31-10-2003, 12:35 PM
Hi Glen
Good luck with the site work, hope it goes smoothly
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I used to try and get gars with a dip net, and after losing lots which were just too quick I switched to a multi-pronged spear (a trident style one) and my catch rate is better with this. You always still miss a few, but not as many as with the net. It's surpising how good you can get at judging the refraction after a few outings. Also, if the gars are small and swimming right near the surface, you can stun them by smacking down hard on top of them with the spear (this is when the net comes in handy) it's quite easy to collect a few bait-sized gars this way.
Jaz <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':angry:' />
Good luck with the site work, hope it goes smoothly
<img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' />
I used to try and get gars with a dip net, and after losing lots which were just too quick I switched to a multi-pronged spear (a trident style one) and my catch rate is better with this. You always still miss a few, but not as many as with the net. It's surpising how good you can get at judging the refraction after a few outings. Also, if the gars are small and swimming right near the surface, you can stun them by smacking down hard on top of them with the spear (this is when the net comes in handy) it's quite easy to collect a few bait-sized gars this way.
Jaz <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':angry:' />