Did not want to hold him out of the water due to the fact they die real easy got the pic and let him go Think he was around 50lbs or so scared the holy Sh*& out of me but was fly fishing and he ran in to my leg thought it was a big Gar. ( Screamed like a school girl) but it was fun for the first spoonbill i have ever caught.

Cool Pic!

That's a funky looking fish.

Very nice catch Grasshopper. I thought you were just supposed to reach in and grab a goldfish out of a well, not catch a marlin with your bare hands.

Lol....i jumped on a flathead once....ended up catching him by the mouth!....cool pic man!

Lol I know the feeling. When I used to snag gar about a 15lb carp ran full speed into my leg. I became jesus at that point cause I walked across that water. Good times.

Great story and pic.

walk on water is a understatement i was throwing a roster tail lol my wife was laughing so hard she was crying said she never seen me move so fast in my life

That is so cool!

Nice fish!!

I giggled at the rest of the story.

Laterz,
dafanman

never caught a gar before, especialy by hand, good catch and cool pic

Cool.

Thats cool,I've never had the pleasure of even seeing one before.Only heard about them.

Richard

nice paddlefish

Congrats on the fish. Never seen one in the wild.

The first time i saw a paddlefish was also the first day i ever went fishing. My brother invited me to Texoma and we ended up fishing below denison dam. One of the fellow anglers snagged a 4 ft paddlefish (Assuming by accident). As he was reeling it in, his line became tangled with my brothers line. My brother pulled in the paddlefish to release the hook and off he went to live another day. Ever since, i have been fishing regularly.