![]() He knew the fish was a giant, so he checked the Louisiana fishing records. Ormond got a rope around the gar’s gills and towed it to the bank near the boat ramp at his home. “But I was only 300 yards from the ramp at my house.” “He wasn’t gonna fit in the net, and I didn’t have any way to put him in the boat,” he said. Ormond hauled in the brute using 20-pound test monofilament line. “The third cast, I pulled it right over the end of his nose, and he came up and grabbed it.” “The second, he turned, and I could tell which end was his head,” Ormond said. Using his boat’s LiveScope, he spotted the fish tight to the bottom and cast to it again. The gar didn’t strike, so Ormond closed the distance to where he’d last seen the fish. Gar like flashy stuff like spinnerbaits and spoons.” I had a big flutter spoon tied on and pitched it in front of where he’d gone down. I saw him roll and figured it might be the same fish I’d hooked before. ![]() I’d hooked a big one on a crankbait on the same point three or four days before, but I broke him off. ![]() ![]() “I was going to catch just to show that kid,” Ormond told Louisiana Sportsman. Ormond figured if he hooked the heavy gar, he’d hand the rod to the young angler in his boat and he’d enjoy the fight of his life. Ormond, who’s also a guide, saw a huge gar roll on the surface of the lake and cast out a flutter spoon designed for bass. The two were on a big oxbow lake off the Ouachita River near his home. It was mid-afternoon on July 17 and bass pro Jack Ormond of Sterlington, Louisiana was giving a fishing lesson to a young angler in his boat. ![]()
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