Alligator gar versus ELB

[FlintWalker]

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.

[mullet]

  Yep, Shannon, you are right. Got them mixed up.

[Little John]

I just saw a special on cable tv, One old Texan had one mounted almost the size of this picture and swore that he had seenone go under his boat much bigger. This picture was shown on the special.  Just goes to show ya everything is bigger in Texas.

[El Destructo]

                                                                 Especially the B.S. Stories!!!!

[Little John]

Reminds me of the guys who were noodling catfish at P.K. with scuba gear. Every time they tried to get the big one out of an old car the fish rolled up the window.

[El Destructo]

                                                                                     

[Bushman452]

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.

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. 

[Sparrow]

'specially that"Hard head"    '  Frank