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When you hook or catch a gar?

Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:48 am
Posted by NatalbanyTigerFan
On the water somewhere
Member since Oct 2007
7640 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:48 am
Do you cut the line?
Kill it and throw it in the water?
Let it go?
Keep it and eat it?

My grandpa carried a club in the boat just in case we hooked one. He killed every one he caught.

Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81969 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:48 am to
quote:

Let it go


quote:

He killed every one he caught.



This had no effect on anything other than happy turtles.
Posted by NatalbanyTigerFan
On the water somewhere
Member since Oct 2007
7640 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:49 am to
And happy grandpa. Lol
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:49 am to
They usually cut my line, anyway,,, but if it doesn't and I get it to the boat, one of us is gonna die. So far, I'm still kickin', barely.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81969 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:51 am to
My dad would cut the heads off of fresh water eels. I did not get it, but oh well.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39635 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:55 am to
Keep em. Slice thin, double batter, and fry
Posted by NatalbanyTigerFan
On the water somewhere
Member since Oct 2007
7640 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:57 am to
LINK
This ol boy knows what to do with them.
Posted by KLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
10368 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:58 am to
Break his nose down where he cant eat and release!

or

Throw him on the bank.

Same with a Pic.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39635 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:01 am to
Love that video
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:03 am to
Cuss a lot

Try to get my rogue back with pliars while fish is alive while cussing

Beat fish to death and continue trying to get rogue back while still cussing

Finally pull mangled and ruined rogue from dead bloody gar. Power slam dead gar into water with curse words.

ETA: same when trying to recover chartreuse spinnerbait from 10 pound choupique.
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 10:05 am
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37924 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:06 am to
Hold line tight in left hand, while administering a right hand karate chop to the snout with boat paddle. Usually the hook flies right out. Works for yoyo's too.
Posted by DownSouthDave
Beau, Bro, Baw
Member since Jan 2013
7402 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:20 am to
quote:

This ol boy knows what to do with them.


I can't for the life of me get one skint anywhere as close to as fast as that old boy. That screwdriver through the snout is an important part i'm missing. But they are so damn tough, I can't cut them with a cane knife without messing up the meat.

It's a chainsaw for me, my stihl makes short work of them. You have to go from head to tail though, if you go from back to front with the chainsaw, that thing will take off like a rocket.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56717 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:26 am to
quote:

It's a chainsaw for me
Posted by Doemadness
Member since Oct 2014
59 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:32 am to
Take the arrow out and throw it in the boat
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
53641 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:50 am to
quote:

Do you cut the line?
Kill it and throw it in the water?
Let it go?
Keep it and eat it?


we had a nize buzz going last spring and hit up gar lake and caught a couple big gar.We had to clean them with garden shears. We fried them up fresh and it was awesome, like big ol chicken tenders.

that being said, i beat the frick out of them with a shovel before i laid a finger on them. those teeth don't look too fun
Posted by TheBoo
South to Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
4572 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:58 am to
If big enough, keep.

If not big enough, Kill it.
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
16313 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:18 am to
I used to cut the line until I ate garfish at the rodeo on blind River.
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
30619 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:24 am to
I usually smash it in the head with a club. Then I throw the floating fish right in front of a boat full of hippies with video cameras.
Posted by Barf
EBR
Member since Feb 2015
3727 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:29 am to
Unhook it and let it go unless I'm in the mood to clean one.

I'll never understand why people just kill the fish and throw it away. Some of the big gar are older than most people on this board.

What's the point in killing them for fun?
Posted by Geaux8686
Location Location
Member since Oct 2014
2617 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:30 am to
Yes.
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