I picked up the latest copy of “Field and Stream” yesterday. They had an article on fishing for alligator gar which included a picture of a 125-pounder!
db4d, that size is used for bait!
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Jim
[This message has been edited by nowindknots (edited 30 June 2005).]
Wow!
Jim, the lake you describe in your previous post sounds like the one they were fishing in the F&S article.
I was referring to Choke Canyon reservoir near Three Rivers, which is not too far from the Rio Grande Valley. We used to fish set-lines for blue cats there and were always amused by the gar fishers. Haven’t seen the article.
Some made it a tailgate party, with rods deployed in PVC tube holders on the front of their pickups.
Jim
I had a gar on last summer on Cayuga Lake in upstate NY. Ugliest thing with fins I’ve ever seen. Too many teeth, too. I was by myself on my powerboat trying to convince my outboard to keep running while trying to convince some smallies to bite. Instead, I got the prehistoric fish. I hope that was my last!