You and I had talked last year about the downtown fishing as well off the pipeline. The Gar are everywhere down there. Usually find them in the shallows off weedbeds, sitting in about 10" of water waiting to ambush something. Of course, this is where you usually wade too. They camoflauge well, so all of a sudden a 3 foot long fish swims right between your legs and scares the **** out of you. Unfortunately I didnt have the chance to do the float down from Scottsville, but I have heard wonderful things about the trip...even Muskies in that stretch.

The behavior described in on that Gar website, where they sit on the top of the water like a log jam, saw two do that this spring. I threw everything I had at them and they wouldnt budge, so I thought it may have been a spawning behavior.

They say this is a prehistoric fish, sure would make an interesting mount!

Good luck!