http://www.westernbass.com/dotcom/photos/showphoto.html?id=2118

On the ncbf photos!??
is it real? fake?
gar? deformity?

Ryan

nm

alligator gar, it's real...a buddy of mine's Dad was Townsend Miller, who is the world record holder for longnose gar. Townsend used to catch alligator gar on the Trinity River in Texas that were well over 7 feet and 200 lbs. There's some pretty good stories on Garfishing.com.

On Lake Austin, I had one come up for air right next to my boat, it was between 6 and 7 feet. Pretty impressive

i just read the report on it, it is 244lbs! 8ft 2" long!!!! Thats outrageous!!
I knew they were big but not that big!
Ryan

It looks like they were bow-fishing? Do you have the link to the story?

Thats crazy. The ali gar I have caught in Alabama never got over 3ft. That thing is scary huge

I think I'll pass on 'tubing that lake!!!!!
Tight lines,
Wade

>Thats crazy. The ali gar I have caught in Alabama never got
>over 3ft. That thing is scary huge

arte you sure they're aligator gar? More than likely, you're referring to long-nose or short-nose

My friend, Townsend's son, sent me a video of those guys catching and landing that gar. Email me if you want me to send...archtx9@austin.rr.com

http://www.aimlowproductions.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=435

That is the link to some of the video footage of them catching that gar. Looks like it was sam rayburn in texas. Bowfishing.

Now, that looks pretty dang exciting I must say. It is an alligator Gar.

All I know is , IF YOU"RE GOING TO KILL IT YOU'D DAMN WELL BETTER EAT IT!!! I wonder how alligator gar tastes? How long did it take for that fish to grow that big vs. how long it took to kill it?!! I hunt, but I also USE EVERYTHING dowm to bones!!(execpt entrails...) What are they going to do ,pay a taxidermist to mount it?(that'll cost more than the boat they're in!) I think not. Poor bastard will wind up as fertilizer in someones garden,if it's 'lucky'...Friggin' Waste ---- "Man: The Ultimate Predator" until they screw with a REAL alligator! Watch a few of the "FACES OF DEATH movies,you'll know what I'm talking about(Mother Nature has a way of issueing her own 'payback...) ---- Aaaannnyyyyway, jes' my opine, Alex

I argee that was a bad ass fish I hope they chucked it back or ate all of it. If I have catch something that cool all I will ask of it is a pic and she will be free to go.

I doubt they released it since they shot it.

There is an article in the latest IN-fisherman magizine on aligator gar conservation. These fish have been around just as long as the stergeon and there are no laws protecting these fish.