose gar, and they always put up a good fight.

[jcasebee]

It was a short-nose gar. Water was warm, but muddy (rained last night).

Guess I'll try and catch another.

Thanks,

John

[RG/AR]

John, one gar may fight like crazy, and the next one of the same species will just let itself be dragged in. I don't know why, and I've caught many.

[Fly_Line]

Maybe it was just playing 'possum

[Gigmaster]

Maybe it wasn't healthy. I have never caught a gar that didn't go psycho on me. They jump, spin, tail-walk, hiss, dive for the bottom, and everything in between. It's like freshwater Tarpon or Barracuda, sort of.

Semper Fi!