South West A few hours lure fishing

[John Mitchell]

I met up with nephew Ben and Dirty Squid at a local mark to target bass unfortunately no one told the bass we were coming and the gars turned up instead , it is not easy to catch gars on lures , but I got one a big one which took line several times and gave a really good account of a gar fight . Then I went back to bass lures and didn’t catch anything else , no mackerel were about .Ben couldn’t get a gar to take a lure .?.

 

[flappy]

How big is that..looks like a yard long.?

 

[Andy135]

Might be an old fishermans tale but I've heard that a few lengths of wool wrapped round the treble and left trailing behind will catch gars. Their teeth get caught in the fibres apparently and can be brought in on the wool instead of the hook. Worth a shot next time they're hitting lures and not hooking up.

 

[John Mitchell]

Might be an old fishermans tale but I've heard that a few lengths of wool wrapped round the treble and left trailing behind will catch gars. Their teeth get caught in the fibres apparently and can be brought in on the wool instead of the hook. Worth a shot next time they're hitting lures and not hooking up.

That is true a piece of wool or string below the hook catches gar by their teeth , we have done it before on float , the trouble is remembering to bring the string or wool

 

[John Mitchell]

How big is that..looks like a yard long.?

He must have been getting on for that , dirty squid had a couple and he called them monster gar due to the size , they were jumping everywhere

 

[ouchthathurt]

Cracking gar mate, well done ?

 

[Tatunka joe]

Love gar well done Jhon bey

 

[bananas]

Well done John , making me well jealous for a Gar now!

 

[Shirleycodlin]

Fantastic size garfish ?

 

[geejayy]

1/2 or1/4 oz dexters & wind as fast as you can, fish a chuck if they are there. they def like a lure to be moving fast.

 

[Mr Fish]

Even easier on float fished mackie strip ?

 

[John Mitchell]

Even easier on float fished mackie strip ?

I agree with you

 

[Wolf]

Well caught mate nice one ??

 

[geejayy]

Even easier on float fished mackie strip ?

agree that but it gets boring watching a float.

 

[Mr Fish]

agree that but it gets boring watching a float.

Nah, I enjoy floats. I actually find lures boring, weird as that seems

 

[Ollieollie]

It’s all good Mitch!! Nicely done mate

 

[Warby72]

Might be an old fishermans tale but I've heard that a few lengths of wool wrapped round the treble and left trailing behind will catch gars. Their teeth get caught in the fibres apparently and can be brought in on the wool instead of the hook. Worth a shot next time they're hitting lures and not hooking up.

It's true, I watched a programme and the old boy wasn't even using hooks. He was flying a lure made from spiders webs he'd collected from bushes along the shore. This was fished under a small kite.

 

[Warby72]

Just found a clip from the programme I was on about.

 

[flappy]

Just found a clip from the programme I was on about.

Thought you were pulling my plonker..but hey..that is far out. ?