Did you know you can catch a gar with just a piece of rope with no hook? This technique only works on long nose gar , spotted gar and juvenile alligator gar. I have tested it on adult alligator gar with no success. They would take the bait but as soon as they could tell it was not something good to eat they would blow it out there mouth and the rope fibers would not get tangled in there teeth. The best way to fish rope lures for gar is by sight fishing, and by fly rod. You would want to cast you lure in front of the fish to get its attention then as the fish pursued the bait you would want to keep it just far enough in front of the fish so it can't smell it. If the gar ever gets close enough to nip the bait and tell its not something to eat then it will loose interest. What you want to do is keep teasing the gar tell it just explodes on it. Then you get them.

The best way to make a rope lure is out of 2-3" of nylon rope. Take the rope and burn one end so it don't fray. Then unravel the rope tell it gets reel fine. Have you ever had a sticker bur get tangled up in your shoe string or frayed piece of nylon rope? Well that's what you want your rope lure to be like. You want it to get tangled up in there teeth like a sticker bur. So next time your out fishing and run across a school of long nose gar cut you a Piece of rope from your anchor line and make a quick lure and try it out.