Hey guys new to the forum, I love fishing of all types these were taken bowfishing but we do a lot of rod/reel catches too. No matter how you get them these fish are extraordinary creatures

It looks like you guys are pretty good at that. You might consider more rod/reel action or else they might be all gone.

Nice!

not a fan of killing fish for no reason other than to stroke one's ego.

I'd like to catch some of them bad boys on R&R! Very nice

Thanks guys! We do a lot of RR. I am glad to see the 1 per man limit to help preserve these fish

Not bad Clark3. Looks like it would be fun to an extent. I would think shooting some smaller ones and catching the larger ones may be better management, but I may be wrong. Have you ever tried gar back-strap (the supposed best and least bony part of the fish)? I've heard they taste really good, but have never gotten around to trying it. Just curious, and Welcome aboard. Post some more pics of your R and R catches too.

Actually gator gar are extemely tasty. They're a brackish water fish and do have a great diet. We make gar balls out of them. A lot of the fish sticks you used to buy we're made from Aligator gar.

What is the platform y'all are standing on? Some sort of customized boat, or a private dock, or what?

That's my buddies boat it's an elevated platform so you can see the fish easier. Thats all public waters. When we RR we take the airboat but it's too loud to get them bowfishing

nuthin quite like the thrill of stickin arrows into extraordinary creatures

Just like all the ducks, turkeys, deer, and other critters folks kill thier legal limits of. Sarcasim incase some were wondering.

He said he eats them--they're not being left on the bank. Are alligator gar suddenly endangered?

Thanks for the nice comments guys. Those of you that do not like it you are entitled to your opinion and I have no problem with that at all.

We don't just throw them on the bank we harvest them and consume them while following the state regulations.

They are no where near endangered as its common to see 300-500 of these fish per day. However back when there was no limit some fisherman both commercial and non commercial were harvesting large numbers of the fish biologist saw that they could soon be endangered so they enacted a 1 per person per day limit to solve a problem before it even started.

Great fish. Thanks for sharing!

So how much beer does it take to get invited on one of these trips?

they seem like the coyotes of the lake.. kill em all who cares

I've never bow hunted or bowfished...but that looks like it would be a blast! Very nice fish!

Thanks guys any of you are welcome to tag along when we have room

Not endangered but it takes a long time for the giants to grow that big.

Any thing over 10 pounds needs to be set free to fight another day.

Your following the law. You eat what u killed. He's not a criminal he's a country boy from Texas. What more do you guys want than that?

I ate a 12 lb bass tasty feller

that is true for most species like bluecat, but if you follow this montra for gar, soon they would be over-populated and start eating the trophies that we all try to preserve! these big gator gar are very good to eat and should be harvested according to the laws! they are a predator that is very near the top of the food chain in fresh water!

Cool photos! Even better that it was good table fare.