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Title: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: vanhln on May 12, 2022, 01:30 PM: wow....

https://news.yahoo.com/walking-t-rex-angler-uses-213752282.html
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: OldSailor on May 12, 2022, 07:16 PM: Yea..... What you said!!! :woot: :flex: ;)2
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: slipperybob on May 12, 2022, 07:46 PM: I had one sneaking to try to take a bite out of me while I was wade fishing in the St. Croix. They say, there are no alligator gars in there. Yeah, they aren't suppose to be in there but staring at one a few feet with it's head staring at me...well let's just say I won't be wading in the St. Croix no more unless I'm only on super shallow water.
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: FishGut on May 12, 2022, 08:16 PM: There's long nose and short nose gar, and then there's Alligator gar. Don't get 'em mixed up, Slip
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: DoctorPerch on May 12, 2022, 09:45 PM: Now that’s an eating machine. Wonder how many pounds of fish it eats per day?
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: slipperybob on May 13, 2022, 12:53 AM: Quote from: FishGut on May 12, 2022, 08:16 PM
There's long nose and short nose gar, and then there's Alligator gar. Don't get 'em mixed up, Slip

Yep, it's neither short nor long nose gar. Much too big and it isn't supposed to be there, where there's typical short and long nose gar territory.
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: iceman260 on May 13, 2022, 06:35 AM: WOW!! THAT'S HUGE.
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: skifisher on May 15, 2022, 12:58 PM: He’s gonna need a bigger rod for next time :o !!!

Exceptional fish for sure.
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: filetandrelease on May 16, 2022, 05:35 AM: Awesome catch
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: RapShack on May 18, 2022, 04:55 PM: Quote from: slipperybob on May 13, 2022, 12:53 AM
Yep, it's neither short nor long nose gar. Much too big and it isn't supposed to be there, where there's typical short and long nose gar territory.

Either you mistook a paddlefish for an alligator gar, or an alligator gar successfully locked through every dam on the upper Mississippi. Gonna apply Occam's razor on this one even though I'd really like it to be true.
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: DR.SPECKLER on May 18, 2022, 05:01 PM: The fish in the pic is 100% alligator gar.i didnt get into details where it was caught or if it should be there.i remember when i lived in Oklahoma they would catch alligator gar and longnose gar and just throw them on the bank to die.lines of dead gar and snagging them was legal.
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: Drifter_016 on May 18, 2022, 05:32 PM: We need global cooling in order that we may ice fish for them. ;D
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: slipperybob on May 21, 2022, 01:27 PM: Quote from: RapShack on May 18, 2022, 04:55 PM
Either you mistook a paddlefish for an alligator gar, or an alligator gar successfully locked through every dam on the upper Mississippi. Gonna apply Occam's razor on this one even though I'd really like it to be true.

Three feet away from me. Easily about five feet long or more. A snout that is easily about 8 inches wide. Just your typical bull shark getting lost up river.
Title: Re: Here is one for you gents: Alligator Gar in Houston... 8 ft long, 300#
Post by: Old Goat on Jun 21, 2022, 05:59 AM: A new record stingray over 600 lbs. was caught.