Well today was pretty fun. It started out I was at my ranch working on feeders and stuff geting ready for deer season, when I got a wild hair to go fishing. So I grabed my camera"just a picture camera" and pushed my 14ft jon out in the lake with just a trolling motor paddle rods and some bait. I had and idea of what I was in for but didnt think it would come out like this. Well I trolled over to one of my favorite gar holes threw my line out and was riging another line when i got a run. I droped what I was doing and set the hook!! Boy did I go for a ride! After I skied behind this fish for awhile she finaly gave in and floated up by the boat, I thought boy this is a good time to take a picture, so I grabed my camera and started snaping pictures while holding the rod with one hand, Then I rembered this camera will do video to! so I set it to video and cought the last bit of fight to share with yall.
Video

Its a bigun

man...that's pretty dang cool right there. Bet it was pretty fun.

Now that size of a fish will give you a good ride for your money.

big fish for sure, good stuff

Very cool. Is that on Lake Livingston?

Good stuff.

I bet that was fun for the first 5 min

private lake

I'm not really into gar fishing but years ago, I read a funny receipe for preparing gar for the table.

You take gar steaks and soak them in Jack Daniels overnight in the fridge. In the morning, you throw the gar steaks away and drink the Jack Daniels.

This receipe also works for carp, although it seems a waste of good tasting whisky.

Thats pretty cool.

how did you keep from capsizing?

LOL i just hung on! I fought that fish for about 5 or ten min b4 i started video

good catch thats awesome

that was real nice
how big is that stock tank

Huge Fish

It is about four miles long and 500yds wide at the largest point. it runs down one side of our property and the river is on the other..

What a great catch! Were you able to release her?

With a fish that size I think hanging on is all anyone could do.

YES! she never come out the water. When I fish for pleasure i dont take them out. Only when i have cliants i will take them out the water for pictures and measurements only.

that looks like fun!

That looks like it was fun.....

Looks like a line stretcher for sure.

Wow!

What did you use for bait