Thread: Gar Recipe, Easy Cleaning Tips, History, Market Price & More

Y'all have about convinced me to try it. I was also interested in the comments about the drum. Nobody around here keeps them or eats them, but y'all say they're good. I guess I'll have to try them, too.

Originally Posted by crappiedoc

Which species of gar do you eat? Is there a difference? Up here in Kansas
I think we have long-nose which when returned to the water become the
short-nosed variety if you know what I mean. I've heard alot them being good
to eat but my ego hasn't allowed me to be seen with one yet.

Longnose are what we catch most. I don't mess with small Gar as it's too much work to dress.

Very interesting post.

Originally Posted by chmee213

I,ve had gar backstrap cut into chunks and deep fried it was really yummy.

thats how i would like to try it......ground up with stuff and made into patties makes me think you are trying to hide something or make it edible

Kind of the same way you eat salmon grind it up with onions and peppers and anything else you can think of just to get rid of the taste.

Originally Posted by blairarnold

Y'all have about convinced me to try it. I was also interested in the comments about the drum. Nobody around here keeps them or eats them, but y'all say they're good. I guess I'll have to try them, too.

A good friend told me to try drum after putting them on ice to cool… I gutted, chilled and filleted em asap… they did stink while processing but got all the red meat trimmed off where we had pearly white fillets left… fried em up that afternoon with some crappie and couldn’t tell the difference as far as taste… very good… He said don’t freeze em and cook em fresh… now I haven’t had gar yet, but can speak for drum and recommend everyone to try it… You’ll like it

Gar is my favorite fish to eat. My dad and I used to gill net them when I was younger. We would take the filets cut them into strips and fry them with just a little Season All on them. We would use a spoon to scrape the meat off the bones and take that and the scraps grind it up and mix it with seasonings like you would use for meatballs. Mom would roll the boulettes (balls) in flour and make a gravy. You haven't lived till you've eaten gar balls in gravy over rice. My wife and kids go crazy when I cook up some like this. But then I guess that saying my be true "A coon*** will eat anything" lol

Jim

Im glad to have found out how to cook and clean Gar. We snag them all winter for fun and now I will try to eat them instead of just letting them go. Thanks for the Info!!!