A perfect natural. So we get the boats loaded and off we go to battle the fierce south wind for a few miles.
We get to our site finally and get camp set up. It was a pretty long paddle with the wind howling.
As soon as baits hit the water drum were all over us. the catfish never did show up, but we still had a great time.
The gar bite was on last night. We had run after run after run,but could not get a good hook up. I am still learning this gar fishing . We were using cut drum and the heads of drum for bait.
Finally at 4:15 this morning I got the hookup I had been waiting for. Made several 100+ yard runs and there is nothing you can do about it except hold on.
I eventually won the fight and got the Gator on the bank. It is by far my biggest ( for now).
We had a great time and the kids really enjoyed it also. As great as it was to catch a really big fish the highlite of the trip came this morning on the way back when Hannah paddled up to me and said " Hey Dad when can we come back".
I am going to order some good leader material from Leadertec and also make a noose to help land these big fish. I know there is a gar well in excess of 150 in this area.
How heavy do you estimate that one to be?
congrats on the catch and release mate, well done.! 
