2014 Gar Fishing Highlights

FlowerOfLife

FlowerOfLife

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2014 highlights for me for gar. WARNING GAR HEAVY POST
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this was my first trinity trip this year, landed one little guy on cut carp and lost a few nice ones, lost a really big one to a tree that
trip, this is near palastine TX
[video=youtube;UMO9EOD5NXs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMO9EOD5NXs[/video]
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one of the cretaceous period survivors shaking my hook
[video=youtube;96X6EFrmu4g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96X6EFrmu4g[/video]
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the bait

second gar trip near midway Tx, caught a nice gar just under 100 pounds from the kayak, this was a freaky fight with the fish jumping next to the kayak
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[video=youtube;xvYOcRbMKRs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvYOcRbMKRs[/video]
 
third trip ended sadly with the wrong bait used(gizzard shad) only managed this little guy near Midway Tx, sunk to my crotch getting out of the yak at that spot
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forth trip, allsye got to go. managed one little gar out of 10 runs

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[video=youtube;jU6KCAEKQfg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU6KCAEKQfg&[/video]

fifth trip near Midway Tx, allyse was the fish fighter this trip she managed 3 gar all over 40 pound biggest one may have been 55 or 60
pounds

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biggest gar of the day

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second biggest one

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smallest one, still fought hard though

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[video=youtube;oOqeVq738JU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOqeVq738JU[/video]
[video=youtube;YoCkK9NAHYk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCkK9NAHYk&list=UU3uKdwg7hdwupgYT0M4koUg[/video]
 
most recent trip, went with allyse again, managed oen little gar again near Midway Tx from the bank

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rain chased us out :)
[video=youtube;giVLrtj0eac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVLrtj0eac[/video]

got yall all caught up, need to go get some more carp and make another trip, hoping to try it out of the tandem kayak and see if my buddy and i can get a big one from the yak

[video=youtube;N8Y76T_ibGo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Y76T_ibGo&list=UU3uKdwg7hdwupgYT0M4koUg[/video]
simple video showing how to target trinity gar
 
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Nice. They look like rabid sturgeon. Bet they fight like them too
 
Love the video from the kayak. Must be fun, if not a little scary at times! I laughed at the tree hauling; gotta love that braid :D

Have you ever been bit by one?
 
no not yet luckily, they really scared me the first few times being around them, you cant really know what a fish is capable of until you catch a few. they cant bite their own tails luckily they can only come back on themselves about half way. i have become pretty comfortable around them as long as certain rules are observed. the best way to get one on land, is to lasso it behind the head and fins with about 12 feet of rope and hang on.

i just got my freshwater guide license, it looks like im going to be spending allot of time targeting these fish from my tandem kayak, my first real trip as a guide is this sunday, i am trying to provide a budget option for people who want to experience catching photographing and releasing a dinosaur.
im going to be in the tandem kayak with my client, backpaddling and keeping distance from the fish.
these fish are especially scary to try and land from a single kayak where you are at its mercy and right on top of it in a shallow river.
you could probably tell in the video i was freaked out pretty good when that one jumped next to the yak, massive adrenaline overload when they jump close to the yak, so much so i couldn't breath for a few seconds.
 
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FlowerOfLife said:
no not yet luckily, they really scared me the first few times being around them, you cant really know what a fish is capable of until you catch a few. they cant bite their own tails luckily they can only come back on themselves about half way. i have become pretty comfortable around them as long as certain rules are observed. the best way to get one on land, is to lasso it behind the head and fins with about 12 feet of rope and hang on.

i just got my freshwater guide license, it looks like im going to be spending allot of time targeting these fish from my tandem kayak, my first real trip as a guide is this sunday, i am trying to provide a budget option for people who want to experience catching photographing and releasing a dinosaur.
im going to be in the tandem kayak with my client, backpaddling and keeping distance from the fish.
these fish are especially scary to try and land from a single kayak where you are at its mercy and right on top of it in a shallow river.
you could probably tell in the video i was freaked out pretty good when that one jumped next to the yak, massive adrenaline overload when they jump close to the yak, so much so i couldn't breath for a few seconds.
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Oh good, I hope you maintain that perfect record ;) I've seen videos of a couple people who got bit by fairly small gar and they can really do some damage!

That's awesome, congratulations on the guide licence! Guiding with a kayak seems like a neat approach.

Good luck on Sunday and stay safe out there!

-mike
 
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