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The shoot thru works really well for me too Charlie. The only place I can find another one is at Sully's bowfishing. Simple and deadly. Great shootin Mr. Lamb!
Charlie
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Nice...i always pictured gar as much larger on average- is that not so. I was figuring adults to be 20+lbs. Obviosuly I've not seen one in person.
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Glad to see ya settled in and got down to " GETTING IT DONE"
Good Medicine there Bud
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Im sure glad you now lease property in Texas. Deer season is just around the corner and I saved this quote along with pics of all those tiny sewer bass. Good shootin by the way! Good thing those fish don't string jump. They'd be a reeeealy tough target. Coingrats! CK
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Roger... gar can be small or big depending on the species. The ones in the picture are short nosed gar which seldom exceed 2 feet in length. Very common in the backwaters and creeks off of the Mississippi river. Matter of fact they can be very small... like this one that my son shot a few years back.
This little guy may actually be a spotted gar which don't get any bigger than the short nose variety.
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The absolute king of the Gar family is the Alligator gar that grows to weights in excess of 300 pounds, but I don't have a pic of one of those. They've mostly disappeared from the waters of this state. I'll be traveling to south Texas this summer on a quest for one of the real big ones with buddies Curtis Kellar and Jason Wesbrock.
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Dang, Charlie when ur hot ur hot.,..great shooting , that looks like its a hoot!!! marco#78
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Here is an average, small, adolescent alligator gar.
This pic represents three species of gar. All the way to the left is a longnose gar, the same as the one Charlie is holding in his "Hollywood" pic. The largest fish in front, turned sideways is a baby alligator gar(best eating species). All others are the tiny spotted/shortnose gar. Im not sure of the difference between the spotted and shortnose gar. I think they may be the same species. I could be wrong but I know the spots light up in the boat lights at night. There's no mistaking which species they are when they rise.
Watch your step! The deck get's a little slick!!! CK
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So, can you use the Gar Skins like you use Carp Skins? That Alligator Gar is BIG Honker!!
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Niiiiiice shootin their Charlie! Them TX critters are in real trouble this weekend with you all warmed up on the gar....
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