I just got back from Lake Mermit down near Metropolis Illinois and got to shot my 1st long nose gar... that lake is just packed full of them... I was just bowfishing from the bank and small docks... what a blast
I shot 3 long nose gar
I had one huge one I shot literly bite my line in half and swim off with my arrow in him... only to have him swim back to shore so I went in the water after him I grabbed the arrow UNTIL.... He swung around towards my hands and I saw those teeth... so being I already lost part of one finger this year I opted to let go and get away from those teeth and that blasted fish left me standing there in the water as I once again watched him swim away with my arrow.... So a trip to Gander Mountain in Paducah was needed and I bought another bowfishing arrow... but then I shot this one with the new arrow..... WHAT A BLAST