Fish journal
Longnose Gar
The longnose gar is considered to be rarely observed, but highly distributed, and is the only documented gar in the state. Gar are considered "living fossils" as they've been around for at least 100 million years.
Show its fishing spots on the map →- Seasonality
- Spring, Summer
- Precipitation
- any weather
- Time of day
- any time of day
- Fishing Bait
- Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait
- Weight
- 1–25 kg
- Length
- 60–182 cm
Where to catch the Longnose Gar
On the Champlain Valley map it lives in river mouths: 20 fishing spots in all.
River Mouths · 20
- near Werrenrath Island ×2
- near Bryants Mill Campgrounds
- near Cold Brook Cavern
- near Franklin County Power Substation D-WW-01
- near Gourdshell Falls Resort
- near Gourdshell Soil & Water Test Lab
- near Indian Lake Resort
- near Mountain Pond
- near Mountain View Lake Park
- near Mountain View Resort
- near Orebed Campground
- near Papoose River Cabins
- near Plumadore Resort
- near Rick's Diner
- near Split Rock Point Getaway
- near Standish
- near Sugarbush, NY
- near Westwood Getaway
- near Woodruff Campgrounds
Other fish in the same waters
- Bridle Shiner
- Central Mudminnow
- Chain Pickerel
- Channel Catfish
- Channel Darter
- Common Carp
- Eastern Sand Darter
- Emerald Shiner
- Logperch
- Mottled Sculpin
- Sand Shiner
- Silver Lamprey
Longnose Gar in other languages
Russian: Панцирник оссеус · Chinese: 长吻雀鳝 · German: Gemeiner Knochenhecht · Spanish: Pejelagarto narigudo · French: Brochet-lance