Tonight was our summer kick off at the hotel with S'Mores night down at the fire pit by the lake. I was doing a meet and greet with guests and one of them showed my pictures of a 3+ foot gar he caught off our docks about 30 minutes before I got there.  He caught it on a t-rigged worm.

 

I had no idea we had gar in Lake Oconee, let alone in the shallows by my hotel.  I may have to try and target gar one day.

 

Tomorrow night is our second night of our summer kick off, with our first Fish with the GM (that's me!) Night. I simply love that I've found a way to make fishing part of my job 2 or 3 times a month! But tomorrow morning it's off on the kayak to hunt for bass - I really don't want to try and land a big gar on the kayak.

That's awesome man!

That’s an awesome job!

I agree, would not want to hook a Gar from a kayak especially the alligator. 

 

Sounds like you've tweaked the hotel management in rewarding fashion. 

there's a favorite spot on the Guadalupe where we sight-fish alligator gar on fly rod - under the trees across from the flagstone shelf.  

 

It's a hoot to watch them lunge 10' to attack your fly, and they give great aerials.  

Sight fishing gar is wildly underrated. Not only are they very willing biters, but they're hard fighters and acrobatic when hooked and they grow large. 

Here's our guest with his gar.