Alligator Gar Video ! New Record?

[Aquacat]

This was caught a few days ago at Lake Sam Rayburn.
8'2", 244 lbs.Texas has some huge gar!

you want a link to the Video Send me a PM

[Aquacat]

Here is a picture of it. Huge Gar!

[james]

Thought the gar was caught in Lake Sam Rayburn which is in Texas???? Huge gar though

[Aquacat]

For some reason I had oklahoma on the brain sorry guys it's texas!
www.okiefish.com/Gar%20Video.htm

This was caught a few days ago at Lake Sam Rayburn.
8'2", 244 lbs. Texas has some huge gar!

[T-Bone]

That's ok Barry, we know your an Okie ! :conc-big: Just jokin' Bro ! That's a huge gar !!!!!! Thanks for sharing.

[Desperado]

That is a nice fish. I have some friends that bowfish gator gar and got a few about 200 lbs. and over 7" long in Texas.

[Aquacat]

I love to bow fish for gar just not for catfishing!

[stickthrower]

Seeing something like that makes me think twice about wading for panfish with a stringer tied to my waist!:eek:

Frank

[warcraft1975]

thats huge!! ya know what though why did have to be killed?there should be laws in place for one of usa's biggest freahwater fish one of these days people doing stuff like in that video is going to wipe out these monstors for everyone,what a shame i think

[birdnest]

That's a pretty awsome critter. I was watchin In-Fisherman this last weekend and they went after Alligator Gar by Lake Livingston (Sp?) in Texas, Big Blues on the James River in VA and White Sturgeon in the Columbia River. They landed a Gar that went 98" and 44" girth. Said it was the largest gar ever video'd. They estimated it's weight at a conservative 230#. If you say this ones bigger, I'm believing it. From the show I watched, they give one heck of a fight?

Just out of curiosity, what do you do with one of them big boys if you decide to keep it?

Do you eat them?

Sure don't look like something I'd want mounted on my living room wall!

Anyway, I bet it was the catch of a lifetime!!
Congrats and tightlines,
Birdnest

[Aquacat]

bird, I think I saw it too. That thing was huge!

[Chris]

The gar looks like a dinasour! I wonder how old the thing is?

chris

[redneckdrum]

I thank God that it was somebody else that caught it and not me.And I thought 'The Exorcist' gave me nightmares.

[cowboy20]

thats huge!! ya know what though why did have to be killed?there should be laws in place for one of usa's biggest freahwater fish one of these days people doing stuff like in that video is going to wipe out these monstors for everyone,what a shame i think

If it makes you feel any better, that fish was eaten.

Those guys don't waste any fish. ;)

[etipriga]

That fish would have died ne ways if they had let it go. And if there ever comes a point that those fish will be endangered then im sure there will be strict laws protecting them.

By the way, that fish in your picture looks like he went the way of old yeller and ended up in the freezer. :cry-big:

[rpcathunter]

I would like to know how much fish it ate daily, it had to have a huge appetite.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

The video is no longer available. If someone has it saved , can they post it. Thank you. :)

[strider]

I would like to know how much fish it ate daily, it had to have a huge appetite.

I wonder how much fish the fishermen ate daily after divying up the meat!

[dirtyyellow]

thats a huge gar i cant imagine pulling up to a line and having that monster on there!!!!!!!

[gadzooks]

Florida has moved to restrict taking of alligator gar. It and other state fishery biologists have noted a sharp decline in populations. I've read the same thing is happening in Texas so look for restrictions on taking alligator gar in the future.

[thecatman]

wonder what it would be like to hook him by yourself??
might be a tad scary

[MAXSMOM62]

That's huge! It almost prehistoric looking.

[NechesBobcat]

That's a big one. There definatly is no lack of them in Texas I catch quite a few on trotlines.

[NechesBobcat]

I thought it already was illegal to keep them in Texas.?.? That is what I have been told.

[lookinfurabiggun]

huge gar nice job. I hate them fish, but they can be fun to catch when nothing else is biting

[gadzooks]

Gar are often accused of eating game fish, but studies indicate that most of thier diet is of rough fish or marine life that's dead, sickly, or dying. They aren't the nuisance fish many see them as. Neches, are you catching longnose or alligator gar on your trotlines? Its the alligator gar that appears to be having problems sustaining its population. Longnoses, spotted, and shortnose gars are doing ok.