Alligator Gar Fishing

[gaspar66mx]

i like it too

[wbttk]

Hook the fish on the vid and it won't look so mickey mouse.

[nref55]

wtf! gar in salt water??? :/

[undertakerrocksman]

also its not even a GAR!

[undertakerrocksman]

ktomek06) alligator gar are freshwater fish........

[nicksurreal]

catching a big gar is just as good as catching a big pike............look how much alike they look..........................­just a tip to anyone who cares.....lonesome creek in roundrock t.x........is loaded with ones bigger than this. water so clear you can see right down to them.

[nicksurreal]

where is this?

[321destroyer1]

by law you gotta kill em from where im from

[Lawsonsvideos702]

CHECK MY ALLIGATOR GAR OUT !! I HAVE FULL HIGH QUALITY VIDEOS!

[mowerfrenzy]

thats a skipjack gar have long noses

[thestench666]

south texas?

[dogsrul1234543]

congrats thats a very very very nice catch. deserves a sub. keep it up!

[jackwhiteboy]

yea black folks eat them

[nref55]

they are good to eat, although hard to skin, but its like all muscle, the only bony part really is the backbone, but if you skin it right, you'll have two huge stripes of meat that you can fillet or cut into steaks

[00zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz00]

That Is Not A Alligator Gar!!

[hugan1421]

it is cool

[alan7496]

thats not a allagator gar

[photastegood]

@alan7496 yea it is. My cousin has 2 in his fish tank and I would know what it would look like.

[TheHuntermarks]

look at my gar videos, its easy to get your hook out when im done lol!!!! nice catch man

[jjpear713]

wat area wer yall fishing in plz reply

[sharkbay1]

lmfao them things can haul ass

[Jared12132]

How i always catch them is...

get a small perch with a small treble hook .... hook the perch in the tail... put on a bobber with about 4 inches to the bait... let them take it... usally they will haul ass with it... but at this point its just in his boney mouth so you cant really hook them.... sooner or later they will stop... this is when they actually eat the fish.. when the start to take off again set the hook... Works all the time for me

[jtr10411]

whats the best way to take a hook out of a gator gars mouth?

[DLJ585]

use a pair of long pliers and make sure no ones hands are in its mouth

[pistol135bfmv]

lol i know

[jtr10411]

is that in saltwater?

[ktomek06]

Yep!

[jtr10411]

nice i caught a 65 pound gator gar by galveston bay its kinda by anuhac.

but half the time i reeled in fish i was trying to dodge my braid line from rocks and debrees

[belfor21]

@jtr10411 Gar is a freshwater fish

[jtr10411]

@belfor21 yeah i know. but people also have caught them outside trinity in saltwater

[wjgallen]

@jtr10411 fresh water

[rf4rr4r]

Hence why they're putting it back in the water...

[ualuuanie]

Can these fishes be eaten? Or r u guys catching it for fun?

[jtr10411]

i heard there hard to clean and there not that good. but hicks eat them, but thats hicks they eat everything.

[douiopl]

actualy allong the back they have 2 large straps of meat but in some places they are illegal to keep.

[randomclam8ownz]

if i caught one it would be a club to the head then burried...

[fisher11man]

wwhy??

[shanedenver33]

"The genus name Lepisosteus comes from the Greek lepis meaning "scale" and osteon meaning "bone"."

Sure buddy, their genus name has the Greek meaning of bone in it, but they're not boney. You're a regular Steve Irwin over there. Go feed your goldfish and leave the big fish to the big boys.

[airsoftdude20644]

fuckin owned him hahahaha

[texastrack410]

What part of South Texas need find me a guide to catch dem.

U A Guide waz ur contact info.

[shotdown54]

regular gar are so fun to catch with a jig

[vintagetrex]

how did you catch this gar. there was a 5ft gator gar in an underwater light behind my dad's house in Galveston the other night but it wouldnt even look at anything i threw at it. I tried dead shrimp, gulp, and even chicken.

[Scott78939]

try live bait like a brim or something fishy

[bgrayson34]

gar are pretty cool, one day i saw an albino one sim underneath my dock it was pretty crazy it was only like 2 feet long and it was with 2 other gar.

[Angecool1998]

aww poor alligator gar.... did u put it back into the water?

[ohnevergoingtoquit]

im guessing your a girl, yea he probably did or he kept it and stuck a knife in its spine and cut its flesh off!

[ktomek06]

Well actually we did release this one; but anglers do keep them.  I hear when prepared properly, they taste great.

[KoreanKidSteve]

we got alligator gar in arkansas too

[jemswcatter67]

I caught a 1 1/2 foot long gar 2 weeks ago. about 8 pounds.just by luck, i hooked him right under the eye, so it was easy to get out.

[YankeesWin123]

i've caught smaller gars before

[whiteboyedmand]

small but what can i say? i've never caught one. nice job

[naruto977345123]

one time when i was fishing some old dude came and casted his line and hooked an alligator gar by the gills when it drifted by and did not know what it was and if you could eat them lol

[psychoninja911]

Hmm. Lots of needle nose from what I'm seeing in the lake's reservoir thing. I bow fish down in the sides of the lake on the edges of the lake next to 78 (close to Copeville more/less).

By the way: I don't bow fish the gar- they seem to have a place here. Only the carp (more of a trash/parasite fish). Just been trying to figure out a way to bait/hook gar. I'll have to try the nylon string- they seem to be breeding atm (don't know if it's the right time to fish at) -as the carp eat their eggs.

[h3lloimangus]

i foul hooked one of those bitches once it popped my line cuz he was big as hell

[psychoninja911]

Is gar fishing a big fight? And what do you use for bait? I live in North Eastern Texas and theres a ton of gar in Lake Lavon rolling on the shore... Any ideas on how to catch em?

[creepyjoel]

search bowfishing, texas alligator gar, best way i know to get em

[psychoninja911]

I bow fish out here on Lavon where I live. Shot a few needle nose gar. Not much fun in shooting gar b/c they don't care much for my presence. My shadow can fall right on top of the them and they won't swim away at all. It's near impossible to get an arrow out of their plated skeleton.

Carp however are more of a challenge to shoot, more of a trash fish imo, and kill of game fish populations. I'll shoot tons of carp a day in my spot...

Just thought pulling in a gar by pole would be uber cool.

[psychoninja911]

Also it's easier to get an arrow out of carp... You can easily cut them in half without dulling your knife like you would on a gar.

[rsuriyop]

do people actually eat those things?

[ktomek06]

Actually yes. Supposedly some people love them.

I just booked a guy from Missouri that fishes for gar exclusively for the meat.

[MultiAirsoft911]

@ktomek06 i live in mo i love gar fishing

[wseale85]

@ktomek06 has anyone told the man he's lost his damn mind

[carllos25]

@ktomek06 gar meat has the texture of chicken, not very flavorful but you do get a lot of meat out of one fish. Very lean as well

[johannrecht67]

@ktomek06 bullshit

[shanedenver33]

Their meat is delicous but very boney as you might imagine. The best way to cook/eat them is to cut them into fillets and smoke 'em.

[ethanlopez1492]

@rsuriyop im from south texas and you can fish for katan(alligator gar) in alot of places down here and man o man it makes very good eating the sad part is its only 1 a day limit

[belfor21]

@rsuriyop You bet . They taste good . Fry ,BBQ, .With gravy ,Smoke,Gumbo .It's alot of ways perpairing Gar

[FishingMaster20]

nice

[StuBone278]

awesome! perfect fighting size right there. is this in louisiana marsh?

[ktomek06]

Texas Coast