Thats a hell of a gar! Is there a different subspecies in the Med, or is it some kind of needlefish?

 

nice fish , you can get some nice cuda on lures around crete as well

Wikipedia makes you right Michael. Needlefish. Apparently grow to about 80cm. These must have been 70.
Had a few chucks in front of the apartment this morning Trevor and had a couple of small Barracuda.
Now I need a bass. Have a suspicion that the fish that smashed me earlier in the week was spikey and silver.
I'm also trying to ID the fish I caught on the beach on a dot crawler. No pic because when the camera was waved in its face itt promptly buried itself in the sand. Small black dorsal fin sticking up like aa sail. Pale blue belly. Blaack spots along lateral line. I'm guessing some kind of weaaver

 

Nicely done mate!!

 

nice fish , you can get some nice cuda on lures around crete as well

 

Hefty gar David.:clap:.

 

Nice, im heading out to southern Crete next week

 

That's some Gar, well done David.

 

Cracking fish David, well done.:clap:

 

Belting Gar! How bad do your hands smell?

 

Not a gar Mark, so no smelly hands

 

Any tips for Crete luring? Im off there next week. What leader/trace have you been using?

 

4-5 ft 7kg flouro. Yes, I know the knot goes inside tip ring, but hey ho. Lost a fish (might have been a bass!) on my favourite black back Hokkaido slim shad. Maybe bad knot. Lost another (felt like amberjack), came off a skimmer. Caught two needlefish sight casting with skimmer. One weever on sp (dot crawler) Two small barracuda on Smith Haluca. Not convinced that lure choice is sso important. Put it in the right areas and the fish will come for it.
Where you going to?

 

Well done - took advantage there - nicely done

 

Thanks, going to matala area. Middle, south of the island.

 

Amazing Gar, bet it leapt about a fair bit! I remember fishing for them a fair bit in the Seychelles in 2011: was there during the windy season, and with the rough sea not much else was biting, but these massive long tom, the biggest easily around 4 1/2 to 5 foot, would come charging in and hit whatever you threw at them. Often overlooked as a sporting fish, but on the right gear they're terrifying!

 

ahhh...matala, think the hippies and rats should have gone from the caves by now from when i lived on crete in the early 80's.......all you need for plugging around crete is braid and a short wire trace to deal with the cudas, or go with no trace and take the risk...............no trace needed for the millions of mullet to be had on bread, just a short mono leader

 

Amazing fish, wish we had hard that size here