Diving with Gar

**CanoeGuru** · 09-06-2009, 09:31 PM

Did some scuba diving at a little sandpit along I-29 across the river from Nebraska City today. Saw a HUGE largemouth bass and several smaller bass, lots of bluegill, and a few gar. The gar were really cool to see, swimming across in front of us. I'd never seen one while diving before.

Omaha · 09-08-2009, 08:59 AM

Sounds like a lot of fun. Very cool to see fish in their element. I would imagine a scuba diver to them is so foreign they likely just gave you a funny look instead of get spooked.

NETim · 09-08-2009, 01:45 PM

This thread is worthless without pics.

**CanoeGuru** · 09-08-2009, 08:51 PM

Someday I'll own an underwater camera, and then I'll get pics.

Actually, the fish in lakes we dive a lot come right up to us, at least the bluegill do. If we take a baggie of frozen corn down with us, we can feed the 'gills. The bass are always spooky, although they'll swim along with us, just out of reach. The gar we saw swam across in front of us. They didn't seem too afraid, but they didn't really want anything to do with us, either.

It's the bubbles when we exhale that spooks the fish. Even when spearfishing, the walleye, which are VERY spooky, will check us out more closely if we control our breathing so as not to exhale the usual streams of bubbles.

Harold · 09-09-2009, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Someday I'll own an underwater camera, and then I'll get pics.

CG, be sure to "blur out" the background!

"Your World" is simply amazing. Too bad I suck at breathing ABOVE the water line!

Thank you for contributing to this OUTDOOR's Forum!

Harold F.

09-06-2009, 09:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
CanoeGuru CanoeGuru is wishing to be outdoors. Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 1,871 Thanks: 114 Thanked 219 Times in 144 Posts	Diving with Gar Did some scuba diving at a little sandpit along I-29 across the river from Nebraska City today. Saw a HUGE largemouth bass and several smaller bass, lots of bluegill, and a few gar. The gar were really cool to see, swimming across in front of us. I'd never seen one while diving before. __________________ "Survival depends on being able to suppress anxiety and replace it with calm, clear, quick and correct reasoning..." -Sheck Exley

09-08-2009, 01:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
NETim NETim is not a socialist. Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Platte County Posts: 475 Thanks: 52 Thanked 68 Times in 49 Posts	This thread is worthless without pics. __________________ Blessed are those who, in the face of death, focus on the front sight. - Col Jeff Cooper

09-08-2009, 08:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
CanoeGuru CanoeGuru is wishing to be outdoors. Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 1,871 Thanks: 114 Thanked 219 Times in 144 Posts	Someday I'll own an underwater camera, and then I'll get pics. Actually, the fish in lakes we dive a lot come right up to us, at least the bluegill do. If we take a baggie of frozen corn down with us, we can feed the 'gills. The bass are always spooky, although they'll swim along with us, just out of reach. The gar we saw swam across in front of us. They didn't seem too afraid, but they didn't really want anything to do with us, either. It's the bubbles when we exhale that spooks the fish. Even when spearfishing, the walleye, which are VERY spooky, will check us out more closely if we control our breathing so as not to exhale the usual streams of bubbles. __________________ "Survival depends on being able to suppress anxiety and replace it with calm, clear, quick and correct reasoning..." -Sheck Exley

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09-08-2009, 08:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Omaha Omaha is building a pond. Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Omaha/Springfield, NE Certified Youth Fishing Instructor Posts: 788 Thanks: 333 Thanked 195 Times in 139 Posts	Sounds like a lot of fun. Very cool to see fish in their element. I would imagine a scuba diver to them is so foreign they likely just gave you a funny look instead of get spooked.