What kind of Fish is this?
 

Hi,

I just caught this fish up here in Quebec, Canada. Any idea what it is?

RE: What kind of Fish is this?
 

Gar....
very ancient fish. I have never caught one myself and only know a few who have...
Nice catch!

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Those are not native fish up there are they?? I thought there were from South America or something (but may be wrong). Thereis abusiness near here that sells day fishing tickets on a couple of ponds they own and there are some of those stocked. Alligator gar is what I've heard them called.

Looks like a chicken leg may work as bait:D

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Actually, if truth be told, my brother caught this in South Carolina. I have no idea if it was from a stocked pond or not. Funky looking fish regardless.

Cheers,

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Yup, gar...real common around these parts in IL and south.

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It's not a regular gar, it's a long-nosed gar. They are in a lot of lakes throughout the midwest and Canada...just very few of them.

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Thanks Pat,
I'm a real stickler on the correct name of a species being thatI teach Science. Let's not forget folks. Long nosed gar.;)

We mostly have the Florida Gar here in FLorida which get mostly around 2 feet long.


Here is an 8 foot Alligator Gar

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http://myfwc.com/fishing/record.html

Here is a list of all of our freshwater fish and records. It appears we have all 3 types of gar down here.
Chuck7

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those gar are ugly fish

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I shot 4 of them this weekend with my bow.

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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.

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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.