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Old 08-22-2011, 08:54 AM
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Default Twin bridges 8/21/11
Me and Bohunterbiff (Robert) hit the twin bridges at Vernon lake yesterday. Bought half a pound of shiners. Started off fishing around 5pm or so. Set out shiners for white perch and ended up bass fishing til the sun went down. I caught 3 or 4 small ones and a "slot" fish---15". Also knocked off a fish on my bucket list....... A PICKEREL !!!!!!

Robert caught a solid 3 lb bass about 16" or so. Sun set and we dropped the submersible light in the water. Robert started slaying the white perch, but I couldnt buy one. Kept getting nailed by Gar.

Kept one bass and 2 white perch. About the time we called it, a family of 5 came and started fishing, ended up giving them the fish, and left over shiners. Made my day !!!

Here's a pic of my bass and the pickerel.
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Old 08-22-2011, 01:04 PM
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I gotta say, I've never even heard of such a fish before! It looks like a cross between a bass and a gar!
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its in the same family as a pike that is caught up north. I was amazed. Guy at work said its a alligator gar. This thing was too green to be a gar.
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caught them in black bayou lake by hosston la and alabama as well.
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its in the same family as a pike that is caught up north. I was amazed. Guy at work said its a alligator gar. This thing was too green to be a gar.
Doesn't even remotely look like an aligator gar. Scales are way different from any gar I've ever seen.
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Chain Pickerel for sure,caught one in chicot a few years ago. They can get pretty big...
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it was cool to knock this one off my bucket list. Thought i had to go further north to catch these !!!!
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This is the fishing we are stuck doing until I get the steering fixed in my boat. The pickeral was a great bonus .... I used to fish for those all the time back east. Jordan slammed the bass on a crankbait.
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Old 08-22-2011, 04:29 PM
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sexy shad landed me alot of dinks, missed a biggun' that threw it when it shook its head like a trout !!
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Chain Pickerel for sure,caught one in chicot a few years ago. They can get pretty big...

state record is like 4lbs but i know i've hooked a good 6-8lber before over there at chicot. SMOKED my frog! lol Indian creek is FULL of them
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Those things are cool I use to catch them around Mandeville
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Nice report and congrats on the bonus fish
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Nice report and congrats on the bonus fish

thanks man !!!
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Never herd of it either. Congrats on knocking it off your bucketlist.
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