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