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8 Foot Gar #2828903 12/12/11 02:08 AM
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a friend of mine send me a this pic the other day Aligator Gar footer




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Any info on this picture? Did he shoot it with a bow? Catch it with a rod and reel? Is this his e-harmony profile picture?


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That's a big gar. Don't think I would want it on my porch though.



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He reeled the gar in den Finished. The job with a bow man...


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Thats an eight footer?I dont think so.




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Re: 8 Foot Gar [Re: Big.Man] #2828958 12/12/11 02:24 AM
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That's a big one but would have left it where I found it. Nasty fish.


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thats a lot of fish sticks there...


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If it really is 8' thats only about 4" shy of what the world record measured.


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Big gar. I bet he put up a heck of a fight.


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He's a monster for sure.


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hey amigos that guys is 6 ft tall man...he might be a lil away from the fish but its an 8 footer...

here is a 5 footer amigos my friend and his dad



he reeled this one in also but no bow this time


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some nice gar



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A guy had a catfish farm near me a while back. He had moved here from Mississippi where he was a commercial fisherman on the Mississippi River. He fished for Gar with big hoop nets. I asked him what kind of market there was for Gar. He asked me if I ever ate at Long John Silvers. He said they were his biggest customer.



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Dang! Thats a big gar! Gar chicharones are some good stuff.


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That is one big Gar. Never eaten any but I saw some at HEB some time back, did not know there was a market for them.



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nasty fish id like to shoot one with my 338



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Originally Posted By: Big.Man
hey amigos that guys is 6 ft tall man...he might be a lil away from the fish but its an 8 footer...



the real story is a 6 ft hispanic. roflmao



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Gar is one of the best to eat imo...gota eat it while its hot


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Originally Posted By: panch0
Dang! Thats a big gar! Gar chicharones are some good stuff.


Car chicharrones are real good anigos


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I've heard for years that gar are really good for the table, but I've never tried it. I need to put that on my to-do list.



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Wow .. That's a big one .. And good eating too !! Ive seen some monsters on some trinity river feeder creeks , when the water floods then goes back down they get trapped in the shallow waters .. And 8 foot is n ot uncommon .



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Wen we catch a 3footer we make a lot chicharrones now an a footer be getting ready for a wedding lol...


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What's that pink line on your friend's left shoulder all about in the OP?


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Originally Posted By: catchin'
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hey amigos that guys is 6 ft tall man...he might be a lil away from the fish but its an 8 footer...



the real story is a 6 ft hispanic. roflmao

Haha


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Originally Posted By: catchin'
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hey amigos that guys is 6 ft tall man...he might be a lil away from the fish but its an 8 footer...



the real story is a 6 ft hispanic. roflmao


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