Luke Bergard, 12, attaches a frog-shaped lure to his line before fishing in a flood-swollen Juden Creek on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at near a closed portion of Hwy. 177 in Cape Girardeau. Bergard said he was fishing for gar, which he had seen in the creek since the floodwaters had come up. He employed a short-pulling reel technique he said he learned on YouTube to make the lure appear more lifelike. "They're not dangerous," he said of the gar. "They just have teeth."...
Luke Bergard, 12, attaches a frog-shaped lure to his line before fishing in a flood-swollen Juden Creek on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at near a closed portion of Hwy. 177 in Cape Girardeau.
Bergard said he was fishing for gar, which he had seen in the creek since the floodwaters had come up. He employed a short-pulling reel technique he said he learned on YouTube to make the lure appear more lifelike.
"They're not dangerous," he said of the gar. "They just have teeth."Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian
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