alligator gars

[xander]

around 2', maybe you're catching longnosed or florida/spotted gars? or are they not from that area?

 

[Polypterus]

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

There are Fossil gars sitting next to Dinosaur bones in the US... but whatever...

The two fish you are likely catching are either Longnosed gar or Shortnosed gar. Longnosed average around 4 foot. Shortnosed 3 foot (for a huge one)

 

[Polypterus]

around 2', maybe you're catching longnosed or florida/spotted gars? or are they not from that area?

Illinois is pretty far away for Florida... Spotted are only known way south of there.

I have sampled that river before and we did find both Shortnosed and Longnosed at Rock Island up to Whiteside county..

 

[xander]

lol. i wouldn't know. haha, i read in one of yr previous posts that there's an insignificant difference between the captive behaviour of spotted & florida gar, what might that be?

 

[Polypterus]

i read in one of yr previous posts that there's an insignificant difference between the captive behaviour of spotted & florida gar, what might that be?

Spotted are a bit more skittish and also are not as aggressive feeders. Individual variations exist however..

 

[xander]

what has that got to do with locality?

 

[willsfishtank]

no i didnt mean that gars werent around whe the dinos were i ment the earth wasnt more of a whatever scince awnser but lets not get relgious debate going in this forum. anyways yeah if you have caught them in rock island thats right near me so it must be thanks

 

[ray777]

I think you are catching longnose gar. More common here in IL.

 

[Polypterus]

what has that got to do with locality?

I'm not following you there behavior has nothing to do with locality...

lets not get relgious debate going in this forum.

Please do not....

 

[xander]

I'm not following you there behavior has nothing to do with locality...

well what differentiates spotted gars from florida's is mainly locality right, so if that is the case why would they behave any differently?