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.

Looks like a heck of a catch!

what is a good way to filet a gar. i saw a link one time about cutting out the back straps and making gar steaks? does anyone have a good method? wouldn't mind trying them sometime. they are plentiful in all lakes around here.

I got my post removed for posting bow fishing pics....I'll pm you my buddy's PB, so I don't offend PETA members with the blood...

I bet a 5 lb bass would be a snack for a big fella like that...Before I say something that could possibly offend the Gar Fisherman or fisherman as a whole, I wish I could look at some statistics on how much a fish that size consumes on a daily basis? They seem sort of counerproductive to sucessful growth for all the other species but what do I know...I used to fish alot with an old man that fed his family by running trotlines during the Depression and he would kill ever gar we hooked reguardless-said he would eat a turtle ove a gar any day-Hope this isn't offensive to anyone since I certainly am not anti"gar" just interested in perserving our fisheries as a whole any way I can-Thanks

Thanks guys, yes they take a while to grow big but at the same time we do our best to take mature fish. Also, they are pretator fish, I've seen them in Amistad catch largemouth in the 6-8 lb range so hunting them is good for both sports.

Thanks for the comments guys!