Gar and Crappie

[DADAKOTA]

Had two consistently producing spots on LOZ for several days. Caught numerous fish on both spots Friday. On Saturday only one fish was caught between the two spots. Had a cold front Friday night and I know that slowed things down some. On Saturday, several large gar were patrolling the two spots. Will crappie evacuate an area when the gar move in?

[DADAKOTA]

C'mon fellas. Have you ever heard of this? Will the crappie leave when the gar show up?

[LipJerker]

I don't know if they leave or not. But if I was a crappie and I saw something with teeth like that I would leave. I would quit fishing those spots just to keep from catching one. It takes forever to land one on a long pole.

[gracie1goose]

I have never caught Crappie were Gars are in the area.

[Riverman]

My experience is that where there are gars there are crappie.Troll too shallow and they will wreck your rig.12 poles out and hung a 3-footer.Spent 45 mins untangling and rerigging.Hung several Saturday.Crappie bite was OK.

[RagflyJigMan]

Well, I hate to be the one that disagrees. My wife and I just went fishing the other day and cought 20 really nice slabs. My wife also cought a 5lb gar after about the 10th crappie but we continued to catch crappie in the same spot.

[DADAKOTA]

I have never seen a great spot shut off so quickly. Other non-gar spots although affected by the cold front still produced fish. I surmised that the gar were the problem, but wondered if anyone else had encountered this.

[DADAKOTA]

This spot was less than 2.5' of water. Gar were 3 -4+ feet in length. Temporarily snagged one. Dang hook straightened out.

[luvjign]

Yep, just because the gar are there, doesn't mean the crappie hafta go. I've been seeing the gar roll up on top for the past 2-3 weeks right where the crappie are.

[DADAKOTA]

Guess the cold front pushed them back. Thanks for the input folks.