Gar Fishing?!

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Gar Fishing?!

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Does anyone ever go out targeting specifically gar? I've done it a few times over the past several weeks and it's been great.

Don't know why more people don't fish for them. They put up a great fight and me thinks they're one of the neatest looking fish out there.
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Clap_For_The_Wolfman wrote:Does anyone ever go out targeting specifically gar?
How do you target gar? I've seen pics of them and they look scary :!:

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Where do u go to catch one of these monsters?
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matcolecat wrote:Where do u go to catch one of these monsters?
Downtown on the Ottawa River. Right infront of the heating & cooling plant.
Hang a minnow below a float, and it shouldn't take too long. The average one is well over 35inches.
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not too familiar with that area, where is the heating and cooling planT? :lol:
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It's about 200 meters down river from Victoria Island.
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thanks! i'll check it out!
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They also frequent the Nepean sailing club.
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Really? at the dick bell park?
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:D they are fun to catch.

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i went down to the heating and cooling plant and what an awsome place my dad hooked up with a nice one . :D

is there any specific time they bite and any techniques.

thanks.
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Bigfisher101 wrote:i went down to the heating and cooling plant and what an awsome place my dad hooked up with a nice one . :D

is there any specific time they bite and any techniques.

thanks.
it is a great spot for them. i'm hoping to go down there sometime tomorow.

i'll be posting pics shortly.
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the only thing better-looking than the fish is my hair!
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going again tomorow morning. hopefully i can get one of the 50+ inchers i saw surfacing there last week.
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:D Some nice toothy critters there.
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I know that spot :D Glad you found a way to get 'em in !
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