Any advice on catching a Gar?

[R00T]

I'm having the hardest time finding this fish. I save and continue all the time hoping for it to spawn but it never does.

Any tips from those who have caught it?

 

[marzipanmermaid]

I wish I could help considering I caught one, but it was completely by accident and I don't even know what I did. And of course it was in my second town that I barely started. I can't seem to catch one in my main.

 

[floofyunicorn]

Just keep fishing. Fish, and fish, and fish. Look for the larger shadows in the stream. I caught mine by complete accident too when I was fishing up near the top of my town.

 

[Skyfall]

Instead of looking for it at the bottom of the waterfall, try for the top of it. Thats how i caught mine.

Edit: Sorry, ignore that, i misread it and thought you said char, not gar.

 

[kamiyama34]

Gar are biiiig shadows, and finding one is really just up to luck :[ Like others have said, keep at it, but don't get too burned out (I didn't fish for a long time once after binge fishing for another rare species). You're sure to catch one sooner or later!

 

[Peisinoe]

Save and continue. The gar is a really large shadow, like huge. If you don't see one, then save and continue and keep trekking.

 

[boorah]

I thought the gar only appeared in the lake, no?

 

[Nunnafinga]

In my towns,I usually find the big river fish near the bridges.The AC Wiki says the gar is found in the river pool but the ones I've caught this summer were near a bridge.

 

[AllisonCypress]

You probably know that they're river fish, and their shadows are really big. I think they might be starting to go out of season too though, so that might be another explanation.

 

[LambdaDelta]

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