man what kind of spoons?? We tried 3/4 oz weedless spoons, different colors and also a Johnson minnow silver spoon same size.  Tried a Yum Dinger Texas rigged. Tubes, fat cats, Top waters, spinner baits, buzz baits, cream "Brand" worms, moss boss, krocks and cleos and lots more,lol.   

Yea, thanx for the info. 1 one we seen today was very thick!! There where around 2 foot from the top. Do Northers and Gars school like that alot??? 

Seen a video on youtube of some guys fishing for gar down south with a section of rope. They fray the ends and the rope get tangled up in their teeth when they attack it. I'm going to try it down the river here pretty soon. Check it out, let me know what you think.
 
When I lived in RI we snuck into Chepachett (sp) Res.  fishing.  I had never fished water so clear in my life. There we saw what I had only heard of Northern Pike in schools.. There weren't a ton of them but there were about 6 or 7 from what I can remember just cruising the shallows.

Yesterday i noticed alot of gar in schools of 10 to 15 or more, but when i saw pike they were either alone or in pairs of two