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Post by Sandbur on Jan 27, 2021 11:20:15 GMT -6
Gar are tricky. My oldest made it a point to spend a summer learning how to catch them. He has a method... counts to a certain number after they take the bait, sets the hook a certain way... etc. He's good at it and can catch them on a regular basis. Are they fit to eat?
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Post by Catscratch on Jan 27, 2021 11:44:31 GMT -6
Gar are tricky. My oldest made it a point to spend a summer learning how to catch them. He has a method... counts to a certain number after they take the bait, sets the hook a certain way... etc. He's good at it and can catch them on a regular basis. Are they fit to eat? They are very fit to eat, but damn near impossible to clean. Very tough skin, picture trying to cut sheet-metal with scissors. We hold them in the same regard as you guys up north probably hold wolves and coyotes. They represent a large population of predator that eats a ton of forage, steals bait, and is difficult to outwit or remove.
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Post by smsmith on Jan 27, 2021 11:50:13 GMT -6
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Post by caveman on Jan 27, 2021 12:18:10 GMT -6
l am at two points. I am a perfect 10. Never have caught catfish, sturgeon, muskie, lake trout, eelpout, tullibee, brown trout, carp (speared many carp,) sucker, or gar. Have a walleye on the wall, and a lifetime fishing license. No longer interested in wall mounts, and never liked the taste of fish much, so my lifetime license hardly gets used anymore.
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Post by Catscratch on Jan 27, 2021 12:58:32 GMT -6
The boy tried some of those homemade rope lures. He didn't like it and went back to the challenge of actually hooking them. Most of the one's we catch are 1.5-2' long and don't weigh much. Occasionally we catch a 5 or 6 footer. Never weighed one of those big ones but they are as big around as your leg and fight like crazy! A 5 foot long fish as big around as your thigh can put on a hell of an first run!
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 27, 2021 13:01:53 GMT -6
17 for me. Fishing the Mississippi River often makes it easy to catch a wide variety of species.
The northland eelpout, lakers and tullibee are hard to find in the places I fish though.
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 27, 2021 13:48:12 GMT -6
It turns out I'm retarded and can't read directions. I've caught 17 varieties and have 3 left to go.
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Post by wklman on Jan 27, 2021 14:29:08 GMT -6
They're also missing sd's favorite. The dogfish.
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Post by terrifictom on Jan 27, 2021 16:36:56 GMT -6
3 for me.
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Post by Satchmo on Jan 27, 2021 17:56:11 GMT -6
Bullhead should also be on there. I am not speaking of spouses, to be clear. Bullhead is #18 Art.
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Post by Satchmo on Jan 27, 2021 17:58:37 GMT -6
2. Sturgeon and gar are the two I’m missing.
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 27, 2021 18:10:25 GMT -6
Bullhead should also be on there. I am not speaking of spouses, to be clear. Bullhead is #18 Art. Senior moment. I mean Sliden Biden moment. Second to last post, page 1.
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Post by mnfish on Jan 27, 2021 19:52:20 GMT -6
Drum(sheephead) should make the list as well. Im a 4. Never caught a trout or sturgeon
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Post by nitro27 on Jan 27, 2021 20:08:51 GMT -6
4
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 27, 2021 20:33:46 GMT -6
I'm a solid 9. Never even heard of some of those fish. What in the world is a Tullibee? This article was in last weeks Outdoor News. Minnesota edition.
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