Any gar I’ve caught has been purely by accident. Around here they’re considered the trash fish that strips your hook, cuts your line, while cat fishing and I know a lot of guys that will slit their belly and throw them on the bank for the coyotes. I won’t, don’t see that doing anything but stinking up the bank with gar carcasses and I’d much rather make use of them. That’s why if anyone has tips on how to clean and prepare the meat I’m all ears.
As far as what they hit every one I’ve ever caught has been on live bait, though I’d assume cut bait would work about as well. I’ve heard, never tried, that you can tie a piece of rope to your line, fray out the end then soak it in some blood, throw that out for bait and when they hit it their teeth get tangled in the rope. No idea if that works though.

I caught a ****ing gar on the missouri river using a crappie rig on the BOTTOM from shore one time. Couldn't believe it. I've never even heard of someone catching a gar on the missouri river.

And yes, that yarn trick will work. I've seen people do it at a lake near here. Funny as hell.

Also, i think it was on river monsters this week where they were catching what they called needle fish with kites, spider webs, and string. Lemme check.

Found it.

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and youtube has a TON of ways to clean gar. Just type in "how to clean a gar" or something along those lines and a ton pop up.


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Seriously? The Neosho is loaded with them, and so is any other body of water it backs into during the spring floods. In August when the water is low and slow that’s about all you’ll catch out of the river, mostly long nose and short nose with an alligator gar every great once in a while.


Good idea, hadn't thought of that.

With as many different kinds of fish as there are on the river, almost noone wastes their time with gar. It's about like purposely fishing for carp around here.

I mainly fish Lake Francis Case and Lake Sharpe on the Missouri River. But I'm certain this stat will apply to nearly the whole river in SoDak.

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I've heard that you can cut fillets, crust the fillets with Montreal steak seasoning and butter, then smoke them on top of a piece of cedar. After smoking the fish for about 8 hours, take the fish and the cedar out of the smoker, throw the fish in the trash, and eat the cedar.

Yeah yeah, I know it's a stupid old joke, but I had to tell it.

1.) ROFL that the fish is so hard that they have to hack at it for a few minutes with a machete and then they have to hacksaw it.

2.) The dude holding the fish is a reerun and he's lucky that he didn't get his hand chopped off.

Yeah, if I need a machete to clean a fish, it ain't worth cleaning.

Last Sunday- 5' hammerhead on 25lb bite tippet, fishing white bait / threadfin NO SHIT

pictures please

I caught a 48 lb lake trout that was such a battle the two of us were both exhausted when I got him to the boat. He drug me all over the place and it took 40 minutes before I got to even see him come up for the first time. Almost an hour to get him in the boat. Strong frikken fish and being barbless made it tough.

No you didn't. That was someone else.

That's why I was asking about technique. These things literally have armor plated skin and it takes more than your typical crappy cleaning fillet knife.

Just use one of your 200 collectible Medieval and Samurai swords. I know you have them. Don't act like you don't.

Band saw?

ROFL

They should hang a gar for these guys to test their blades on.

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