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264 pound alligator gar caught in Texas river
Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:25 pm
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A Texas man recently reeled in a massive 264 pound, 8-foot 4-inch alligator gar in the Trinity River, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday (May 11).
The catch by Lance Stephens of Tarkington, Texas, did not set a record - the largest alligator gar in Texas was 279 pounds - but it was one of the biggest gars pulled from the river in recent memory, the report said.
"It's the biggest one I've ever seen," said Stephens, who caught the beast in Liberty County, northeast of Houston.
The bait? A freshwater drum, a trash fish also known as a gasper goo.
"The nastier the bait, the better," Stephens said in the report. "They seem to like it."
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Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:30 pm to WPBTiger
I’ve seen some large ones in Delacroix lately. Those things are so nasty.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:40 pm to Redfish2010
Same here. I was fishing out if my 17ft mud boat 2 years ago and I swear that thing was half as long as my boat. The water was very clear giving us a good look at it as it calmly swam by.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:45 pm to magicman534
Something freaks me out about killing something that old. I’d love to know how old that thing was.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:53 pm to WPBTiger
I've seen some surface that their bodies look like the size of a 5 gallon bucket...
Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:59 pm to WPBTiger
It really is a shame that fish was killed IMO. Take some pictures right after the catch and let it swim away. Magnificant old animal.
Of course those stupid goobers in those pictures would never think like that. ‘Hey maw come take a picture of me layin next to muh fish’
Of course those stupid goobers in those pictures would never think like that. ‘Hey maw come take a picture of me layin next to muh fish’
This post was edited on 5/13/18 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 5/13/18 at 1:13 pm to WPBTiger
Hopefully idea killing big fish for the sake of pictures will no longer be accepted much like littering is becoming more taboo.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 1:27 pm to bigbuckdj
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Something freaks me out about killing something that old
I’m the same unless it is not a species helpful to the ecosystem.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 1:28 pm to Chuker
quote:Picture, hell. Them are great eating.
Hopefully idea killing big fish for the sake of pictures will no longer be accepted much like littering is becoming more taboo.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 1:38 pm to bigbuckdj
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I’d love to know how old that thing was.
Alligator gar can live for many decades. They grow very fast when young, but growth slows with age. In general, for every additional foot the fish grows, its age doubles. A 3-foot gar is typically about 2.5 years old; a 4-foot gar about 5, and a 7-foot trophy catch might be 40 years old. The world record, caught in Mississippi in 2011, weighed 327 pounds and was probably at least 95.
Got that from Texas parks and wildlife web page
Posted on 5/13/18 at 2:56 pm to weagle99
quote:But it's ok to kill an older buck with a nice rack? Or should we start only shooting spikes and 4's and let the monster bucks walk?
It really is a shame that fish was killed IMO. Take some pictures right after the catch and let it swim away. Magnificant old animal.
The way I see it, the amount of food it takes a fish that size, removing it will allow more feed for smaller ones. Kill it, eat it, and enjoy it.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 3:22 pm to Geauxtiga
Fair point 
Posted on 5/13/18 at 3:51 pm to weagle99
Garfish balls!! (not the testicles before you ask!!)
I knew a guy that made them and they really were good.
There is nothing endangered about alligator gar.
I knew a guy that made them and they really were good.
There is nothing endangered about alligator gar.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 4:18 pm to I B Freeman
quote:Try chilling it then cutting some steaks and throw them on the pit. yummy!
Garfish balls!! (not the testicles before you ask!!)
I knew a guy that made them and they really were good.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 4:37 pm to Geauxtiga
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But it's ok to kill an older buck with a nice rack? Or should we start only shooting spikes and 4's and let the monster bucks walk?
Nope.
A mature buck is only 4.5 years old and they currently are more prevalent than ever. That fish could've be 70+ years old and according to biologists they are suffering a decline.
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The way I see it, the amount of food it takes a fish that size, removing it will allow more feed for smaller ones. Kill it, eat it, and enjoy it.
Alligator gar have a very low metabolism which doesn't require much food hence their longevity. They really are current day dinosaurs.
Apples to oranges.
Oh, and I doubt that fish was eaten by anything but critters.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 4:47 pm to Chuker
It's gonna die so better to burp and taste than rot and waste.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 5:11 pm to WPBTiger
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264 pound alligator gar caught in Texas river
Needed another year
Posted on 5/13/18 at 5:54 pm to I B Freeman
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There is nothing endangered about alligator gar.
True, but they--and all species of gar for that matter--have been unfairly persecuted for a long time due to this belief that they prey on game fish populations. While they do eat bass, bluegill, and other sunfishes, those species make up a small percentage of the diet of gar. That persecution has reduced the number of those large gar to few and far between.
Alligator gar are such cool fish. Those big ones are something special.
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