Ok so tonite I got back from a day touring the Long Point Bay area. In Port Rowan at the water's edge (Lion's
Park, west side of the boat houses) I saw scores of Gar pike lying together at the shoreline in about 4" of water. They were all about 18-24" in length. TONS of massive spawning Carp rolling and thrashing about in the water nearby.
Sure there are loads of Gar pike in Long Point Bay, but are they plentiful in Niagara? I have only ever caught one, and that was in the Lower Grand River on a lime green tube jig. What about Gravelly Bay in Port Colborne?
Thanks,
Chris.
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Gar Pike
Started by Technosis, May 28 2006 10:04 PM
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Posted 28 May 2006 - 10:04 PM
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Posted 28 May 2006 - 10:12 PM
Hi Tech 
.......There are gars all over Ontario . I got one at Port Severn in the canal lock . They are hard to catch because their mouth is nothing but bone and teeth ......very sharp needle teeth ! It's hard to get a hook set and they fight hard. The Niagara R. at Queenston has some large gars and the marina at the Beacon has gar also .
.......There are gars all over Ontario . I got one at Port Severn in the canal lock . They are hard to catch because their mouth is nothing but bone and teeth ......very sharp needle teeth ! It's hard to get a hook set and they fight hard. The Niagara R. at Queenston has some large gars and the marina at the Beacon has gar also .
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Posted 28 May 2006 - 10:33 PM
For sure the boney mouths make for very difficult hooksets. The use of scarfing or nylons in the mix of the lure sometimes does the trick as the numerous number of tiny teeth get stuck to the material. Technically you are fighting them with a tangle and not necessarily a hook. :-)
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 12:47 AM
caught one today in beaverdams about 5 lbs, forgot camera, had to throw on stringer, zip home, and come back for pics, but he was okay. there were tons swimming around and jumping-awesome, my 1st
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 01:03 AM
Sounds like a good catch but putting fish on a stringer intended to be released isn't good for any fish, damage to the gills just causes a slow suffocation. 
Catch and Release tips from the MNR
http://www.mnr.gov.o...ing/catrel.html
Catch and Release tips from the MNR
http://www.mnr.gov.o...ing/catrel.html
Edited by Rockfish, 29 May 2006 - 01:19 AM.
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 08:05 PM
How can you tell the difference between a Gar Pike and a Northern Pike?
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 08:52 PM
gar pike outside of the main body shape do not resemble northers.
gar pike have a really long but narrow snout and are much uglier as well
gar pike have a really long but narrow snout and are much uglier as well
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 09:33 PM
Hey Richard .....have you tried going to Google "Images" when you type in a word ? You will get a page with 20 images and usually many more pages at the bottom of the page to offer much more info . I typed in "gar" , and got pages of pictures . The alligator gar are huge fish from the southern States ....too bad we didn't have fish like THAT here !!! 
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Posted 31 May 2006 - 05:24 PM
smerchly, on May 29 2006, 10:33 PM, said:
The alligator gar are huge fish from the southern States ....too bad we didn't have fish like THAT here !!!
Speak of the devil! Last year, right near the pipes down in Gibson, I actually saw a gar.... it was probably about 2.5 ft long (which isn't very big), and sitting in maybe 2 ft of water. But that's the only one I've ever seen down there.
But maybe what you meant was that they don't get big here....oh well
Edited by FishingAddict, 31 May 2006 - 05:26 PM.
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Posted 31 May 2006 - 07:47 PM
I believe we just have mostly the Longnose Gar and few Spotted Gar here and not the big Alligator type.
Edited by Rockfish, 31 May 2006 - 07:51 PM.
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Posted 01 June 2006 - 07:16 PM
Thanks for the info guys.
Didn't think of using google to see images of a gar pike.
Didn't think of using google to see images of a gar pike.
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