Recently I put together another little video chronicling a weekend’s fishing that some may enjoy. I really wanted to put together another good alligator gar video, but two things worked against me… one, I was fishing entirely alone, and two… the alligator gar weren’t cooperating what so ever.
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Saturday I went to a creek I used to fish more than 10 years ago and not much had changed there. There were PLENTIFUL groups of smallmouth buffalo and common carp moseying in the shallow waters. The fish here face pretty certain demise, as its below a dam on the Oklahoma City river where if water is not flowing, the tailwaters dry up completely… the fish were hanging out in scarcely more than a foot of water, and the water temperature at the bank were boiling!
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In any case, the shallow water made sight fishing for the big herds of buffalo really easy. I used 3/8 sized creep feed and managed a few buffalo for bait, and several just for fun!
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Sunday I headed to my favorite spot on the Red River… I stayed out there for hours upon hours suspending chunks of buffalo under balloons for gator gar (with no success). The water level had dropped significantly since last time I was there, I didnt mind, I assumed it would merely condense the fish into the deeper hole at the area I fish and make it easier to find them. Though the alligator gar were surfacing in my area, I never had any great pick ups from an alligator gar. I did manage a nice 25lb~ blue catfish… but the fish tossed the hooks at the shore.
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I then started using smaller tackle and cut sunnies and had some fun with longnose gar! No MONSTERS were landed, but it was still an enjoyable weekend of fishing. That was also the first time I have been to that spot WITHOUT catching an alligator gar!
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There are still images of the weekend’s fishing just after the “credits”.
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