Believe it or not, I actually have a small tackle box full of gar fishing rope lures, garlic scents, dyes, treble hooks, etc.:D My best luck has been on the rope lures which I spray painted about an inch of the 'head' of the lure bright red. Gar fishing with light/med. action gear is fun when nothing else is biting and youre see'n plenty of gar. I pretty much stopped bow fishing for 'em once I found out how much fight a gar has on the end of a fishing rod. I dont kill 'em anymore since I found out what they are good for........CATCHING!!:p