Another day another gar
Submitted by Faulkner Family on Tue, 2020-05-12 16:11
Another day with little work so what else is there to do . Got a good catch of bait and food . Them long toms have a nasty bite and they are bloody quick to turn on you 
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Ush
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nice catch! do the northern
nice catch! do the northern gars (storm gars) taste any different to ones down south?
Got keen?
Mick C
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Longtail Gar
Pretty sure they are longtail gar (shorter bill and more slender than the robust {storm} gar). Not sure about eating quality but the longtail are usually a bit cheaper than the southern and robust at the fresh fish auction, although they are generally smaller which maybe why the market price per kg is less.
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Faulkner Family
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Don't know. Havnt had one
Don't know. Havnt had one yet . Can't cook where I am . Flesh looks the same so should taste the same
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Dale
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Nice raw Russ.
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ranmar850
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Fingers crossed
I'll be catching them off the beach in front of camp in a little over two weeks. We don't take big frozen gar up there anymore for sails, use the local caught stuff. What rig are you using, Russ? I used to catch them when I was a kid, have played around with a few different rigs up there. Settled on a pencil float, no lead. 1 #12 gamakatsu in front of the float, one behind, they just hook themselves. Tiny bit of squid, or mackerel/tuna belly.
Faulkner Family
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Just using a normal float
Just using a normal float with swivel stopper. Roughly 800mm to a dropper loop for first hook then another 400 to the bottom hook. Just using a size 10 long shank with squid . They go nuts
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meglodon
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Talking about going nuts
Many years ago catching long toms in a tinnie I lifted one inboard only to have it drop of the hook into my lap and then into the bottom of the boat.
Plenty of excitement all around I can tell you
Faulkner Family
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Those things go mental and
Those things go mental and bite anything and everything . Got bit myself .
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Happy dayz
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Is there any other type of
Is there any other type of fish up there Russ ? You sure got the gars dialled in
Happy dayz
Faulkner Family
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There is but I don't have
There is but I don't have the gear to chase t he big stuff. Have managed a couple of small sharks and a Queenie along with a few small trevs
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