Freaking Out In Singapore

[NKBJ]

Saw this article and got a chuckle. Saw a gar about this size almost pull a deep sea rig with my Uncle Jimmy attached into the San Jacinto river one night. He dug his heels into the sand and played that rascal until landing it.

'Prehistoric' fish with huge jaws like an alligator found by Brit expat

A BIZARRE fish which looks exactly like an alligator has sparked a marine mystery after it was found dead by a British expat in Singapore. The “prehistoric” creature with huge jaws and …

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[bobjones223]

Yah we used to catch them up in norther Indiana on a lake we had a cabin on.

Decided to clean and eat one one day....didn't know you needed a chainsaw to get through there scales!!!

They tasted okay...not good enough considering the work to do it again thought.

Kind of like snapping turtle....they are good but WAY TO MUCH WORK!

 

[printcraft]

They kind of freak you out when you aren't looking for them and they cruise close to your jon boat that's barely setting out of the water...

 

[NKBJ]

Yah we used to catch them up in norther Indiana on a lake we had a cabin on.

Decided to clean and eat one one day....didn't know you needed a chainsaw to get through there scales!!!

They tasted okay...not good enough considering the work to do it again thought.

Kind of like snapping turtle....they are good but WAY TO MUCH WORK!

Yeah, armor plated. Made to withstand something worse than they are.

 

[kolob10]

When I was a boy in Lawrence county, we used to gig and arrow them in local streams and quarries. They are hard to catch unless you use a wire loader. They are tough to clean and not worth the effort unless they are over 10 pounds. In the late summer, they float near the surface in shaded streams. I understand they are tough on other game fish

 

[canebreaker]

We don't see or hear of many alligator gars being caught here in MS. The state releases them into the wild from hatcheries. We have lots of spotted gars, they are slime and the nose is longer compared to an alligator gar.
We were trolling for crappie at Sardis lake in north MS. Got to a point and the water was churning. I guess the spotted gar were spawning and didn't want our minnows. Some would surface long enough for a good look. Dang, they were as long as the kayak.