I never see baby gar on the lakes and creeks (N Texas) I fish, only adults.

Never had one in a cast net either when catching shad.

Just curious, where are they? Anyone have experience?

i wonder that about them and also carp never see any baby ones under 2 lb

Up the creeks and buried in vegetation. They also grow fast so the small ones are not small for long.

+1

I have caught a few tiny baby gar about 4 or 5 inches before

How?

can't even find many pictures of them as babies. I think they reach a decent length in one year and then start slowing down.

Found this pic

Found this pic

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Cool picture!

I've never caught baby Gar or Carp on rod and reel, but I've caught them countless times when throwing a cast net.

I have siened up some baby commons before at Whitney and one was a little mirror! Pretty cool I have only seen a few small gar and like said above they are usually hiding pretty good. I have one in my aquarium and he is really cool to watch

I have caught several baby gator gar in the frio river in S. texas, kept one as a pet, he made a cool pet and grew very fast, was the first fish I had that was tough enough to take out and play with. When he outgrew the tank we released him back where he came from.

Every once in a while we would hit the spring time right down at choke canyon and you could castnet baby carp by the hundreds all about 2 inch long, caught several nice cats on them, and even caught about a 20lb carp on a baby carp.

in a minnow net in the some water plants they were swimming around

... Let me give you directions to Lake Joe Pool...lol

they gotta lot of babies ?

omigosh yes