alligator gars

[willsfishtank]

They are Native to the South central U.S. and Northern Mexico.

what???? my dad said that hed never seen em 20 years ago?

i catch them in illinois off the rock river buy the dozenz i dont have to wait more than five minutes before one steals my bait or i catch and get mad hes not a cat

 

[willsfishtank]

man i have never posted this much in a day lol ive posted 30 times today lol everone seems to be on right now

 

[willsfishtank]

again anyone buy them?

 

[willsfishtank]

here another one

 

[cichlaguapote]

Wait you're catching alligator gars in illinois????

 

[willsfishtank]

yeah i know bad huh now all the other fish are getting whopped because algator garrs are pretty monster

 

[willsfishtank]

on the rock river about 4 miles before it conects with the mississippi

 

[ani-mal-lvr]

You got pics of the Gars you are cathing???

 

[Polypterus]

Your not catching Gator gar.. More likely they are Shortnosed.

what???? my dad said that hed never seen em 20 years ago?

Well they have been here for 50 million years so I'm not sure he was looking

 

[willsfishtank]

well i dont know about 50 million years....there noses seem longer than that ones how big do those ones in the pic get