Sharkbait i think what they r trying to say is that the world is a pretty big place and to say u r the only guy who has never killed one is a dumb comment, u dont no everyone and ther practices, just b happy with what ur doin and quit tryn to make other people look bad

If you think you have never killed one you are sadly mistaken . You have never caught enough if you think you haven't killed any
Some fish will die no matter how careful you are with him

Was waiting for a real gar guide to line this guy out. You and Dawson ain't around enough anymore.

I know Dawson and have fished with him several times. He is very conservation minded and has never intentionally killed a gar that I know of.

After reading all of your hateful carp and hearing your ridiculous claims like you are the only guide.......
I wouldn't get in a boat with you.
And imagine that most anyone that reads your stuff would not call you either.

And by the way there is no possible way that 100% of the gar you have caught lived and there is n possible way that you could know if they did.

its all the craze these days to kill gar on the low and claim your a catch and release only gar guide.....

I have several days available in July. Give me a call and book your trip today.
(903) 780-4662
www.garfishingaddiction.com

Figured I might as well join the party here.

It's not arrogant it's convinced when you produce......
When other people think you are good ,you will have loads of haters . This is why I don't have a job because I fish 7 days a week for alligator gar and really enjoy watching my clients catch trophy alligator gar every day
Thanks for every one who has fished with me and keep coming back year after year

Good lord I have never in my life seen so much fighting over a gar. I ain't a guide, I catch fish and have fun doing it, all kinds of fish anytime, anywhere and here's my take because this is a public forum and I can, so before you tell me how my opinions aren't welcome Kirkland I get it you don't like me. I have fished with Chris at Gar Fishing Addiction and enjoyed it throughly and we have caught very nice fish on every trip. Kirk is good and has caught some giants, just ask him he will tell you. Dawson will find you fish and does it quietly you won't hear him talking bad about people or good about himself, no nonsense guy that loves fishing. Henry (sharkbait) catches fish and envolves his kids in it that's a great thing but comes off wrong to most people with claims like the ones above. Honestly who killed what is irrelevant, it's legal, it's the choice of the fisherman to harvest that animal. Personally I don't kill them but I'm not going to degrade someone who does. I kill deer, elk, hogs, antelope, the list goes on, some people don't agree but again the fact is it's legal get over it. There are a couple guides here that haven't been mentioned but I think we have enough to fight about so I'll leave them out. I've fished and hunted with guides all across the US and a couple countries and for my money I want a personable guy that allows you to fish and have fun and for me that would be Chris or Dawson but to each his own.

Now go! This should get good.

Thanks I really appreciate the compliments. That means alot coming from a return client. I too love taking clients out and watching them catch fish.
No matter what size it is !
I have clients that completely lose their mind over a 5 foot fish.
Every guide out there catches fish. Every guide has caught giants.
I have one on my site that was 8'4" and had a 44" girth. It's probably the largest ever caught on rod and reel on video. Not sure I may be wrong on that.
I put another post up of three whoppers from the past month.
Every guide that I know of catches big fish. I too have been doing this a long time. I have been guiding clients on rod and reel before River Monster's was ever even heard of.
There are several great guide choices out there for Alligator Gar. It mainly boils down to who you click with on the phone.
Some clients book just by reputation too though. Everything can come into play. But one thing for sure I've had hundreds of happy clients crawl out of my boat.

Nope I had a 240 with Doug Stange filming with In-Fisherman in 2005
But that is still a great fish
I started guiding in 1999 when everyone else was shooting them with a bow and arrow

Kirk you are the first Alligator Gar fishing guide no doubt. I'm not too far behind you I just wasn't specifically advertising for it. But of course there are tons of them now. Some come and go every year. I see where people advertise having 30 and 40 years experience with Alligator Gar fishing. It makes me laugh to think about it. Because alot of them aren't that old.
And an 8'4" Alligator Gar with a 44 inch girth is larger than #240 as you know.
But it's neither here nor there.
Those are the fish that are very hard to come by. Even harder to hold in the parts of the Trinity River I fish.

I like the 1 that's advertising he is a 4th generation alligator gar fisherman. The 1 you are talking about fishing alligator gar for 35 years is barely that old so.... My big fish on video came from Palestine and dad's 269 came from Big Eddie area
But as we know EVERYONE ELSE was bow fishing alligator gar and now that I am so busy and my dad quit taking people there is a big spill over from new people wanting to go. I have never had any problem with only 1 other guide who messages my clients off Facebook offering to take them for free after I got him some free stuff from my sponsors
I am busy enough that I dont have to do anything else I hope you all get business. I