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Offline Stump73

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #20 on: June 21, 2012, 09:38:00 PM »
My daughter saw the pic and asked if they were in the river or big lakes. I told her yes and she said she wasn't swimming in there any more.
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Offline flungonin

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #21 on: June 21, 2012, 10:34:00 PM »
I wonder what the # of bow was and how close he was to get the arrow thru the scales. Regardless awesome bow fish.
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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #22 on: June 21, 2012, 10:38:00 PM »
He's a bigun' for sure!

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Offline landman

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #23 on: June 21, 2012, 10:46:00 PM »
Back in the 1960's my brother and I were floating the Pearl River below the Barnett Reservoir in Jackson, Mississippi on an afternoon fishing trip.  I was chugging a Burke Flex plug on a retrieve and my line just stopped.   I kept the pressure up, pulling for all I was worth and as I watched a monster of a gar simply and quietly sounded from the deep with my plug in his mouth and his eye on us in that boat.  We were in a 12' john boat and neither of us could believe what we had just witnessed.   He released the plug and sank back into the dark water.   He was at least 10' long, possibly longer and we still talk about that.
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Offline Inder

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #24 on: June 21, 2012, 10:52:00 PM »
Huge   :scared:
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Offline turkey522

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #25 on: June 21, 2012, 11:12:00 PM »
He told in the story the line was wraped around his feet.He grab it with his hand,the fish pulled the line tight and yanked him into the lake.His dog grab him by his pant cuff trying to pull him back in.
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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #26 on: June 22, 2012, 12:02:00 AM »
That's a keeper!  :eek:    :eek:    :eek:
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Offline Nala

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #27 on: June 22, 2012, 12:15:00 AM »
Wasn't that in the Corpus Christie River?  I saw that today and couldn't believe my eyes.  I have known for a while that those BRUTES get GIANT sized down here, but I didn't know they would get that big.
I would love to tangle with one of those monsters with a bow and also with a fishing pole.  I've never read or heard of a rig on a fishing pole that you can successfully fish for them though.

Just seeing something like that would cause you to take a deep breath.

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #28 on: June 22, 2012, 12:17:00 AM »
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Offline Bonebuster

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #29 on: June 22, 2012, 08:41:00 AM »
I wonder how old a beast like that must be...

WITHOUT a doubt...a WHOLE new category of big fish!
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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #30 on: June 22, 2012, 09:06:00 AM »
B&C Gar for sure!
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Offline kat

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #31 on: June 22, 2012, 09:53:00 AM »
Fantastic!
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Offline Eugene Slagle

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #32 on: June 22, 2012, 11:29:00 AM »
A friend of my wifes posted that on Face Book with the comment.

"Eugene Slagle This totally made me think of you  :) "

I replied, I so want to do that.
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Offline Stinger

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #33 on: June 22, 2012, 12:38:00 PM »
Many years ago while duck hunting in the Escambia River Swamp area near Pensacola, Florida, I paddled the little 14 foot canoe over to a duck that I had just shot that was still flopping a little.  As I just started to reach for it, the water roiled and a huge gar close to the size of this one snapped my duck up and had it for breakfast.  It scared the heck out of me and made my little canoe feel puny.
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Offline Mike Gerardi

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #34 on: June 22, 2012, 01:04:00 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by Bonebuster:
[QB] I wonder how old a beast like that must be...

Me too. any way to get an educated guess on how old it is?
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Offline oldway

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #35 on: June 22, 2012, 01:41:00 PM »
Now thats what I call a real "River Monster".I'm glad theres nothing like that swimming around up here in Saskatchewan!
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Offline Blaino

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #36 on: June 22, 2012, 06:23:00 PM »
I bet is 100 years or so. A giant for sure!!!
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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #37 on: June 22, 2012, 06:57:00 PM »
A co worker told me about it today after seeing my Carp picture.  She said Prehistoric fish.

I said Alligator Gar, she disagreed with me so I had to look it up.  I smiled when I brought up the picture, not only was I right, but the guy was toting a recurve and a skoal can in the front pocket!

I thought his story is one for the books!

Good stuff for sure!
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Offline Richie

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #38 on: June 22, 2012, 07:19:00 PM »
That is crazy  :clapper:
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Offline flyne

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #39 on: June 23, 2012, 09:20:00 AM »
Dam that's a big fish
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