Needle nose gar. You aught to see the Aligator gar we have down here. Mouth like a gator and a body like a needle nose, except they reach hundreds of pounds.

The needle nose are just starting to spawn down here. Im headed out this weekend to shot a few with my bow. Great fisht to bow fish for.

i've seen a number of them but i've never shot or caught one...

i have snagged a few needle nose gar in the river before.....scary looking fish

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.

GH

we use dead minnows, or we use big poopers and spot fish for them. just cast out clsoe to one....give it a littel jerk and let it set......they explode on top....or usea small bluegill with a float

i hate them and have caught more than i would ever want to in my life so i am now gonna try to start shotting them with the bow

Yep thats a Gar. Snagged one in the tail when I was about 10 years old. UGLY fish!!

Man if I ever caught one of those things I wouldn't even think about realeasing it I'd shoot it or kill it some other way

We catch them all the time on the river when using cut shad or worms. They are a pain to get off trotlines. I have had to take 2 swallowed hooks out of them the last 2 days on one of my trotlines I have set out.