GAR ONTARIO'S LIVING FOSSIL.

The article focuses on one of Ontario's most unusual and most intriguing fish, known as gar. The most common gar in Ontario is the longnose, also known as needlenose gar or garpike. They are relatively abundant in large lakes and rivers in southern Ontario, where they prefer shallow back bays, cattail edges and pencil-reed shorelines with a minimum of disturbance. Groups of gar often lie motionless on the surface, where they resemble floating debris. They roll periodically to gulp air, so they are easy to locate. Gar use the same bays each year, but can be pushed out if disturbed. To catch gar consistently, an angler should be aware of how they feed. Although gar is often caught incidentally, some anglers deliberately seek them. INSETS: BIOLOGY OF GAR IN ONTARIO;FOR THE RECORD.