tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74206322024-03-07T19:26:28.550-05:00West Point Lake Gar GrabbersLongnose Gar are in my opinion, the most challenging and exciting fish on West Point Lake. Join me in a guide trip to experience the adrenaline rush of boating and releasing one of these magnificent fish by calling 706-333-3876 or emailing me at www.dhink256@charter.net.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-60146807641232423522023-05-23T11:03:00.001-04:002023-05-23T11:09:17.678-04:00Boundless Pursuit | Hookless Rope Lures | Longnose Gar<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">David Graham of <a href="https://www.boundless-pursuit.com/post/nylon-rope-lures-for-gar" target="_blank">Boundless-Pursuit.com</a> highlights me in his blog about the art of fishing for huge Longnose Gar with hookless nylon rope lures. If this interests you drill down into his many experiences and for the many species of North American target fish his huge curiosity has lead him too. I'll <span style="font-family: inherit;">bet we met online when he was about 10-12 years old on rough fishing message boards. Look at him now!</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.boundless-pursuit.com/post/nylon-rope-lures-for-gar?fbclid=IwAR2LhobkQ10ZCcP4nV9By6KxUaAzCOFeyKgFHdfhvD6b-7HS4uXlLX097xE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="740" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirM-Fdhmg5JKDTqRIKF7sIw3WxvcyJKfmMxQEltXhj9yvHBesorpPY1-r6V22QxQ12lZoOY3AurocS3_zc3lsrAOZmz59bjYhiVEe4DrEMFK6xwzqa6Dg3oIcC6bz1iRs1_yLG2vwUENS3D6j8OHKBPnirspXo5207MNluPDSLa_Uh-F0aoQ/w386-h289/fe5f2d_3ad2cadf08b84883983cdccc87714a4c~mv2.webp" width="386" /></a></div></div> <div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-12730869257208506612020-08-01T09:55:00.003-04:002020-08-01T09:55:57.553-04:00Caught My Personal Best Record Longnose Gar 26 LB - 3 OZ!!!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGXlvMVAjAPeep3MJPa1jSpSHarfqhFjoOyuh-MjZyNO3Kp6He7fvVeNS2_zXG5sCiQ6LB33dD8bPZL3LJMqJkoejPET25h-heSNMnu0daflt8K_ZWe3JmiruGUNCLCaKzwPY/s605/26+LB+-+5+OZ+Longnose+Gar+7-31-20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGXlvMVAjAPeep3MJPa1jSpSHarfqhFjoOyuh-MjZyNO3Kp6He7fvVeNS2_zXG5sCiQ6LB33dD8bPZL3LJMqJkoejPET25h-heSNMnu0daflt8K_ZWe3JmiruGUNCLCaKzwPY/s0/26+LB+-+5+OZ+Longnose+Gar+7-31-20.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lCrUhjyGJtxZeo6OxKg6vax661XcPurUO1uUaSW5EPgSJIdfHDuSrzOy3D1j9rnB93IAWWesm0gJBl_36jI3pRLfwRChhiaP0SN0ChCMXNYmhC__s2NkJyTPDjW2mE0R7DSU/s1280/Gar+July+27th%252C+2008+23lbs-6ozs+%2526+53.5+Inches-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lCrUhjyGJtxZeo6OxKg6vax661XcPurUO1uUaSW5EPgSJIdfHDuSrzOy3D1j9rnB93IAWWesm0gJBl_36jI3pRLfwRChhiaP0SN0ChCMXNYmhC__s2NkJyTPDjW2mE0R7DSU/s640/Gar+July+27th%252C+2008+23lbs-6ozs+%2526+53.5+Inches-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><!--AddThis Button BEGIN-->
<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It took me 12 years to do it but as said when I texted Debbie after catching this monster Longnose Gar "I whooped yo ass"!!! On July 28th 2008 Debbie caught a 23 LB - 6 OZ Longnose Gar, our biggest Gar we have ever caught in many years of fishing for Longnose Gar on West Point Lake. The biggest Gar ever in my boat!!! Everytime I come home from Gar Fishing and I say "Caught a big one today!" she always comes back with "Not as big as mine!" After yesterday I'll never have to hear that again! She didn't take it well at first texting "Don't see a photo can't fool me" and I texted back "How bout video of me weighing it lol". She texted "I need to weigh scales to be sure". Then when I got home with the photo she submitted to my victory! She then said "Took you long enough" I guess I'll have to hear that everytime I mention my 26 LB - 5 OZ Gar now. "Took you long enough" Took you long enough". I can't win can I?</span>
<!--AddThis Button END-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0LaGrange, GA 30241, USA32.9999801 -84.96094644.6897462638211564 -120.1171964 61.310213936178847 -49.8046964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-74074479899275443162015-07-11T16:07:00.000-04:002015-07-11T16:07:10.235-04:00Brandon Gets His Trophy Longnose Gar!<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
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Brandon had only one thing in mind when he boarded my boat on June 9th, 2015 with his friend Justin, and that was to tangle with a Trophy Longnose Gar!<br />
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The day started out a bit slow with overcast skies which makes sight fishing virtually impossible. Not idea conditions however as the day went by the storm clouds started to gather with some sun peeking through. I seemed as if maybe the nearby storms increased the Gar activity eventually.<br />
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Brandon snagged a respectable trophy Gar that weighed approximately 16-17 pounds and probably measured about 50 inches long or so. (I left my scales and tape measure)<br />
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As one of the storms moved closer and the pressure began to drop more the Gar got activity increased enough for Brandon to land a Longnose Gar Trophy of a lifetime! This Gar measured about 52 inches and probably weighed 20 pounds. Now Brandon was elated! I don't blame him since this is the largest Gar I've had in my boat for more that 2 years and the largest fish Brandon has ever caught!<br />
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I don't want to leave out his buddy Justin who struggled through watching Brandon land several nice Gar. His persistence did pay off though with a couple of decent fish.<br />
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All in all what started out being a day I didn't feel all that great about turned into one of the best guide trips I've had in a long while!<br />
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Congratulations Brandon and don't forget to send me picks of the mount now! I really enjoyed having you guys along!<br />
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Colin contacted me for Round Two of Gar Fishing on West Point Lake and this time he brought along his brother Tad and friend and co-worker Patrick. Tad and Patrick have never caught a Gar before but they have always thought it would be great fun.<br />
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Patrick got things started quickly with our biggest Gar of the day which also turned out to be Patrick's largest fish caught ever! I say CAUGHT because when he told me it was the biggest fish he had ever caught I said "But it's not the biggest fish you've ever hooked!"<br />
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Without a way to measure and weight it, not that I need it anymore, the Gar was pretty close to 17 pounds and 52 inches long! Ok I'll give him 18! Well what do you think?<br />
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Patrick was extremely proud of his first Longnose Gar as you can tell by this video and rightfully so!<br />
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There's no question Patrick was excited! He couldn't quit smiling the whole time he landed and released this Gar.<br />
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Then Colin got in on the action tangling a nice Gar. Colin fishes hard and you can tell he loves doing adventuresome outdoors type stuff and it's always a pleasure to have him along.</div>
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He fished hard that day and I wish he could have snagged that ole big one. Boy did he have a chance too! As Colin pulls and twitches his Rope Lure along this huge girl appears right on the bait's tail and Collin tried to give it another twitch but the huge Gar swam away out of sight. That would have been a catch to remember!<br />
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Meanwhile Tad has been figuring it out from the back of the boat and before you know it he's reeling in his first Gar of the day. He wasn't saying much back there; just taking in the view while honing his "Gar Eyes" casting skills. It paid off with two Gar in the boat!<br />
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Forgive me for not posting over the last couple of years. I have a few health setbacks but I'm well and ready for the 2015 West Point Lake Gar Season! During my absence I bought a new boat! I retired the 1991 Stratos Bass Boat for a 2005 Key West Bay Reef Center Console with lots of room and a T-Top for summer comfort on those long hot days.<br />
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So who's in the mood to catch a big Longnose Gar with me? I have a few trips still available!<br />
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Man what a perfect day for Longnose Gar Fishing on beautiful West Point Lake. The high today was near 90 degrees and the wind was 5 mph, just enough to cool me down a bit.<br />
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Adding to the great weather, the Gar fishing wasn't at all bad either. After missing a couple of big ole Gar I landed this nice 18lb-5oz 56 inch Longnose. She wasn't none to happy to get snagged either! She gave my shoulder a good yanking and didn't want to stay still for me to remove the rope from it's teeth.<br />
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I finally got her untangled and as always, I let her go to fight another day.<br />
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All in all a perfect day for Longnose Gar Fishing for my first full day on the lake.<br />
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As you know Gar aren't your normal garden variety fish, with needle sharp teeth and a bad attitude to go with them, one slip up this fish can make you bleed, a little or a lot!<br />
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I found out pretty quickly however these were not your garden variety youngsters either! Since discovering their grandfather and friend Jerry booked this trip for them they have been on the internet studying my website along with many others. I quickly found out during this trip what they had learned when Sawyer and Max both began to quote facts they had had gathered during there studies. These two boys had whipped themselves into a frenzy and were determined to have success and I've got to say, so was I after meeting them!<br />
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In the beginning we had to delay our trip right of out the gate due to an early morning lightning storm. Jerry and his wife Jackie, dad Jason and the boys stayed at Jerry and Jackie's house during he storm while Jerry and I stayed in contact by cell phone until the storm got well away from us. Living only a few miles from the boat landing, after I gave the all clear call the whole family drove over in a matter of minutes then we loaded up and said see you later to grand paw and grand maw as they waved us off.<br />
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<i>You see, many years ago Jerry and I sunk a boat together in his private lake. Jerry would tell it that I sunk him in a boat but who cares about the details the way I see it. I just know Jerry and Jackie had to be a little nervous so I was nervous for the both of us to tell you the truth; not to mention the teeth aspect!</i><br />
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Anyway, back to the trip. since I wanted Sawyer and Max to catch a Gar so badly I had Jerry to get the boys to catch me a coupe of bream from their lake to use for cut bait. As you may know I normally only use homemade nylon rope lures but I was afraid the boys couldn't cast we enough; I was wrong. The cut bait was rather ineffective while trying to cast too but Sawyer did catch a nice blue cat. We just couldn't get to the rod fast enough with our lures in the water too so we went back to using rope again.<br />
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After to boys learned the routine they started getting a few bites but they were a little over anxious at first, pulling the bait too fast when the Gar hit. Not only that but with the high wind it was virtually impossible to see the Gar through the chop on the water but we fished on.<br />
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I've got to tell you, I was getting a little discouraged but the boys weren't! No matter how hard the fishing was or how hot it got they stayed after it harder than I've seen many grown men. <br />
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After moving around and finding the right spot our persistence finally paid off. Both Sawyer and Max both got a Gar in the boat and and got there picture on my website! Forget the teeth, these two kids were not the least bit afraid of these fish as you can see by the photos and I'll beat they can't wait to do it again.<br />
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Jason, Sawyer and Max are welcome to come along again no charge this year to try to increase the size of their catch too, just call me at 706-298-6958 and let's try to plan it, what do you say boys are you ready to catch a big one now?<br />
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I left some Gar for my Thursday guide trip that I could have caught but I couldn't resist this Gar on a challenging cast. It probably went 15 pounds and 50 inches. Are you ready Sawyer?<br />
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Equipped with with the experience of my Hookless Gar Fishing methods along with the confidence of knowing, Jeff and the gang will no doubt put this knowledge to good use soon and become a new Longnose Gar Fishing addict!<br />
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Longnose Gar Fishng is not easy. My guide trips are meant to be informative and well as productive. Making new friends is another a result of these guide trips and I hope to have you guys visit again soon to Gar fish with me.<br />
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My biggest Gar went over 15 pounds but there were much bigger ones for the taking. I could see them through the chop on the water though but who could complain, I was having a blast.<br />
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I still love hunting down the monster Gar and that's the way I'll always fish.<br />
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I went ahead and got it out of my system early today with a nice 18 pound 1 ounce fighter that measure 51 inches long. Before that I let three Gar get loose that on purpose that you would have been proud to catch as well.<br />
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The water temperature is finally got well into the 80's today which means that Gar are getting active rather than sort of lethargic as they have been with the fluctuating water temperatures we've had over that last few weeks.<br />
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In summary, it's going to be a great day for you guys and I can't wait to introduce you to the best and most exciting game fish on West Point Lake!<br />
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This fish had some age on it and could have weighed up to 23 lbs but it was long and shinny with a big head. I enjoyed my day with Matt and Josh and hope to have you guys along again someday.<br />
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After about two weeks of Gar sightings I tossed my ropelure in front of this nice 15 pound 51 inch Gar and he splammed it's teeth shut on it. As you can see in the video it layed down for me for a moment then once it was near the boat and saw my ugly face, it stipped out so much line that it found a tangle in my spool just as it can to a stop.<br />
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I also saw a fairly large black Gar that nipped at my lure but didn't take it. Then after moving to another location I found Garzilla! She was in about a foot of water, in a spawning mood and wouldn't have a thing to do with my lure.<br />
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In the next few weeks after this hopefully last cool front Gar Fishing will begin to really light up, and I can't wait! <br />
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It's hot now! That's a really good way to start this post I believe. Not only is it hot but the Gar are out in deep water doing their proposing summer ritual. They seem to all start surfacing about the same time then all go down for a while together, and that can make for some pretty tough Gar fishing. You have to have the right cast and at just the right time to snag the Gar you want to catch; and that's how it went all day long.<br />
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Keith a Connie though made the best of it and kept making cast after cast until finally Connie scored her first Longnose Gar catch; then caught the biggest of the day.<br />
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I hear that Connie has this cousin who live to fish and is always talking about his biggest and latest catch. We'll cuss, try and top this one. Connie has caught the biggest fish on a rod and reel and WITHOUT A HOOK!!! Try and top that one!<br />
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<!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-80424963835089315992010-06-28T20:08:00.033-04:002010-06-29T06:23:50.693-04:00West Point Lake Gar Fishing-Catching Up On My Posting<strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br />It's been an interesting few weeks of Gar Fishing on West Point Lake since my last report. The weather has gone from warm to hot and the water has gone from warm to too darn hot! You'd think you can't get to hot for Gar Fishing but the truth is with a full pool of water and surface temps in the low 90's Gar Fishing has been different this year than in the past 3 or 4 years.<br /><br />I did manage a few nice ones though regardless but I missed more whoppers this year than ever before. My largest so far was 20 pounds and 2 ounces and measured 52 inches long. It was a typical West Point Lake Georgia Fat Boy of a Gar and put up a healthy fight of which I have the end of the catch on a video. You can tell from my reaction I didn't know it was as so big until I pulled the Gar onto the boat!<br /><br />I've spent most of my time purposely missing Gar in search for that 18 pound plus fish that eludes me this year it seems. Normally I would have boated about 6 of those so I guess July will be my month.<br /><br />The highlight of the past few weeks was a guide trip where Scott caught his first Gar on the fly rod. We are going back again in the morning to try and build on that first trip to the Gar I want him to snag.<br /><br />Until next time, here's a few photos and videos from the past few weeks!<br /><br />I know you want to schedule a trip don'tcha, so call me!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfA6v_dCfAuhEFxrSV1HWDRE476mv4rJ79wWJUiH36jywIvyQxokJjERQx06O0MtyKKCiYtrUrJxMgFvKstUvJiaApbiW-jL7cEx_SdadrnX2xIfKYHbviBcmCK8qxf-VrcxM/s1600/June+28th+Gar.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487991568051676162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfA6v_dCfAuhEFxrSV1HWDRE476mv4rJ79wWJUiH36jywIvyQxokJjERQx06O0MtyKKCiYtrUrJxMgFvKstUvJiaApbiW-jL7cEx_SdadrnX2xIfKYHbviBcmCK8qxf-VrcxM/s400/June+28th+Gar.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfc1LUxKCSSO1y3eFY5cUGgIGmPM43NCYmuiUWV38e5RaVNAQ3RWWvUebUG0Qavwetb_xOrH1fB0Pwc7H-xUNwn3e4A_mJzIujyfti2KNV-oOOnbeRrezL9XrV5vOBgG4CPSB/s1600/Shelley+Landing+Gar+6-7-10.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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First Big Longnose Gar Of The 2010 Season on West Point Lake</h2>
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This 2010 Gar season has been an unusual one to say the least. With cool air and water temperatures and with flooding rains it's been slow, but man is it ever heating up quickly!<br />
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My last two trips have been rather uneventful, if you don't count when me and a couple of co-workers went up river right after flooding rains the day before to discover that my boat was taking on water and both bilge pumps quit working! That was a pretty scary ride back to the boat landing. George and Tim didn’t seem to upset but it wasn’t their boat, right? That problem was swiftly solved with several hundred dollars worth of hull reconditioning and two new pumps but the other detouring factors that slowed this year’s progress remained, namely cool water temperatures. With the water rapidly warming, still a full pool of water from the floods, the big girls are starting to come right on in to the shallows now, a little late but this is the yearly occurrence that gives me a good feeling that this could be the year to set a record to remember.<br />
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After going up river and catching one small Gar, my daughter Shelley and I decided to work our way into the main lake where my greatest success was earned last year. It was very encouraging to find a few nice sized Gar I could sight fish for and I soon snagged a nice one that jumped out of the water and flipped my rope lure free. After wearing this spot out chasing pre-spawn Gar that we not very interested in feeding, I switched gears and went to my original Gar hole, the place it all started on October in 2003.<br />
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We fished this spot for quite a while and we both caught a few small ones with the sun going in and out, now you can see, now you can't, then suddenly I felt that good jolt from my rod tip and I told Shelley, "This feels like a good one this time"! It didn't take very long to know I was right as the Gar stripped a good 30-yards of line on its initial run. I really couldn't see how well it was tangled so I played it very slow until I could get a good view and I finally got it close enough to make a grab for it, then there she goes again, and again until she finally got tired of trying.<br />
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My first big Gar weighed in at 18-pounds 1 ounce and measured 53.5-inched in length. It's a pretty good start for another great season of Gar fishing on West Point Lake!<br />
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<!-- AddThis Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-81004411674250518922009-06-17T21:16:00.029-04:002018-07-10T11:34:51.936-04:00West Point Lake Gar Fishing - My Biggest Gar Of The Season!Today I went Longnose Gar Fishing with Timmy Montieth (Stepson), Clint Carrington and Shane Cummings, two of Timmy's friends. It was a hot day on West Point Lake with a bit of overcast and the Gar were not surfacing much at the location I had planned on seeing them. We moved under the bridge and saw a few small Gar but nothing to get excited about so I packed it up and moved to a spot known for having big Gar this time of year. This is where Debbie caught her 23lb-6oz Gar and I caught my 22lb-11oz Longnose from last year.<br />
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It started pretty quickly with Clint landing a nice 50 incher that weighed nearly 15 lbs and quite fat. Then Timmy lands a good one but since it wasn't as big as Clint’s, we didn't measure or weigh it. As the Gar began to surface more and more we noticed a small area where the Gar were stacked in pretty good so I trolled over and within a couple of cast I got a strike! At first I didn't think it was very big but the drama increased with a few hard jolts on my rod tip and my excitement grew. Then the Gar came up to the water surface for a moment and it was a huge Gar to say the least. Not real that long but as big around as a football and a huge anxiety came over me in remembrance of the many big Gar I had had lost so far this season that came loose before I could even get them to the boat. As I fought the Gar in close enough for Timmy to make a grab for it the Gar saw Timmy and made a large splash, turned and started stripping more drag out. Then I got it up to the boat again and Timmy grab the big Gar. As the big Gar began to frail about it ripped free from Timmy's grasp with only the line left in his hand. I new that if Timmy held that line a second longer it would break would be nothing but a memory so I yelled, "Let go of the line, let go of the line" and Timmy let go and off the big Gar went on another line stripping tear. It was big and slippery and our gloves were wet now making it even more difficult to haul the Gar in. As I finally got it close enough, Timmy got two hand on the beast and pulled it into the boat and I still wasn't satisfied that the Gar wouldn't go overboard, so I told Timmy to take it down to the floor of the boat; then finally I felt safely confident that this gigantic fat boy of a Gar was caught at last! Measuring 52 inches and weighing in at 21 pounds 13 ounces, it was big enough to edge out Matt Toler of South Georgia for the "Big Fish" lead and "Angler Of The Year" on Gar Anglers' Sporting Society's online tournament, so far that is.<br />
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Some days you struggle and other you triumph, and this old boy was due for a day like today. On days like this, I love this challenging sport full of excitement and surprises called Longnose Gar Fishing!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-38454210875353312362009-06-02T18:43:00.017-04:002014-06-21T13:21:15.899-04:00West Point Lake Gar Fishing - 18 Pounder And The One That Got Away!Today was what I call perfect Gar Fishing weather. It was about 90 degrees, the wind was light and the Gar were easier to see. Now if we can just get the water right. There's still a pretty heavy stain but with calm waters you can still see your target at times.<br />
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I was supposed to go into work at noon so I got up early and hit the water. I fished close by the boat ramp, an area where I caught a 16 pounder on Sunday. Well, it didn't take long to hang into a really nice 18 pound 1 ounce Longnose Gar that measured 51.5 Inches.<br />
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That was the extent of my action so I loaded the boat up and went into work for the rest of the day. My boss Mike Anderson saw me and said, "what are you doing here?" I said "you said come in at 12:00 so I'm here". Mike says, "that's next Tuesday!" I said, "well ok then, we'll see you tomorrow" and I headed back out to the lake and to a different boat ramp up river.<br />
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Man, it had gotten hot by now and the wind was light and I felt this would be a very good thing, so I buzzed my way up to my original Gar Fishing Honey Hole and man was I was right! It was one of those days when I could have caught 10 Gar but I went right into Big Gar mode. I began cruising and looking, passing up big Gar and looking for bigger Gar. As I cruised about 20 yards from the bank Gar were everywhere, but where is that Monster Gar that's is lurking just under the surface, waiting for me? I circled back around to make another pass when sudden, here she was, the Gar I was looking for and man was it big! I made the perfect cast, the Gar bite my rope and immediately began trying to back out of the rope lure like a big, mature, wise Gar will many times do. I moved to the back of the boat to turn on my video camera on then moved back into position and had just started telling about the Gar I had snagged when suddenly I felt my line go limp. I thought maybe the Gar switched directions and started moving back towards me, but nothing. You can here my frustration in the video, I had just lost my biggest Gar of the season and who knows; maybe the biggest Gar I've ever caught! </div>
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We'll, I'm getting ill just writing this thing, so long story short; I caught one more Gar that weighed 12 pounds, 5 ounces and 46.5 Inches. I had burned up my window of opportunity where the sun is high and the Gar are basking just underneath the waters surface. So I moved around a while until I got tired, loaded up the boat and here I sit. Left with the memory of a good morning, with an 18 pound trophy, but how I missing the chance for the Gar of a lifetime, and wondering what could I have done different to have landed that big Gar.<br />
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Tuesday the 12th, Jay Moore and I hit the lake for a little Gar Fishing on a not so perfect day. It was cloudy and windy which are not your ideal conditions but we were determined to make a go of it. Like Jay said, "we're not working are we", and that makes a great day of well earned relaxation even if conditions aren't on our side. I knew better than to go up river due to the recent rains and heavy stain so we concentrated our efforts in the clearest water we could find for sight fishing, only the sun wouldn't participate which made sight fishing tough regardless of water clarity.</div>
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After an hour or two of trying to find our groove Jay's snagged on and the fight was on! Not what we hoped for but still a nice first-time Gar that put on a pretty decent fight. I wasn't so lucky though and only landed a small Gar that jay's could've had for lunch.</div>
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After disturbing our spot pretty well we decided to try our luck in the lake area and that was a pretty good idea even if we didn't catch a Gar. We both had several HUGE GAR follow our lures to the boat and I mean big ones! Seeing those big girls gave me great hope for a good Gar Fishing vacation coming up in the next week. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-59275674257709774252009-04-26T19:43:00.018-04:002014-06-21T13:14:19.463-04:00West Point Lake Gar Fishing-2009 Season Got Underway Today!<strong></strong><br />
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Debbie and I hit the lake today to get the 2009 Longnose Gar season underway and as usual; it took a little time to get our groove on. After checking our spots down the lake from Georgia Access we decided to go where we normally start catching Gar early season and we headed up river. At our first spot I was able to snag my first of the season, a nice 13lb-7oz Longnose that measured 47 inches. They weren't stack very deep though so we move about 5 miles up river to our best hole but it didn't take long to realize that sight fishing there wasn't going to happen. This place was heavily stained and although I hung one Gar, I let it slip off on purpose because it was only about 10lbs. I really don't like blind casting for Gar, especially on a windy day because if I'm going to go through the trouble to release one and winding up against the bank or way away from my spot I want it to be worth while. If you can't see them you don't feel very good about catching that hog either. So, we moved back towards the lake to a spot we skipped on the way up and it turned out to be the best location of the day. After presenting my lure to great big ole gal that just turned her nose up at me, I was starting to wonder if I was just going to spin my wheels all day, then a saw her; about 15 feet out in front of the boat coming dead at me. I made a cast to the side and behind the gar, sped the lure up and let it drop a little right in front of her and she went after it. It looked like the line got wrapped around her and I let my reel free-spool as the gar darted out into the deep. I told Debbie "I don't think this Gar bit the lure, I think the line is just wrapped around her". I was working very easy because I have caught a few before this way when the line would wrap around the Gar and the lure would get caught in the Gars scales and I'd wind up bring them in sideways, slowly. As the Gar got closer though I could see she was wrapped up tight all right, around that old toothy beak! After about four good long and strong runs she finally gave up and I landed a 16lb-3oz 51-inch Gar to top off the day.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-33474061525241934602008-09-07T06:25:00.015-04:002014-06-21T13:16:55.372-04:00August Was A Slow Month With Weather Changes But September Is Looking Up!With all the crazy changes in the weather in August, Gar Fishing took an unexpected turn for the worst. It seemed like Gar were scattered all over West Point Lake but out in the middle in 25-40 feet of water. I couldn't find a school to fish so that made sight casting nearly impossible.<br />
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Tuesday September 2nd Debbie took the day off and went out on the lake with me and for most of the day we were looking for Gar in all the wrong places. I told Debbie what I should do is start from the beginning since cooler fall type weather was exactly what I was experiencing when I first discovered Longnose Gar on West Point Lake. We took a drive to the first place I saw a big school of Gar and caught my first Gar of the day. I was very small but never the less a Gar. Then after figuring out there were no more to be caught in this pocket we trolled around the corner and ran right smack into a large school of suspended Gar. They were mostly this years hatch sized Gar which by the way, grow a ton it seems in their first year of existence. We only caught two small ones in this school.<br />
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After wearing ourselves ragged from casting we decided to start heading back to the boat ramp but I decided to make one stop before we left which turned out to be the best decision of the day because this place was stoked with hungry aggressive Gar and we had a hour and a half of some really great fishing! I mean these dudes were hungry!!! They smashed my lure like I hadn't seen since the spring and I was in heaven again! I wound up with two Gar for the G.A.S.S. Tournament on Bob Frick’s website, <a href="http://www.longnosegar.com/">http://www.longnosegar.com/</a>. One off these hungry brutes smashed my lure so hard it flew up out of the shallows about two feet out of the water in a frenzy and Debbie said, "what in the world just happened?" and I said "that's my Gar!" as it swam straight out of the grass and directly toward my boat with my line laying limp in the water. This was my biggest Gar of the day at 14lbs-10ozs and 50 inches long. It ended up being a pretty exciting day. Too bad I was so tired from trying to find these buggers all day long that I couldn't enjoy it like I should've.<br />
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I've only been Gar Fishing for five years now and I've learned a lot over the years. This year has taught me more about the changing patterns of Longnose Gar on West Point Lake from the summer peek to the emerging fall months and tropical weather cool downs. By the time I really know this great fish I will probably be to old to fish for them but I can tell you one thing; I'll be out there after this magnificent species of fish for as long as I possibly can. Hopefully I can teach my grandsons or grand daughters to be as excited as I am about Gar Fishing and they take me fishing when I'm to old or too sick to launch and land the boat. I love the challenge the fish provides and there isn't a fish on West Point Lake that compares...even the largely touted largemouth bass and hybrid bass that get all of the press and attention. I'm not upset with that though. If everyone Gar Fished then this fish would be over fished and under managed, as these other fish and I wouldn't be able to let my clients experience this illusive enjoyment.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-72659470450361257032008-08-05T19:58:00.015-04:002014-06-21T13:07:11.585-04:00Second Biggest Gar Of The SeasonMy wife Debbie took a day off to Gar Fish with me today and like usual this late in the season, fishing was slow. We started out at my most productive spot of late and there were a few Gar surfacing but not as active as we would have like, so we moved to the spot where Debbie caught her 23lb-6oz monster a week ago. This spot was totally empty so we moved back to the original location. After about 20 minutes a Large Gar surfaced about 20 yards from the boat. I really had no idea which direction it was headed so I just made a cast as close as I could to the swirl and started working the rope lure. I was about to retrieve it back to the boat, in fact just started doing just that when I felt the Gar hit my lure. I free spooled my reel and just felt it out with my fingers on the line and felt that the Gar was still on. As the Gar began to move away with my lure I told Debbie, "I've got it on now but you know how my luck has gone recently with that. I have it on then I don't have it on." I have had a lot of bad luck with Gar hitting my lure, thinking that I have it on, and then, nothing. The Gar just some how backs out of the lure in this fat water and disappears and then I’m left wondering what just happened. Anyway, this one just kept moving away with my lure and after feeling a couple of headshakes I lock my reel down and tighten up on it. I told Debbie that I wasn't sure how big it was and then suddenly this gal started stripping line. I could now feel the heaviness of the Gar and I knew it was at least big, but I couldn't tell how big yet. This Gar just kept feeling heavier and heavier and with every headshake, in my mind it was getting bigger and bigger. I finally pulled it up to the surface, even by the boat and I told Debbie, "This is one of our biggest Gar this year", And then suddenly this thing started stripping line like crazy, on and on until I began getting worried and tightened down my drag a bit. Do you think that stopped this beast; not really because my line on this Ambassadeur 6500, a fairly big reel, was about to become empty so I locked the drag down some more and finally stop it. I don't have hooks so this is a delicate situation and I had to be very careful not to pull the nylon out of it’s beak. The Gar had taken me out into the middle of the lake by then and just seemed to keep getting deeper and deeper and I finally realized it had gone to the bottom and found a stump or tree to try and get lose. Luckily I pulled it off the structure and finally, finally got it up to the surface by the boat, reached out and grabbed it by the beak. At last, it was in the boat and knew then it would challenge Debbie's big Gar of last week. After taking a measurement at 53 inches I then tried to weigh it and the nylon pulled loose and the big Gar fell to the floor of my boat. I told Debbie, "Lets go ahead and get some pictures before I find a way to weight this big girl". After the pictures I found some rope and tied it's beak up and weighed it and fell a little short of Debbie's Gar but weighed 22lbs-6ozs, my second biggest Longnose of the season. A great start to the day but the only Gar caught all day long.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwHzF5L8oxc2ZtdRe1AA3WBJOV88HasgyxEX7ulVikZEX0cgSbAv3syeYHxOBVwe3GSoDvqCscYe80' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420632.post-14758965856401585002008-07-27T20:10:00.009-04:002014-06-21T13:17:52.963-04:00Debbie Catches Our All Time Record Longnose Gar!Overall, we had a very slow day of Gar Fishing West Point Lake but that didn't stop my wife Debbie from putting one on the West Point Lake Gar Grabber's Record book for all time biggest Gar caught from my boat ever!<br />
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There just wasn't a lot of Gar activity today and the boat traffic was very heavy but only a light wind blowing to help cool us off. Suddenly while blind casting a shallow point Debbie say, "I got one!" I asked her if it felt big while she was letting free spool and she said "no, I don't think so", so I said well, "Lock it down and let's see." Then all of a sudden Debbie's reel let out a whine while she held on for dear life as the big Gar stripped what seemed like miles of line out of her reel. I went to the back of the boat with her to tighten her drag a bit while she held on tight. I knew then that this was a beast of a Gar but we still couldn't see it yet. Every time she would gain an advantage on the Gar it would start stripping more line and Debbie was getting stressed a little from trying to hold it back. Exercise class was now coming in hand as she continued to fight this big brute of a Gar. Finally it settled down enough to get it close to the boat and as I reached for my gloves the big ole Gar made another tear and bent Debbie's Rod doubled again. I told here it isn't through quite yet and she needed to let it run a few more times before we attempted a landing. Finally the Gar settle down enough that I made a grab for it and as I pulled it from the water I was amazed at the girth and length of Debbie's catch, and I knew then that it was one of the biggest of the year.<br />
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After measuring the Gar it was time to weigh this big girl. I made several attempts to get a weight but either the nylon on in beak wasn't strong enough to hold it's weight or my glove would get stuck in it's teeth and I'd have to lay it down and start over again. Finally I weighed it while Debbie read the scales and it proved to be the biggest Gar we have ever caught on West Point Lake. It weighed 23lbs-6ozs and measured 53-1/2 inches long!<br />
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After a few pictures we said goodbye to the big Gar and Debbie and I both flopped down into our seats and grabbed a cold drink and talked about the biggest of all time caught by my Debbie who now holds the all time biggest Gar record to be one day beaten; by me I hope!<br />
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Then today I went out for the first time since last Tuesday and snag two nice Gar that didn't get tangled good enough to land but did manage to catch this nice Longnose that went 47 Inches and 13lbs-3ozs. I pretty confident that if I could have stayed on the water I would have caught a few more but Mother Nature took over my fishing day with a big storm that ran me off the lake. I don't like lightning!<br />
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