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I grew up with the suwannee river at my back door where lots of gar cruise. I have found the best way is a big wad of string/twine that looks like a birds nest/messy pile with fish hung in it. I found that you could get them even w/o using a hook at times. Hooks dont work well with gar. They work but you gotta hook them in the right spot. Most of the mouth is hard bone. Using string helps in that the multitude of "snags" in the wad of string get hung on the teeth and they cant get off. Just drag the wad across the water fast like you would a top water bait for bass. Faster the better. Here is one website http://www.heritagekayaks.com/alligatorgar.htm Google search for more on fishing with wads of string for gar. I hate to say it but most gar, pound for pound will be a better figh than bass.