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ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

Gar Shadow Size, Price, Location and How to Catch

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ACNH Gar Times and Price

The Gar is a pond fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Learn how to catch and find the Gar and more like it's shadow size, sell price, location, and time for North and South Hemisphere.

Gar Sell Price and Basic Info

Gar
ACNH - Gar
Shadow Size ACNH Huge Fish Shadow Size Huge
Location Pond
Time 4 PM to 9 AM
Months June to September (NH)
December to March (SH)
Sell Price 6,000 Bells

Gar Location and Times

Shadow Size Huge
Location Pond
Time 4 PM to 9 AM
North Hemisphere
4 PM to 9 AM
South Hemisphere

Gar Months

Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Gar
Northern Hemisphere Calendar
Jan Jul ACNH - Gar icon
Feb Aug ACNH - Gar icon
Mar Sep ACNH - Gar icon
Apr Oct
May Nov
Jun ACNH - Gar icon Dec
Gar
Southern Hemisphere Calendar
Jan ACNH - Gar icon Jul
Feb ACNH - Gar icon Aug
Mar ACNH - Gar icon Sep
Apr Oct
May Nov
Jun Dec ACNH - Gar icon

How to Catch the Gar

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Steps Directions
1   Craft Fish Bait and throw it into the pond to attract fish.
2   Check if the shadow of the fish that appeared is similar to the Gar.
3
  Equip your Fishing Rod ACNH - Fishing Rod

1. Craft Fish Bait

To easily catch the fish you want, you'll need to craft fish bait! This will help attract more fish instead of just waiting for one to pop out!

2. Check Shadow Size

You'll need to check the shadow size of the fish that appeared and make sure it's similar to the Gar.

3. Go Fish!

Once you're sure the fish that appeared has the same shadow size as the fish you want, it's time to prepare your Fishing Rod and go fish!

Gar Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

"I caught a gar! Yar! It's a gar! Har har!"

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  Hoo hoo! So you have snagged a gar. Did you know this beastly fish can grow up to nine feet long? Indeed, the gar is a remnant of times long past—a living fossil, if you will.

  It not only has sharp teeth and armor-like scales...it has the ability to take breaths of air as well!

  Ah, to look upon this unusual fish is to get a glimpse of our prehistoric past.

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3 Anonymous Anonymous almost 5 years

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2 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

As they start appearing at 4pm they stop appearing at 9am the next day

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