Fishing For

Spotted gar

4.0

(45)

444 Catches

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Average Length

3.3 ft

Maximum Length

4.9 ft

Maximum Weight

9.8 lbs

Depth Range

Temperature Range

53.6 - 68.0 ºF

Top Fishing Spots To Catch Spotted gar

5.0

(1)

Lake Bryant

Marion County, Florida

Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Broward County, Florida

Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Onslow County, North Carolina

West Fork Trinity River

Tarrant County, Texas

4 Catches

Top Baits For Catching Spotted gar

Natural Baits by Live Bait Salt Water Shad

4.0

(8)

8 Catches

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Night Crawlers

4.0

(1095)

7 Catches

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Earthworms

4.0

(1176)

7 Catches

Natural Baits by Dead Bait Salt Water Shrimp

4.0

(214)

7 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Minnows

4.0

(96)

6 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Common shiner

4.0

(149)

6 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Salt Water Black Striped Mullet

4.0

(102)

5 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Salt Water Shrimp

4.0

(330)

5 Catches

Recently Caught Spotted gar

Tom Barnhouse

3 days ago

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Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

I wasn't expecting this. Fishing for bass with a white swim jig, fluke trailer. It put up a pretty good fight, my first gar.

Species Spotted gar

Weight 2 lb 8 oz

5 likes

dante Pumpkin

1 week ago

•

Lambton, Ontario

Species Spotted gar

4 likes

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Dylan King

4 weeks ago

•

Marion County, Mississippi

Species Spotted gar

Weight 2 lb 3 oz

Gear 1

8 likes

Dylan King

4 weeks ago

•

Marion County, Mississippi

I haven't been able to land them in a minute but these two were amazing to catch

Species Spotted gar

Weight 2 lb 11 oz

Gear 4

4 likes

Mason Boatman

5 weeks ago

•

Williamson County, Texas

Spotted gar, we had him on the line but he came off. I’ve never caught a gar before. We’ll come back to catch him.

Species Spotted gar

12 likes • 1 comment

Michael Moore

2 weeks ago

•

Bexar County, Texas

Got this guy a little while back… beautiful to look at. Wanted to get the much bigger brother but no luck there, but he was a nice consolation.

Species Spotted gar

Weight 1 lb 13 oz

12 likes

Shawn Rucker

6 weeks ago

•

Cooke County, Texas

Fist time catching full grown spotted gar. Still put up hell of a fight tho

Species Spotted gar

Gear 1

6 likes

Giovanni Piracci

3 weeks ago

•

Palm Beach County, Florida

Species Spotted gar

12 likes

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