Remember me mentioning the "Mystery Fish"? This is what was happening to me,
except that I was told that gar had rounded teeth and the line would usually
roll right off.

I have had my line cut by many gar - some while I was watching. One tournament
fishing in an old oxbow lake gar were everywhere and my partner kept throwing
spinnerbaits at them. When he lost his last white spinnerbait, he asked me for
one. I told him six of his lost to gar was enough! Gar will definitely cut
your line.
Ronnie

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