I saw a large cigar shaped fish swimming around a peir today in Lake Couer d' Alene, it appeared to be a type of gar, which I have never seen here except in aquaria. Could it have been one? It was roughly two feet long and had HUGE teeth and was striking at some YOY and small sunfish and bass. I'll try to get photos.
Saw a fish, think it was a gar!
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Posted 26 September 2009 - 10:34 PM
did it's head look like -< instead of the regular sideways U shape of a head of a fish (top view)? It would be most likely a Longnose you did see if it was a gar (although it could have been a spotted or a shortnose), since they have a long "snout"
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Posted 26 September 2009 - 11:26 PM
did it's head look like -< instead of the regular sideways U shape of a head of a fish (top view)? It would be most likely a Longnose you did see if it was a gar (although it could have been a spotted or a shortnose), since they have a long "snout"
It had a leopard-spotted back and fins, a long snout filled with sharp teeth, and it moved really fast at its prey.
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Posted 27 September 2009 - 06:51 AM
If it was a gar it should not be anywhere near there. Closest gar to Idaho is the Shortnose and it occurs only isolated in pockets of Eastern Montana. I would highly suggest it was an Esox species and not a Gar.
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Posted 27 September 2009 - 03:55 PM
Fantastic.... If it was one it would have been Illegally imported across state lines, Illegally possessed and then Illegally released..
Photos would help and are a bit needed in cases like this and reports like these.
Photos would help and are a bit needed in cases like this and reports like these.
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Posted 06 October 2009 - 11:57 PM
I have tried, but alas I have failed. I cannot, for the life of me, refind this fish. I think he was removed or has changed his territory. I'll keep searching. When are gar most active?
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 06:56 AM
Majority of activity and foraging is late Dusk. However, this is assuming this is a captive released Florida Gar. Shortnosed and Longnosed will often be active during the Late afternoon and early Morning. Florida will seek an area with some amount of cover, be it vegetation or downed trees / brush, during the day. Shortnosed and Longnosed will often be seen in open water some distance from the shore.
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 07:39 PM
really? gar here like mid-morning through mid afternoon
And you have Longnosed....
They are regularly seen and active as stated early morning and Late afternoon (And Late night on Moonless days) near shore and often seen lounging visibly in open waters at other times. They tend to be a rather visible species all around on open waters. Does not mean this is the best time to catch them or sample them with typically available tools. Most mid morning and Mid afternoon behavior is just laying around or basking. These fish are very difficult to approach when laying around in mid day.
Granted if you have some electroshocking equipment you can nab up a bunch of them but if you try seining, dipnetting or angling you have a challenge on your hands.
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 08:50 PM
Rapala Original Floater 11 will catch it, as long as you dont go within 20' of it it will show interest in the lure, as soon as it strikes set the hook hard! edit from here> Yea usually they are basking, but thats really the only time theyre up unless they are in pods which they slowly scan the shallows, thats what Ive noticed when I fished for them
Edited by panfisherteen, 07 October 2009 - 08:52 PM.
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