Lake Arlington & Trinity River
Mar 4, 2020 22:40:30 #
Hey everyone making my first post letting everyone know I'm a beginner angler. My home lake is Lake Arlington, for current I fish the Trinity River. My goal for 2020 is to catch an alligator gar. I want to use my Filtec Cast Net to catch bait that will work me up to the gar! Lmk if y'all have anything to chime in for help.
Mar 4, 2020 22:47:01 #
Welcome SK,not sure about where your talking about but I'm thinking Texas maybe.with the Gar.??? Go get em and show us some pictures.
Mar 4, 2020 22:56:56 #
Is lake Arlington in Arlington Texas? Why you make us guess or google? Let us know where you're at so we don't have to ask. Welcome to the stage, and by all means post pics. We love photos.
Mar 4, 2020 23:07:18 #
Mar 4, 2020 23:54:57 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
Is lake Arlington in Arlington Texas? Why you make us guess or google? Let us know where you're at so we don't have to ask. Welcome to the stage, and by all means post pics. We love photos.
Yeah, it's in the Ft Worth area. BB should know where it is. It's a little east of Ft Worth goin towards Dallas.
Mar 5, 2020 06:56:59 #
Welcome to the Forum, Knot. You have a lot of neighbors here.
Mar 5, 2020 08:49:03 #
SKR please do fill in your user profile. A lot of folks out your way that might just help you with info.
Mar 5, 2020 11:11:24 #
Welcome strong I'm on the other end of the trinity. We use to fish for gar in the bay caught one once that was almost 6 ft long. We always c/r them so never weighted them, just measured length
Mar 5, 2020 12:23:56 #
Check out the Capt. Mike cast net video on youtube. It's the best one i've seen and after struggling with my cast net for years. I'm catching a lot of bait (shad) without using my mouth or getting my clothes wet.
Mar 5, 2020 16:02:28 #
TexDanm
Loc: East Texas
Welcome to the forum. For Aligator gar, I like to use bluegills. You want one that is big enough that the smaller gar will leave it alone. I live near and fish the Trinity about 175 miles south of you. I don't know what you know about gar so if you know this maybe someone else will benefit from this.
Gar catch and kill their prey by swinging there head with their mouth open. When they hit a fish they try to grab it and hold it until it is dead. They then spit it our and turn it head first and swallow it. When you are gar fishing with a float. when the float bounces around and then goes under you let it go and wait. Then it will come back up when the gar spits it out. When it goes under the second time he has started to swallow it and you can set the hook. If you set the hook the first time you will have a short tug of war and then the gar will spit it out. There is nothing else in the freshwater in Texas that will fight like a gar. They are strong and fast and will strip line off your reel in a hurry. Great fun and sport. Make sure that you use plain carbon steel hooks and after you catch them just cut the line and leave the hook. it will rust and not kill the gar.
Gar catch and kill their prey by swinging there head with their mouth open. When they hit a fish they try to grab it and hold it until it is dead. They then spit it our and turn it head first and swallow it. When you are gar fishing with a float. when the float bounces around and then goes under you let it go and wait. Then it will come back up when the gar spits it out. When it goes under the second time he has started to swallow it and you can set the hook. If you set the hook the first time you will have a short tug of war and then the gar will spit it out. There is nothing else in the freshwater in Texas that will fight like a gar. They are strong and fast and will strip line off your reel in a hurry. Great fun and sport. Make sure that you use plain carbon steel hooks and after you catch them just cut the line and leave the hook. it will rust and not kill the gar.
Mar 5, 2020 17:52:06 #
E.pa.al
Loc: Martin's Creek
Welcome to fs Knot,gar sounds like a lotta fun, just might end up on my bucket list.
Mar 5, 2020 19:21:23 #
saw1 wrote:
Yeah, it's in the Ft Worth area. BB should know where it is. It's a little east of Ft Worth goin towards Dallas.
when I lived in Crowley Texas(just south of FT Worth)
I did fish Arlington a little
never had much luck tho
Mar 5, 2020 22:13:00 #
Make sure to use steel leaders and hook that bluegill on behind the dorsal that way it will be easier to stay alive and for the far to swallow. After that HOLD ON and be patient. I'm in waxahachie have been able to get to arlington to fish.
And to the rest of the forum, the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers have their stadiums in Arlington Texas
And to the rest of the forum, the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers have their stadiums in Arlington Texas
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