Caught a HUGE alligator gar on my vacation! PICS!

[Viper GTS]

According to this you actually caught a small to average one, they get pretty damn big!

I'd like to know how they hunt them with a bow, unless it's in really shallow water...

Viper GTS

 

[Brutuskend]

Yeah those sucker get BIG.

I remember seeing them "roll" all the time when I lived in M.O.

I used to spend a lot of time camping and boating and fishing and skiing at The Lake Of the Ozarks.

There are some HUGE cat fish there as well.

NICE FISH!!

 

[AaronP]

thats awesome. i would like to catch one. there are gar where I live, however they're not aligator gar, they top out at about 15lbs (there have been a few bigger ones) and they aren't too common. God, I wish I lived in a place that had huge fish. There's good fishing around here, but the size just isn't there. A few big cats every once in awhile, some 15-20lb northerns are caught, and that's about it.

 

[junkyardDawg]

<< I'd like to know how they hunt them with a bow, unless it's in really shallow water... >>



they often cruise near the surface, and they're fearless so you can get close as you want

 

[Tominator]

Years ago we would sit on the bluffs above the Kaskaskia River in Illinois and shoot at the gar with .22s..

They have a mouth full of very sharp teeth! Many a catfish fisherman has been bit trying to get the hook out!

Properly cooked catfish is about as good eating as I can imagine....