GAR FISHING WITH GARMAN & GARMANJACK

(garman) Bill Meyer arrived at my place on Lake Lanier in north Georgia last Monday morning about 9:00 for our annual once a year Gar fishing trip. Not the best day for Gar fishing, cloudy and a little breezy. The first hole we stopped in held several small Gar about two feet long we caught two or three of these. They were small but put up a good fight with some good jumps and tail walking and were a lot of fun. My camcorder is down so I didn’t get any action shots. Went on down the lake tried several more hot spots we did get some more hits from some small Gar that jumped and through the lure. We caught two off one shallow point, the first one hit like a missile up and out, tail walking like you would not believe. And people say why do you fish for gar? After we had our wonderful lunch that my wife of 60 years (last May) fixed for us, and Bill had a bag of large red cherries (so good) We swapped Gar stories, the Gar get bigger each time we tell them. If they get any bigger I’ll beat that state record of 28 ½ lbs. From the Flint River here in Georgia. My largest Gar was 26 lbs. Not very for off. (I had to throw that in). Along about 1:00 it was getting very hot and the sun had come out and the wind was still up, and we could not sight fish because of the ripples on the water. Finally we came to one of the points that I had very good luck on the past week (caught a bunch off this point). Bills first or second cast brought a smashing hit and the reel began to sing, Bill said I think I have a big one on, it ran under the middle of the pontoon boat and out the other side Bill jumped down off the sight casting platform rammed his rod down into the water then worked his way around the front while I raised the electric motor. Then the Gar made a spectacular jump three or four feet out of the water, what a sight, I’ve got to get that camcorder fixed. I’ve got a few pictures of Bill fighting that gar, and him holding it up. It was 13 lbs. and about 41 or 42 inches long that was the big one of the day. Bill was using one of my rods with 14 lb. Stren braided line and my ½ oz. – 8” long nylon tail. I had just equipped it with my new (automatic rod tip vibrator). Which I’m convinced has increased my bite ratio by 50% or more. It was about 1:30 and Bill had to get started back to Atlanta about a two hour drive. It was a very good day on the lake. Thanks Bill for coming down and spending a good day of Gar fishing with me. GarManJack