We decided to target Gar! Both Bacon and Snag have never caught one, so we loaded up the baot and made our way out on Lake Erie.
We located the gar and went to work trying to figure out how to catch em. RJ and I learned a few days ago that getting them to hit wasn't the problem...getting them hooked was. After trying various baits and methods, we came up with an awesome set up! And now we started landing fish, but we're out of minnows! So worms and twisters had to be substituted into the rigs. Still got the hits, just not as many.
I banged off the first 2. Twins. back to back 30 inches.
Then Snagglepuss hooked into one and had her first ever gar in the boat! 28 incher.
I boat the 4th one...a tiny 19 incher and Bacon is starting to feel the presure. He asks that him and I switch spots on the boat. The fish are obviously over there. So we switch spots and I instantly set the hook into another decent gar. After playing this 40 incer and getting him boatside...comes the task of landing the creature. Bacon (team captain of the Bassturds
) helps me with this task. Bacon puts his big mitt firmly behind it's head and in an instant he's gone. 
We resumed our positions at the back of the boat and with a monsterous hook set Bacon is into one. This one has weight! Suddenly the water breaks 40 feet behind the boat and there's a huge gar tail walking at the end of the line! It made two huge jumps and gave Bacon a run for his money. Bacon brought the fish along side of the boat and now it is my turn to land his fish.
Using both of my arms like a cradle, I pulled the beast into the boat and Bacon had his first ever gar! We celibrated, took a few pics and prepared the fish for transport! This monster has an appointment with my taxidermist.
Bacons 46 inch gar was the highlight of the afternoon! Bacon also boated his first gobie and I managed 3 smallies. The weather was awesome today and the boat company even better. I'm sad to see Snag and Bacon leave in the early AM. I wish we could spend one more afternoon on the water.
What can I say...work work work... soon I can fish again.Great catches everyone!
