Shot a 5 foot alligator gar

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J.McDonald Knives

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Finally hit the 5 foot mark. Was only out there for about 30 minutes when this one rolled. Man was it a good fight. Had to tighten down the drag before it spooled me. After I got it to the bank I tied have a dozen half hitches around my pvc rod holder and grabbed my backup bow and shot it just far enough back to where I could get the snare around its head and under the gills. Here is a pic. Don't have a scale to weigh it but it was HEAVY!!! It had a 26 inch girth. I'm guessing it weighed right about 60#s. Each fillet filled a 1 gallon ziplock bag with no room to spare. I shot it about 60 feet away and only had about 5 feet of line left on the reel before it would have snagged on the spinner head. Funny part is right after I got it up and measured it I look back at the river just to see another 4 footer roll!!!!!

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Wait a minute...I'm confused....Which one is the big ugly fish????

Nice catch, Jacob.
Stacy
 
Cool,dude that's HUGE.
We have them in Florida.
I pulled one in a small Jon boat once with my New York visitors and laughed my ass off while they tried to figure out where to run/swim in the middle of the Everglades.

Those are some Primeval looking fish.
 
InfidelShootist said:
Cool,dude that's HUGE.
We have them in Florida.
I pulled one in a small Jon boat once with my New York visitors and laughed my ass off while they tried to figure out where to run/swim in the middle of the Everglades.

Those are some Primeval looking fish.
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And you didn't have a video camera with you? TSK TSK TSK. Tell you one thing about them, they are excellent to eat. You ever eat one before?
 
Damn!!! That's a big sucker.:cool::thumbup: When are you going to tan some skin off them suckers???? Nice shot JR.;)
Hey!!!!! You are putting on some pounds there JR.:eek::eek: You better not come up here because someone will harpoon your fatass. They would mistaken you for Moby's Dick. HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!
 
They are very edible. You just have to cook them fast or else the meat becomes tough. I prefer to grill it. You can crab boil it and then chill it and once its chilled you can just dip it in cocktail sauce and it tastes just like crab meat. Many other ways to cook it too.
 
Hot damn Jacob, you are having some serious fun!!!!!
What are you doing with the heads of those monsters???
I hope you don't just trash em!
They would make some nice knife display racks if cleaned up and dried out and finished right!!!
 
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