Re: [VFB] Giant Gator Gar fishing video

[Mark Delaney]

I've hooked a few small gar on fly gear, buy never managed to land one...they have rather bony mouths and getting a hook to penetrate is tough.  I wasn't fishing for them at the time, they just attacked the fly.  the ones in well oxygentated water fight very well, and if you hook into too big a one on two small of tackle, you might not have any tackle left...

I've seen them over five feet long in some of the bayous, and in one unfortunate instance managed to catch a four foot gar in a cast net while cast netting for finger mullet (bait) for a fishing trip with my daughter (who dosen't flyfish.   Took a long time to repair the net after that.

Mark Delaney

On 2/27/06, Reuven Segal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do they fight well?? Something that huge cannot be a nuisance in my book.
I want one!!!!!

Do they eat them?? Mount them????

R

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Dan Harriman
Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2006 3:12 AM
To: vfb@troutnet.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] Giant Gator Gar fishing video


Yup, they are pretty common down here along the Texas
gulf coast. We call them alligator gar.  Some folks
like to fish for them, others call them a nuisance
fish.

I don't fish for them myself.

Tight lines,

Dan Harriman
Orange, Texas

--- Reuven Segal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Has anyone ever seen something like this before??
>
> http://www.metacafe.com/watch/74245/giant_gator_gar/
>
> Reuven
>

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