Man Catches 327lb Alligator Gar

[Magneto]

FoxNews.com - Record-Crushing 327-Pound 'Dinosaur Fish' Caught

Thats a big fish.

 

[DragonGunner]

YES !!!! Thats my kind of fishing...8' 5 " long an 48" around....I've seen them fishing for them on tv long time ago...used big triple hooks with fish on them...they would wait for the fish to swallow it then set the hook.....I use to spear gar, got some about 3' long....can't imagine seeing one over 8'...

 

[GARANDGUY]

That is HUGE!

 

[gunsisgood]

GEEEZE !
Thats the kinda thing Nightmares are made of.

 

[nsenneking]

that thing is rediculous

 

[kadetklapp]

Well that scares the **** out of me right there....

 

[Marc]

gator gar arent dangerous fish until you get them in the boat, if you jump in the water with them they wont come anywhere near you.


the skinny fish in the middle next to the sting rays are some little gator gars from my bowfishing trip down south of new orleans in a small town called lafitte they were some good eatin

 

[snorko]

gator gar arent dangerous fish until you get them in the boat, if you jump in the water with them they wont come anywhere near you.

Maybe not. but when you're paddling a kayak across Hovey lake and 4'-5' paddlefish start leaping into the air right in front of you, it is a little unsettling.

 

[Marc]

Maybe not. but when you're paddling a kayak across Hovey lake and 4'-5' paddlefish start leaping into the air right in front of you, it is a little unsettling.

ohhhh you sissy



gator gars dont jump like paddle fish. what they do is called rolling and thats when they come up and get a gulp of air kinda like how a carp sucks air when the oxygen is low in the water. i would love to shoot in hovey lake i hear there are some big carp down there

 

[snorko]

ohhhh you sissy

Yep, me and the 6'5" former Marine paddling with me who yelled "Holy Sh**, What the H**l was that!"

 

[Mike H]

The guy netted the fish so its not a new Igfa record.
link at The Outdoor Pressroom
Its still a BIG fish though.

 

[22lr]

Ok, how much alcohol does one have to consume in order to formulate the idea that pulling that thing into your boat is a good idea?

 

[edsinger]

More than I can drink. I didnt mind Gars, I hated Grennels, they were aggressive!

 

[Redneckbuckeye]

That is huge! Would be tiring for sure.

 

[Marc]

Yep, me and the 6'5" former Marine paddling with me who yelled "Holy Sh**, What the H**l was that!"

i have a friend that likes scuba diving and he said in some lakes its not uncommon for large paddle fish to come up and bump you. he said its nerve racking at first but after the first couple of times you get used to it

 

[crawfish]

I had a gar in a tank i made until he was 32inches then he was to big for my tank and i called the indpls zoo and they took him off my hands i have only caught a few in open water but no monsters like that one even if netted thats a big gar congrats and couldnt imagine bringin it in on a rod wow

 

[Marc]

here are a couple of my guys on my bowfishing forum

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMdPmnoR7dw]YouTube - Alligator Gar Fishing Rod and Reel Part Two"Gar Tubeing"[/ame]

 

[alluwant]

thats awesome good catch for somebody

 

[gunsisgood]

here are a couple of my guys on my bowfishing forum



Nice fish but whats up with throwing trash in the river ?

 

[Marc]

here are a couple of my guys on my bowfishing forum



Nice fish but whats up with throwing trash in the river ?

he got yelled at by his buddy behind the camera and he made him put it back in the boat... he was trying to play a redneck on the video