Bowfin/Gar/Sturgeon

  • swimwizz
    Prescott, WI
    Posts: 39
    August 6, 2002 at 2:39 am #1313632

    I am hoping to catch some of these “other” fish. Any body have recommendations as for where to find these fish or how to catch them? Thanks

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    August 6, 2002 at 5:00 am #244991

    I can recommend http://www.garfishing.com , menu item #4, “How to Catch a Gar”. There’s other gar info there too so that’s one of your three advised! Good luck on the other two!

    ptc
    Apple Valley/Isle, MN
    Posts: 614
    August 6, 2002 at 2:08 pm #245007

    Kid, how in the world did you ever run into garfishing.com?

    Bogsucker
    SE MN
    Posts: 94
    August 6, 2002 at 3:18 pm #245011

    As a kid I caught many a Gar on lower pool 8. Lake Winona reportedly has state record size Bowfin.

    leinieman
    Chippewa Valley (Dunnville Bottoms)
    Posts: 1372
    August 7, 2002 at 2:37 am #245052

    Hey Swimwizz where are you located. I should know as I believe I asked you before.Hey if you put that info in your profile no one will ask again. I know some backwater spots for bowfin on the Chippewa if you have a smaller boat.I also can find you some shovelnose sturgeon. As far as gar I haven’t a clue. Steve

    mavzer
    Hager City, WI
    Posts: 475
    August 7, 2002 at 7:53 pm #245096

    I saw a gar on pool 4 yesterday while catfishing… I know that they grab them sunfish and run with them…. set the hook notta…. just a big scar on the sunny….

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    August 8, 2002 at 7:22 am #245110

    I’m not sure exactly but if memory serves me correctly there was a gar topic some time last year from Carp Chaser and I don’t remember who submitted the site but someone posted it and I went to check it out…………for curiousity sake. I haven’t forgotten about it since but I haven’t visited there more than 4 times in the last year. If not for swimwizz’s inquiry, I don’t know when my next visit would’ve been. It’s a cool place to check out something different though!

    uglybass
    Stoddard, WI
    Posts: 12
    August 9, 2002 at 2:41 pm #245171

    There was a whole ton of GAR surfacing by the Dyke in Stoddard a few weeks ago.. Havent been back out there to
    see if they are still there, as we couldnt get them to bite,
    and werent so sure we wanted them too…

    swimwizz
    Prescott, WI
    Posts: 39
    August 10, 2002 at 6:10 pm #245213

    Leinieman,
    I’m from prescott. As for accessbility I have a small duck skiff and a pair of waders so I can get just about anywhere. We will have to try and go fishing when I get to menonimee at the end of the month

    leinieman
    Chippewa Valley (Dunnville Bottoms)
    Posts: 1372
    August 11, 2002 at 2:36 am #245215

    No problem I’d like to get together and do a little fishing. I can show you some shore spots and some spots for the skiff. How small is the skiff. I’m about three hundred pounds and I’d hate to sink it. Steve

    leinieman
    Chippewa Valley (Dunnville Bottoms)
    Posts: 1372
    August 11, 2002 at 3:42 am #245220

    Neat story. He was the fourth fisherman struck by a jumping sturgeon. Wow whats the chance of that happening even once?

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