now THIS is a big fish!

[jtexas]

Not my fish, but it's pretty big...<br /><br />

<br />8'2" long, 244.5 pounds, alligator gar<br /><br /><br /> Here's the story

 

[crab bait]

Re: now THIS is a big fish!

he's a 'throw-back'..

 

[crab bait]

Re: now THIS is a big fish!

HOLEY MOLEY..!!

 

[Ron G]

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Thats a big one.

 

[gonefishie]

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Man! what that thing feeds on? peoples? holy schneike.

 

[sergioy]

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Holy guacamole!!!I need to find out exactly where this fish was caught so that I never ever go swimming there.

 

[MYTJC]

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Never seen anything like that?? do you fry it or bake it?? 8-> very nice fella's....

 

[txswinner]

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You crack the hull, take an ice cream scoop and roll out the meat. Make into a nice meatball size ball, dip in milk then roll in spiced cornmeal and throw into hot grease. This is called gar balls and is wonderful. Only good when fresh, not frozen. What a huge fish, there are many in the Sabine river in the 4' size but never anything nearly this big.

 

[skeeterboy]

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Thats frigin nuts! How about taking the hook out of that thing. That could feed a small country, hmm kinda like the cat caught.

 

[gonefishie]

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the story said they put 3 arrows tied to some kind of reels into that beast.

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

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What a monster I see gars all the time when fishing, but nothing like that.<br /><br />How old is a fish that big?

 

[ebbtide176]

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that fish is so big its scary. i've seen some 4 ftrs, but never that big. hmm, i think i saw a pic from the 1930's of a 110# but it was longer & skinnier. <br />i don't feel safe in freshwater no more

 

[monoshock]

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What state? <br />What lake, body of water?<br />Didn't see the info in the story.<br />

 

[jtexas]

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Sam Rayburn Reservoir near Lufkin, Texas, it beat the previous lake record by 2.5 lbs; state bow & arrow record currently is 290 lbs