Fall Fishing MASSIVE Georgian Bay Gar Pike. **Bonus Underwater Footage** Fox Fishing 4K ULTRA HD
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We have never targeted Gar Pike on Georgian Bay in the fall before. Usually we fish them in the spring in shallow bays with minnow and a bobber or surface swimbaits. Gar pike can be seen scissoring on top of the water on warm summer days. In the fall they transition deep often in 60-100 fow. We challenged ourselves to target the species in the fall and see if we could get one to bite!
We had difficulty keeping them pinned with their boney mouths. The fish would often get tangled in the line and or wrapped and be reeled in sideways.
Bait used was emerald shiners on a small octopus hook and a drop shot rig in 70 fow. Fish were suspending in the 40 foot water column.
Rod used: Fenwick HMG 6.5ft Medium Light with a Fast tip.
Bait: Emerald shiner with VMC hooks and Tungsten weights.
Bait Pale: Aerated YETI pail kept minnows alive and cool.
Reel: 2500 series Pflueger Supreme XT
Line: Power Pro Moonlight 8lb Braid finished with a 6 foot piece of 12lb Seaguar Invizx Fluorocarbon leader.