Rend Lake

[HunterOpel]

Going to head to Rend Lake and bowfish the spillway, talked to a few people who say there are some huge gar down there, going to give it a try and will post pics tonite..

[slim23]

not many huge gar but lotsa little ones. bill shelby has been once and said it is still awesome. got into some decent bigheads. gud luck and have fun!

[HunterOpel]

Well Rend lake didnt happen, we went to Holiday Shores Lake, the carp were spawning hard and I took my buddy Brett and his 13 yr old son Logan with me..Then we went to Horseshoe lake and shot some gar and a buffalo..Total 5 carp, 5 gar and 1 buffie..Here is a pic of some of them, other pics will be in another post..

[Bulzeye]

Those spotted gar Darin ?

[HunterOpel]

Yep, those are spotted..They are a cool looking fish..

[Bulzeye]

They are my favorite kind of gar. They all look neat though.
I remember the first one I saw and caught... from standing in a canoe with no outriggers.