How to catch Gar in ponds and ditches?

recruitkim

I saw some small gar floating around a pond and they didn't seem interested in crankbait or soft plastics. 

What do these guys eat? What lures do they go for?

Thanks

Tony Roma

It’s tough on artificial , if you really want to catch one, domestic shiner from the bait store or catch a small bream and toss him out there on a bobber. Keep in mind a gar has a really small mouth and will walk with the bait for a long time before turning it and eating it. 

L8RBRA

My first question is why do you want to catch them? Seems like a headache unless you are trophy fishing for Gator Gar. The gar will have to nearly swallow the bait and hook if you want to catch them. 

recruitkim

L8bra, 

For the same reason any of us want to catch anything!

Soda Popinski

I have never caught them on artis just shiners and sunfish.  

Lostconch

I catch them every so often on a shrimp. I live on brackish water

pinseeker

Gar for the most part are blind.  If small a wiggler, small shiner or cut bream on a cork work.  

Fishingpervert

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gogittum

Fishingpervert said:

6 inches of soft nylon rope.  This is how I do it ... although the video isn't mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLFdDYG79lc

That video is well done, but I gotta say, that's the cleanest, most spotless fishing boat I've ever seen.  Even his gloves were spotless.  Hope to get a chance to try that one day.

mplspug

I was going to suggest a rope lure but that pervert beat me to it.

Fishingpervert

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capt louie

You can drag a weightless worm across their snout and they will bite. Twitch it while they hold it and they will try to kill it and swallow it. Not easy but I've won a few trashfish pots in my bass club doing it.

Salty Dawg44

Fishingpervert said:

6 inches of soft nylon rope.  This is how I do it ... although the video isn't mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLFdDYG79lc

They'll also hit a trolled plug, but it needs to be WAY behind the boat and moving slowly - trolling motor speed. Hooks need to be as sharp as you can hone them in order to grab and penetrate. But the combed out nylon rope works best for Gar, but that's all you can get on it. A 3 strand twisted nylon rope will be easier to unravel than a braided one.