Gar

[WettinLine]

Im thinking of fishing Bull Shoals for the first time in next couple of weeks and I was wondering if anyone know of a few good Gar spots where I can attempt to catch a few? Im not familiar with this lake so detailed directions would be great, thanks in advance.

[Old plug]

I am not on bull shakes but what you need to do is look for them rolling in the evening. I have a large school right up from my house about 1/2 mile.they are there every evening. You just get next tithe school and cast into it. Do not expect a strike right away. When I fish for the I fsh for a couple hours and usually catch just 1 or 2. Usually 2. Do you have the proper lure and equipment. They have to be handled very carefully. Not that they are vicious it is that if they shake around those teeth could do a lot of damage. I would advise a very heavy glove. They have 2 rows if teeth one row is upland down the other row sticks out at a angle. I have had the angle teeth go right thou your average work glove.

[Josh Holt]

we just shoot them with our bows its much more fun and a lot faster. If you find a big school you can easily kill 20 to 30 of them in an hour. they are also good eating but you better have a pair of tin snips ready cause your going to need them.

[powerdive]

He's not asking how, he's asking where.

I haven't been there lately, but the 4-mile stretch around K Dock (from Snapp Hollow to Hogan Creek) on the upper lake gets filthy with gar every summer. It's hard to get a bait through them at times, and every once in awhile they'll snatch the fish you're trying to fight to the boat. By road, this area is between Branson and Forsyth, on Highway K in Missouri.

There are quite a few in the Diamond City (Arkansas) midlake area right now, but they're not as aggressive as in past years. You can see them rolling on the surface, but they seem spookier than usual. The water's not as warm this year.....

[Mike Worley]

Last week I fished several days in the Tucker hollow area and Bee Creek seemed to be loaded with gar. Not so much out on the main lake flat, but we hooked several inside the creek a couple points in on crawler rigs.

[WettinLine]

Bee Creek on Taney?

[Old plug]

I was just out about a hour ago. Wanted to try something with a new rope lure I made. I caught a 42" longnose. This area up my cove has a awful lot of good sized gar there in the evenings. Nobody ever fishes for them. I got a damaged rotary cuff so took a 6 ft light action rod with 8 lb test on it with instead of my bait casting gear. Made for a longer fight and pretty sore shoulder. I had no business doing that. There is going to be more punishment when my wife discovers that the gar flipped a bit and got some teeth stuck in a almost new par of jeans. I think I will just not say anything and when she starts I will say " WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY NEW JEANS. HOW COULD SUCH A THING HAPPEN". Think that will work huh????

[WettinLine]

Sounds like you caught a nice gar, congrats. Where is this cove located?

[Roger Craig]

What do you do with Gar, are they that good eating? lol.

[Old plug]

The cove i been fishing in is Mill Creek on the on the Gravois Arm of LOZ. There are several spots. I caught a 48" at another spot.but i just cruise ariund and watch for schools rolling. The spot in my cove the smallest i have caught out of that school was about 30" Other than that they have all been over 40".