Big catch

[M R Dux]

Nice catch.

I hooked a huge gar last summer on a crankbait on a 16 foot rod. The thing jumped twice at least 4 feet out of the water. Looked like a tarpon. Luckily it came off at the boat so I didn't have to deal with getting my crank back. Quackrstackr and I got a good laugh out of it. Wish I had it on video.

[avidone1]

I too caught a big gar while crappie fishing.
It was a few years ago and I was in a canoe.
didn't have the heart to kill it, but everyone said I should have

[chaunc]

Good catch.

[toomanycasts]

I too caught a big gar while crappie fishing.
It was a few years ago and I was in a canoe.
didn't have the heart to kill it, but everyone said I should have

Why?

[Travis Rage]

Sweet way to go!

[avidone1]

Why?

Apparantly they are voracious feeders of game fish, bass and crappie.

[Ketchn]

nice fishes there and yeah i bet that there gar was a hoot .....good job ...not many make it to the picture part on light tackle

[toomanycasts]

Apparantly they are voracious feeders of game fish, bass and crappie.

I can promise you the are not voracious feeders of game and pan fish. That long nose isn't very effecient for a predator. I just don't like to see native fish destroyed for no reason. They're more opportunistic feeders than anything. Some thing is struggling they'll nab it. I not so sure they can eat anything very large either.

[Eagle 1]

That's a good
'snout" crappie ,others aren't shabby either . If green carp folks can have peacock bass why can we not have a snout crappie ?

[CrappiePappy]

I can promise you the are not voracious feeders of game and pan fish. That long nose isn't very effecient for a predator. I just don't like to see native fish destroyed for no reason. They're more opportunistic feeders than anything. Some thing is struggling they'll nab it. I not so sure they can eat anything very large either.

No, they can't eat larger fish ... but, they do feed on Shad, Sunfish, and the occasional crustacean. They can't open their mouths all that wide, so they're more likely to eat smaller fish ... but, make no mistake about it, they don't care what species that "smaller fish" is !!