re: gars vs asian carp

I was diving on The Tennessee River,and had a net bag around my neck ,half full of mussels,probably about 30 LBS. I was in about 9 feet of water,crawling along the bottom in some grass,and he was just laying there,and I didn't see him.

he got his snout caught in my bag and started fighting,he knocked my regulator out of my mouth,and knocked off my brand new mask,that thing cost about 75 bucks at the time.

He was a big gar and was beating the hell out of me,and I took some water. I dropped my weight belt,and tried to get the bag off of me,but he was twisting and fighting,and twisting the rope handle of the bag around my neck.

I managed to get back up and get to the ladder of my boat and got in, he was still beating the shite out of me,but once I was in the boat,he died a very bloody death.

I lost my brand new mask though.