My biggest gar to date...

[Eagle Eye]

It's a revival!!!

I am not a seasoned fisherman by any means, but I caught a 45 inch gar today at the blue river near Tishomingo. About 5 got away before I got this one to shore. Had a buddy to help get it on to shore. We were not prepared to handle a gar by any means...hence the carrying method. We used a hatchet to open it up and get the straps out. Fried one side up 30 mins later in an iron skillet... with some lemon on it...yumm.




Saw some yummy Jerky, what are other good ways to prepare them??

 

[dennishoddy]

Nice looking gar.....dead.

 

[Eagle Eye]

Thanks Dennis! Alive...they freak me out! They are tanks... if their mouthes were bigger i'd stop swimming in most Oklahoma water bodies.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Some chunk the meat and use a crawfish boil.

 

[dennishoddy]

Thanks Dennis! Alive...they freak me out! They are tanks... if their mouthes were bigger i'd stop swimming in most Oklahoma water bodies.

We were on Grand Lake one time and saw some that were pretty darned big. Makes one wonder how many folks have been bit.

Edit: can't find anything on Google that anybody has been killed by Gar. I'm sure some have been bit getting them off their line, so I guess its safe to go back into the water.

 

[Eagle Eye]

We were on Grand Lake one time and saw some that were pretty darned big. Makes one wonder how many folks have been bit.

Edit: can't find anything on Google that anybody has been killed by Gar. I'm sure some have been bit getting them off their line, so I guess its safe to go back into the water.

Every now and then people disappear and were last seen swimming in a lake... I looked at the pictures of current record holder gar ....and damn... those suckers could do serious damage. Humans would be defenseless in the water...we could barely puncture the scales with a knife out of the water!

edit
few get that big, on average they are probably between 40-60 inches long 10-30lbs (sound about right?)..that's a digit amputator. no skinny dipping in lakes or rivers ever again.

 

[Seansworth]

LOL, my dad wouldn't clean a fish if he was starving, but loved to eat the fish I cleaned.

My dad hasn't cleaned a single fish since he taught me how. He just holds the bag for the fillets.

 

[lkothe]

I caught a gar as a teen that was longer than the Honda 350 Enduro I rode to Arkansas River. No idea of weight.

 

[Eagle Eye]

I caught a gar as a teen that was longer than the Honda 350 Enduro I rode to Arkansas River. No idea of weight.

Nice!

Anyone ever used the scales as arrow heads on home made arrows?

I'm interested in making both... Gotta catch me another gar though...

 

[swampratt]

I like crab and shrimp boiled gar.
Dried the skins once on 3 of them,, dogs ate them before I was able to use them..

What did you catch them on?


I have stood neck deep in the river for hours while fishing below lock 16 and many gar swam right by me.. never bothered me.
Buddy would not enter the water.. fine with me he can sit on the rip rap and fry in the sun.