yup a gar.....we have spotted gar and long nosed gar around these parts.
They're actually a lot of fun to catch. They'll eat about anything, but you can catch them best on dead minnows. I know a few guys around here that during the spring when they're about to spawn tie a short length of rope to the end of a leader and drag it across te surface. The gar will strike and get their teeth hung up in the rope and catch and release is a lot simpler.

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