Des Plaines River Fishing - I caught my first ever Gar on a bass lure!!

[@3SevenFishing]

great job on the fishing man and enjoyed the video as well !!

[@Sean_Zilla]

Love all your videos but especially love your river videos. I started pikin a few years ago on the river, and have branched out since like it seems you have too, but its great seeing you out exploring the good ol DPR Jungle. I also got my first gar last year too, I was pumped 😂🔥

[@outdoorswithmatt4709]

I still have yet to catch a gar in the DPR. I usually get smallies and largemouth in that stretch of river. Nice video!

[@DPRiverMonsters]

Dang thats crazy, I've seen a decent amount of gar in the river over the years but they all look to be about a tenth of the size of the one you caught 😅 so I don't know how to catch em but I always see them splashing out in the summertime.

[@nickthepiker]

I knew they were in there just never saw them that far north always down south by where it merges

[@waynelambert7526]

Wow a Gar

[@nickthepiker]

So weird man they tore all the dams out of the river a few years ago and it changed everything

[@ronl7131]

Feisty gar

[@VB_Tile]

What part of the Des Plaines River is that?

[@markandrew2593]

I remember when you first started using that jointed fluorescent Rapala lure…

[@nickthepiker]

Yeah they still work too

[@TJTinerella]

I use to fish that bridge back in the 80's only caught small catfish

[@nickthepiker]

Things have changed I used to catch nothing but pike and cats then they took the dams out and it changed everything!

[@djkrazyt1333]

You seen alot of Gar by that area? What about Sauger?

[@nickthepiker]

That's the first gar I've ever seen in that area I have seen a couple sauger as well

[@drjekelmrhyde]

What part of the Des Plaines River is that? I wonder if I could kayak on it.

[@nickthepiker]

The dam # 1 stretch in wheeling

[@drjekelmrhyde]

@@nickthepiker thanks

[@drjekelmrhyde]

I had no clue we had needle gar up here

[@nickthepiker]

Yeah it's because they tore out all the dams , also we have sauger, Walleye smallies and largemouth in population now!!

[@jimbopetrella]

What stretch is this I wanna see some gar!

[@rodneyritchie8846]

So gar like those worms too. I can't get gar to bite anything.

[@nickthepiker]

Yeah I couldn't believe it either crazy man!!

[@jimbopetrella]

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