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Alligator gar versus ELB
El Destructo:
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Bushman452:
--- Quote from: Saw Filer on April 20, 2009, 11:58:47 pm ---Eddie, I'd say what you have down there is the long nosed gar. They rarely get much over 5' long. The spotted gar is a lot smaller. The gar in that picture is a true alligator gar, and an extremely old one at that!
The biggest long nose I've killed is 50". I shot a 49"er the same day and I bet the 50"er was half again as heavy. One you start getting over 4' they start gaining girth instead of length.
I'm not positive, but I think about the only place you can find gator gar anymore is in Texas.
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Actually Saw they are also hunted in Louisiana right in the middle of Cajun Country. You can be surprised of what you can might find in the bayous.
Sidewinder:
We have some sort of gar here in Kansas and they are bait stealers I think they are spotted gar. I remember when we were growing up we were fishing the face of the dam at Fall River and my dad said he saw one with what appeared to be a 10lb catfish in his mouth sideways. I always thought he was stretching it some but maybe not. I also remember someone posting about the taste of gar being similar to lobster so I think this siummer I will have to find out. Danny
recurve shooter:
they still get pretty big, and if your bow had enough punch and you had enough boat under you and enough back to hold on tho the thing and a good enough point and a hard enough head, i think you could do it pretty easly. ;D
Sparrow:
'specially that"Hard head" ;D ' Frank
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