The Yankees paying big money to come down and get em a giant gar … we used to keep them in check by bow fishing…. Now they’re protected and becoming a major nuisance…. Thanks a lot

You are a hateful sob

^^^^^ that wasn’t very nice

His grammar is impeccable.

…. He was mean to me

He can think about it while on vacation.

… Mr. Paul I’m sure he didn’t mean much by it … I hate to see people get banned

… man like me needs a few contrarians to go back and forth with lol

… besides I bring it on myself

Do you eat alligator gar, cousin Jeremy?

How's it taste compared to other fish?

Keith

…. We would sell them to people who liked them

… they’re hard on catfish… tear them up on your lines and rip the baited hooks off

… dad would fry some up when we were young… best to eat it straight out of the grease while hot

How hard are they to catch, Savell? I'm one of the Yankees that's always wanted to catch one.

… ride on down with the rest of them I guess… your guide will put a chunk of buffalo on a circle hook and throw it into an eddy on the Trinity River … you’ll catch within an hour likely… and have a nice picture to show your friends after he nooses it

… all while our eating fish population goes to crap lol

How many Lonestars would it take to hire you as a guide, and knock it in the head for eating instead of noosing it?

…. Shoot we can get lit up and jump in then wrastle em lol

Sounds like a plan.

Only one i ever ate a ol boy from the delta of ms (they aint rite in the head) caught and i helped him cut the back straps out of it. Why they don't make cowboy boots out of those hide's is a mystery, tougher than any leather. Taste like alligator, stringy and chewy if your into that sort of thang.

I've never wanted to get one until now.............. Bucket of beer -- and I'll go over the side in my corduroy loin cloth and spear ........ AHHHHH LALALALALLALALALALALA !!!!!!!!

…. They’ve made plenty of em for yall lol

So what is the appeal here --- people paying to catch a fish -- just to say they did ?? I'm all about the groceries .. if they aint fit to eat -- I'm out.

Ya gotta learn the local lingo if'n yer gonna go down there, none of the AHHH-LALALA stuff........they sound more like an ankle bite'n Chihuahua.....YIP-YIP-YIP -YAA

Keith

Oh my aching........ outstanding....... may sound like that if a guy gets " bit" from one of those toothy units

Well phooey,,, that sucks eggs,,, can’t keep an alligator gar over 48 inches? Ain’t no point in even going to make a trip now. Absolutely ruined now.
Always wanted to have a full mount alligator gar no less than 5 feet.
I don’t want to go down there to shoot babies.

See , it's an elitist attitude like that -- ruins it for everyone. ......Savell --- we found the problem !! LOL..

Spotted Gar were imported and stocked in the Allegheny River.
I've caught two. The smaller one was half mouth.
They thrash a lot with those teeth.
The other fishies did not act oppressed.

The only fish we get close to that size is sturgeon........ Better not fat-mouth Foxkidd too much -- get a fish that big and his cutting skills will come in handy !!

I side with Savell on this. Gar are a trash fish and I see no good reason to protect them. When running setlines on the Mississippi years ago if gar found your line they'd just steal the bait and you'd wind up with nothing. If we caught one we'd run their nose in the rib of the boat bust it and throw it back in. They'd look like a periscope swimming for a bit.
I had a guy bring in gar balls once to work. He was originally from Alabama and thought they were edible. IMO they're not.

My old man had a story about catching one years ago on the Mississippi, on the Iowa border. He was chasing flatheads. His rod doubled over and he proceeded to have a heck of a fight. When the fish got boat side, he knew it was a gar, but had no idea what sort. Being the sort of man he is, he unloaded his pistol into its head and cut the line. Nobody around there could ID it based on his description, and he never knew what it was until I was old enough to have an interest in them and showed him a picture.

I’m wondering why the nothing over 48 inches? Is that their breeding size, where you can only keep one I would think that the bigger the better.

…. Got to save the big ones for yanks to pay money to get a picture to show off

Some try to disguise themselves as contrarians while others appear to be dressed as agitators.

…. Not sure how to take that … but it’s deep partner lol

Killbuck…. You back on here yet … hate it you got banned on my account

… don’t really wish that on anyone

.. I like having folks to tussle with

That’s quite the rig you got there, one green line one black line, and what is that fish? A rebel southern pike?

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that it's possible that fish could be a gar, lol.

Well, crap. I always wanted to have me a 100 lb plus Gator Gar on my Man-room wall. Looks like Texas is out. Sorry Savell, I guess I will have to bribe Bud G. from the Louisiana swamps now.

How long ya guess that one to be Savell?

…. About five foot probably

Nice,

Never saw a fish that long. Longest I ever saw was a Musky that measured 51". Longest I caught was 44".

… shoot they get a lot bigger than that … the huge ones will just tear up your tackle and be gone … wish I had taken some pictures of the 8 lb range catfish they shred on the line

… wouldn’t bother me if they all floated up dead tomorrow

How come the gar in the picture don’t have no long snoot? So alligator gar don’t have a snoot?

Different flavor of gar.

Gator gar have a broad nose … they’re the ones worth money and are being protected … the needles nose are still fair game far as i know

Here’s a close up of Savel’s six footer

…. They get big around here … I live close to the Trinity… world famous for big gator gar

Finally picking on something your size.

Nice fish.

Hey Savell, my son lives close to the Trinity, but up north outside of Fort Worth, those things live up there?, any catfish too?

If I ever get stuck in that over populated metropolis I'd need to find something to do except counting roof tops....

…. Should be plenty of both up there gcs