Alligator Gar

I haven't caught one personaly but my uncles and dad used to go fishing when I was younger. I remember taking their trophy pics to school for show n tell. People couldn't believe the size of those monsters lol.

In australia we don't have them but i have seen them through youtube and wiki and they look awesome.

wow.. I never see kind of that animal.

I have never caught one. But I saw one in Lake Norman in North Carolina. I had to go look it up to see what it was. I saw it 5 or 6 times, only at night in the shallows. It was about 4 feet long. I only saw it 2 summers ago. It wasn't there this past summer.

The alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula, is a primitive ray-finned fish. It is also referred to as the gator gar. Unlike other gars, the mature alligator gar possesses a dual row of large teeth in the upper jaw. It is these remarkably alligator-like teeth which gives it its name. The dorsal surface of the alligator gar is a brown or olive-color, while the ventral surface tends to be a lighter color. Their scales are diamond-shaped and interlocking (ganoid) and were once used by Native Americans for jewelry. The alligator gar is the largest species of gar and is the largest exclusively freshwater fish in North America. It can be as long as eight to twelve feet and often weighs at least 100 pounds at maturity. The current world record alligator gar weighed 279 pounds and was caught in the Rio Grande River in 1951. Even larger alligator gars — over 300 pounds — have been caught by trotliners.

This is a nice fish. I would like to learn how to catch this fish easily.

The only thing GOOD about those fish are that they put up an amazing fight once they're that big. My friend and I would go out during the nights during the summer and gaff them with jigs for fun.