Time of fishing - 6:00 PM

Location - Little ditch in SW Florida. 1 foot deep ditch, 10 feet wide

I went fishing in a ditch on the side of the road. The ditch was 1 foot deep in the dead center and was 5 inches deep on the side of the ditch.

I saw tons of decent sized bass that were very active.

I was using my Rapala X-Rap Silver and casted out 4 times, each time feeling a good hit, but never caught anything. The fifth time I casted out, I pulled in a gar. It was 18 inches in length, felt about 2-3 lbs.

I'm wondering what type of gar this is. Any help appreciated.

Just looks like a standard size Florida gar to me.

Just looks like a standard size Florida gar to me.

Thats what I was thinkin... thanks man!

Longnose gar. I think.

just a normal florida gar.

It is a Long-Nosed Gar due to the skinny long mouth, I have caught a few of these.

Florida gar is correct,  not long nose,  long nose gar have more spots.

Florida gar. Long nose have a much longer nose and a different spot pattern. Also, a 24 inch long nose would be much skinnier than that fish and would not weight but maybe a pound or 2.