Thread: Saturday's alright for fighting

Longnose gar that is, I geuss Pontiac started a trend, hooked into this guy bout 9:30 this morning & gave a 20 minute fight on 8 lbs. test. Have no official #'s but he pegged my 15 lb. scale & broke the handle to boot. Lake Harney is loaded with gar this summer, had hits all morning & landed 3 other smaller ones. I suppose that's why I only picked up 6 specks , all fish to fight another day. They use to only "the gar" hit minnows on hook alone or jigs tipped with minnow, but these today were all on spinners tipped with minnow. As reference to his thickness the trolling motor base is
8 1/2 " wide.