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Article: Perrysburg angler surprised by gar in Maumee.
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- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2006
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Byline: Steve Pollick
Aug. 11--All that Kat Binder of Perrysburg wanted to do was go down to the Maumee River and do a little wading for catfish.
What she caught was a two-foot-long, two-pound skinny thing that looks like a cross between a northern pike and an alligator -- a longnose gar.
"I caught the gar under the steel bridge in Waterville," Binder relates. "The park [nearby] is named Memorial Park, but we call it our fishing hole. We catch some nice catfish there.
"I waded out into the river midway to do my fishing -- the shore is way too shallow this time of year."
Binder, an avid angler, said she was using chubs for bait ...