yaknar Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 I just had cataract surgery so while I’m setting around I thought I would post pictures of my last couple floats. For some reason I caught a Gar on both floats but when they get along side the kayak they get off. I blame boney mouth…. vcompress_2.mov vcompress_3.mov dan hufferd, Daryk Campbell Sr, Bass Yakker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 We are around them all the time up James River but never had any bite my baits. What are you using that they like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaknar Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 1/8 oz jig…. I caught her on a 5 foot light action rod. She towed me up and down the river for 10 min. I had to get out of the kayak, wasn’t enough room for both her and me….but I did land and release her….I did have a rope lure but never had any luck with it. Daryk Campbell Sr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Those are a couple good ones yaknar. Always liked catching gar. @grizwilson and I caught the heck out of them on our fly rods a couple years ago when they were trying to get to small shad in a ditch running into the Sac river. Caught them on smaller wooly buggers. The gar were stacked up like cordwood right on the bank. If you got anywhere close, they would crush it. If they missed, they would follow all the way to the boat snapping it. @Dutch we were using small hooks. The trick for us was being able to watch the take. Then when you could see the gar turn it's head strip set hard to sink into the fleshy part of the beak. There is not much there but it works. For all we landed we missed twice that much. FishnDave, Daryk Campbell Sr and grizwilson 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Thanks. Now I know what to not throw around them. FishnDave, Bass Yakker, Daryk Campbell Sr and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaknar Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 Put she in the kayak for a picture… Bass Yakker, Daryk Campbell Sr, BilletHead and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaknar Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 I also caught this sad little fish…I wonder what happened to it… Bass Yakker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaknar Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share Posted July 13, 2023 Still recovering, so how about a couple of pictures, from my trip before the Gar float. I caught smallmouth, no pictures, cats, and a walleye…..Delaware to Shelvin…. Bass Yakker, BilletHead and Daryk Campbell Sr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 The James has a lot of channel cats Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan hufferd Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 On 7/12/2023 at 11:02 AM, yaknar said: I just had cataract surgery so while I’m setting around I thought I would post pictures of my last couple floats. For some reason I caught a Gar on both floats but when they get along side the kayak they get off. I blame boney mouth…. vcompress_2.mov vcompress_3.mov I caught a big one on a spoon in tablerock once, that thing pulled like train, got the head up almost in the boat and it came unbuttoned. It was fun. Daryk Campbell Sr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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