Apr 12, 2023 · Longnose gar, like this beauty that fishing guide Rob Jackson is holding, is a fascinating fish from the late Cretaceous era that are found in Ontario south of the line from Sault Ste. Marie to Lake Temiskaming.

In Ontario, the Spotted Gar lives in calm, clear pools and bays with plenty of aquatic plants. It is usually found in lakes with soft mud bottoms. During the spring breeding season, the adults move to shallow water with lots of aquatic plants, where they mate and lay eggs.

May 29, 2012 · I saw four gars while out fishing over the weekend. They would not hit any spinnerbait or buzzsbaits which I was using for bass and pike. What is the best way to catch a gar? They are on my bucket list.

Apr 12, 2023 · LONGNOSE GAR. The Longnose Gar is a unique creature. It’s a primitive ray-finned fish of the gar family. It is also known as the needlenose gar. The gar has been present in North America for about 100 million years. Fossils of Gar have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America dating back 100 million years.

Did you ever wonder if a Gar or a Pike are the same species? Looking at them, they both have long, slender bodies, sharp teeth, and voracious appetites. But don’t let their looks fool you. They’re very different fish, with different origins, habitats, and fishing methods.

Aside from the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers, Ontarians can also find healthy populations of Gar living in all but one of the Great Lakes: Lake Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Lake Ontario. Though the camouflage pattern of the Longnose Gar can keep them fairly well hidden, their preference for shallow water makes them a relatively easy species to find.

No other Finger Lakes have gar populations. The Seneca River system, Lake Ontario bays and estuaries, Onondaga Lake and Oneida Lake are where you’ll find them in Central NY. Lake Champlain and Chautauqua Lake have some beauties and I’ve had the pleasure to fish both of them for gar over the years.

Apr 25, 2010 · Gar are great fighters I landed one back in the 1990 that went 10 lbs little did I know that the state record at that time was 7 lbs. Black lake is full of these fish also. I have had many on while pike fishing but the boney mouth is not easy to get a good hook set and they usually get away.

This living fossil is one of two species of gar we have in Ontario and we’re lucky enough to have both here in Rondeau Bay. This is the much more common species, the longnose gar ( Lepisosteus oseus).

Jun 29, 2009 · Anglers fishing the shallows of Lake Ontario (especially the eastern basin – Bay of Quinte/St. Lawrence River), the Ottawa River System & St. Lawrence (Lake St. Pierre, Lake St. Francis, etc.), Lake Erie and Lake Huron (especially in Georgian Bay), can enjoy some exciting and challenging fishing trying to hook these bony-beaked fish.