Lets see your biggest longnoses and gator gars
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I have seen one around the 7ft mark once behind a dam feeding on some shad in Leesburgh Alabama. Had to been the biggest longnose I have ever seen.
6ft 9 inch is believe to be the biggest one in TX freshwater fisheries center, a 7ft longnose is most likely a hybrid longnose-gator.
So because it's 3" longer it has to be a hybrid? FAIL
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The part of Alabama I was Leesburgh AL, there are no gator gars in Lake weiss. I have seen spotteds there too. I still think what I saw was not a hybrid just a really big longnose.
because there is no record of a 7ft longnose or a long nose that even pass 7'10''. TX freshwater fisheries center probably have one of the biggest longnose gar that ever exist in their breeding pond.
PS: maybe Polypterus might be able to give you a better answer than me because he gave me a hard to swallow lesson on there is no 7ft longnose when I think that fish at TX FFC is 7ft long.
I do see a lot of gar around me that most likely hybrid with there look. when fish get stuck in an isolated area (like a lot of pond, creek that once connect to the river before a long time drought in Texas) they will start produce hybrid between different species in the same family. Just like cichlid and some other fish, gar do that as well.
You should catch some and show us, hybrid gars sound really cool I'd love to own a few.
