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First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 01:18 AM
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Wildman of the navidad
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Got done working cows early last week and hit the river used whole bluegill with the tail cut off and a fillet style slit cut on one side 3 runs one gar river was up and dirty fished sand bar adjacent to a 30ft deep hole the gator gar and longnose we're everywhere also it amazed me how diffrent the gator gar runs are compared to longnose longnose in my exp grab you bait a haul but then stop the gator gar seemed more like a turtle run take 5,10' of line then stop then a little more then stop until I reeled up thought it was another softshell until it leaped out of the water fish was 38.9 lbs 54" long with a 22" girth fish was ate by my Me my wife and kids wasn't going to kill it just for a record alone
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Quote on the wildman" They Said he'd eat the hair off of a man's head when he was hungry and squeeze the water out of rocks when he was thirsty"
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 01:37 AM
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Nice gar wildman congrats on the record
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 02:03 AM
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Congrats Clayton on a monster fish
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
[Re: Wildman of the navidad]
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05/23/18 02:03 AM
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Wildman of the navidad
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Thanks Leo Jamie and chuck
Last edited by Wildman of the navidad; 05/23/18 02:06 AM.
Psalm:91
Quote on the wildman" They Said he'd eat the hair off of a man's head when he was hungry and squeeze the water out of rocks when he was thirsty"
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 02:05 AM
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Nice fish Clayton and Congratulations on your record fish!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 02:14 AM
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Catyakker
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WOW, how in earth did you land that monster by yourself Clayton? I bet you really had your hands full. Congratulations. You certainly deserve all the kudos we can offer. By the way, I just can't understand how you and that pretty young lady are related.
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 02:19 AM
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IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 02:20 AM
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Wildman of the navidad
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Lol I took a tie rope off my saddle before I even started fishing I was thinking ahead I already did the grab em by the gill plates and let em break ur arms thing and that's my yougest she is a cutie I wanted a picture with all my girls but they were with grandma
Last edited by Wildman of the navidad; 05/23/18 02:23 AM.
Psalm:91
Quote on the wildman" They Said he'd eat the hair off of a man's head when he was hungry and squeeze the water out of rocks when he was thirsty"
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 02:35 AM
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TXMulti-Species
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Nice fish, congrats on the record! At 38.9lb she's still little for a gator gar, I'll bet you'll break it soon enough!
Last edited by TXMulti-Species; 05/23/18 02:35 AM.
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 11:39 AM
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Wildman of the navidad
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Would like to get the catch and release record
Psalm:91
Quote on the wildman" They Said he'd eat the hair off of a man's head when he was hungry and squeeze the water out of rocks when he was thirsty"
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 03:15 PM
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Just took a look at the record page and found a 150lb gator gar that was bowed (unfortunately) just last year, so they're definitely in there!
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/23/18 05:19 PM
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Wildman of the navidad
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Yeah I watched a boy weigh one that weighed 206 on the grain scales at the feed store 2 years ago asked what he was going to do with it said nothing
Psalm:91
Quote on the wildman" They Said he'd eat the hair off of a man's head when he was hungry and squeeze the water out of rocks when he was thirsty"
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/24/18 12:08 AM
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WTG! and congrats!
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/24/18 12:26 PM
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Gitter Done
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Great fish and "CONGRATULATIONS" on your record! Side Note: Bet you had one heck of a fight trying to get that fish out of the water! (Did you have any help?)
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Re: First gator gar pending colorado river rod and reel record
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05/24/18 12:45 PM
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Wildman of the navidad
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Thanks PL and gitter done I was by myself getting it out of the water was fairly easy but getting it up the 20' cliff bank was real tough thank goodness for the old flood control cables that where hanging out of the bank I threw a bowlin loop in the end of my tie rope put it around my waist and started accending
Psalm:91
Quote on the wildman" They Said he'd eat the hair off of a man's head when he was hungry and squeeze the water out of rocks when he was thirsty"
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