gar fishing

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ShipOfFools37 said:
Trust me. If bowfishing for any species of gar was the sole reason that a population was dying out, it would be outlawed. Every state has an agency that spends hours deciding regulations for sportfishing and hunting. There are several commissions and even the federal fish and wildlife service which monitors these things. If something is legal, it won't drive a native population to extinction anymore.

If you want to talk about death, yes bowfishing is lethal almost 100% of the time, but the hook and line release mortality of several other species of sportfish is very high. Just because you let it go and saw it swim away, doesn't mean it survived. Many fish are so exhausted from a fight that once they're released, they die shortly after. I don't have exact numbers, I don't have the time right now to get citations and do more extensive research, but release mortality of sportfish is a little talked about problem that is bigger than you think. It's why there is a huge push toward using circle hooks for many species.

If you want to attempt catch and release, hook and line is the best way. If you want to catch and consume, bowfishing is a fun and legal way to do that as well. Just because you don't like to do it, doesn't make it wrong or anyone on here stupid.
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your all wrong bow fishing is the one cause of death to the gator gar
 
OdOePiKe said:
your all wrong bow fishing is the one cause of death to the gator gar
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Are you really that dense to blame only bowfishing for the loss of gator gar? People take gator gar using rod and reel, and with any large fish even with catch and release mortality from the fight and stress build up can kill the fish. Before you start spouting stupid crap learn some facts.
 
I agree you can't say that "bowfishing is the one cause of death to the gator gar" sure when you do shoot one it is probably going to die, 1 because you have to hit it with like 4 arrows, and 2 you're not allowed to release the fish back into the water. But bowfishing is just a small factor in the declining populations. I would say hydrological alterations (dams, flood control) are a bigger factor in the declining populations. As the water levels decline the wetlands and spawning areas are diminished. There are several other factors that are a bigger factor than bowfishing. Their populations were declining before bowfishing was a popular thing.


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acttr
you guys are all wrong.. state your facts correctly or get a new hobby.
 
I love gar fishing, very fun, catch and release for me,
I really really do not like bow fishing at all,
When I lived in texas a guy pull up to me in his boat,he had 15_20 large gator gars sitting in the bottom of his boat that he just shot,i asked (you must like to eat them, he told me no,I kill as many as I can,I ask why he go's on to tell me how they eat all his bass,,,i wanted to shoot a hole in his boat
Stupid guys like this is the rezone the gar pop is getting so low

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Yeah people like that guy shouldn't be allowed a bow or fishing pole. That's why I just shoot carp which is actually doing some good even though I'm not even putting a dent in the population.


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OdOePiKe said:
acttr
you guys are all wrong.. state your facts correctly or get a new hobby.
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Give me some facts before you start spouting bull****, because if all you can say is that I am wrong, you best shut the hell up and get out.
 
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