Technosis Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTO Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 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. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnszado Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rockfish Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 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.on.ca/fishing/catrel.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brad_c Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 can you post the pics Johnszado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardl33 Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 How can you tell the difference between a Gar Pike and a Northern Pike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brad_c Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 That's a Gar Pike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IBC Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 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 !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnszado Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 willl post pic later tonite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingAddict Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rockfish Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 I believe we just have mostly the Longnose Gar and few Spotted Gar here and not the big Alligator type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardl33 Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Thanks for the info guys. Didn't think of using google to see images of a gar pike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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