Monday morning redemption...GARanteed!

[IB]

Glad to see ya settled in and got down to " GETTING IT DONE"          

[Littlefeather]

"anybody can hit a deer".  

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

[Charlie Lamb]

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.

[Charlie Lamb]

Longnose gar get much bigger. This is one I shot a few years back. It's about as big as they get.
   

[TexMex]

WOW!

[Charlie Lamb]

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.

[bayoulongbowman]

Dang, Charlie when ur hot ur hot.,..great shooting , that looks like its a hoot!!! marco#78

[Littlefeather]

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

[Shakes.602]

So, can you use the Gar Skins like you use Carp Skins? That Alligator Gar is BIG Honker!!

[JC]

Niiiiiice shootin their Charlie! Them TX critters are in real trouble this weekend with you all warmed up on the gar....

[Double Creek]

Those are some HUGE frogs......  We used to have a bunch like that around these parts, seems they are slowly becoming harder and harder to find...