Gar Cooking

[Feathers and Fins]

Nathan it is a Fly Ducky ties in various colors and lengths. I wish I had a picture of them not in use but here is one that has been used. I have shared some with saltwater friends of mine and the list of species it catches just doesn't stop. By far my favorite fly for everything large enough to try for it.

[kjackson]

That looks like a Crazy Charlie from here.

[MOsmallies]

Nathan... Google gar rope flies or pm Brian Wise on here. Brian did a lot of great write ups last summer on chasing gar on the fly here in the ozarks. He even put together a sweet video.

[Old plug]

I caught a small gar about 4 hrs ago on a lure I made from a hunk of nylon strap I got from wrench this morning. First cast and I gave it and couple small soft jerks and he nailed it. This was on a bait casting outfit. I have arthritis in my shoulders and a fly rod would put some hurting on me. I may try it on a light spinning rod though. I imagine I will be doing this With some regularity. They are real batterers.

[Feathers and Fins]

OP welcome to the dark side lol.

[Quillback]

OP, did you take it home and eat it? The gar that is.

[Old plug]

Nope did not take it home. I have caught them on plastic worms in the past and caught a monster a few days back on one. I told wrench about it and learned to my surprise people were catching them on fly rods. I wont be using a fly rod. Instead more than likely i wil be using a 6 ft light action ugly stick bait casting rod that I bought the first year they were ever sold. I will be doing my fishing for them during the slow period of fishing for other stuff. I have caught many many big catfish on that little up to to 48 lbs On that rod using a spoon and a old reel. The big thing is I got something to mess with and try to analyze. I enjoy that part in fishing as well.

Sorry about the typos. I hate this IPad. It has a mind if its own I do not understand that after in read back it can still insert words and things I never typed. My advice to anyone thinking about buying one is DON'T DO IT. Sometimes you do not even have to touch the keys on the board. If you wave you finger or styles to close to a key or something else it just might pick it up and plant it in your message. It is a real pain but it was given to me and I am stuck with it.but it is a god send if you cannot hear a phone and you like to talk with your kids and grandkids. You have to type very slow to avoid a problem and even then it might do something.

[rainbow]

We got invited to spring turkey hunt on a farm in the Ozarks a few years back. when we quit hunting at noon the farmer said he and his family were going to the "lake" to fish. The lake turned out to be an oxbow of the Maries river. It was a couple hundred yards long and was restocked whenever the river flooded. The first fish I caught was a big gar. I tossed it in the weeds and the farmers wife said what are you doing with that fish. After I told her the nobody eats gar story she said I'll cook it for you. We caught quite a few of them that day and she cleaned them and cooked them. Hate to say it but they were as good or better than crappie or walleye. Hard to clean but they are tasty.

[Old plug]

They are also battlers. A very worthy game fish that has never been realized yet. I learned a lot about them just this week.people seem to think they just older through the water and eat with no thinking. I have a notion they think plenty. And might. E a challenge to catch a lot of the time.

[nathanhooper]

Well, I did it. Got me a garrrrrrrrrrrr permit. Heck, I never knew you even had to have a permit, but I was just checking on length requirements and all. Interesting. Now I'm torn between chasing after one, or completing my mission for a 10lb+ striper. Tough one. May just have to carry the flyrod with me on my outings is all.