New State Record Gar Arrowed Out Of K.D.

[french_lake_kid]

I got this as a txt FWD from a friend of my moms that I fish w/ a lot and he said he heard this beat the old MN state record by 1.5lbs, which was shot by a bow fisherman on Kelly-Dudley 50" anybody know anything more about this?

[carpmanjake]

beautiful fish! but i thought state records had to be caught rod and reel?

[riverrat56]

Very well might beat the state record, but it won't go in the books as like CMJ said it must be caught.

Very cool fish though! Congrats to the lucky angler!

[DTro]

Pretty sure they have a category for bow kill. If not, they probably should.

[Scott K]

Wow, that thing could do some major damage to a swimmer

[Morneau132]

I swim in K-D... I feel much safer now!

[Matt C]

I will send my kids back down to the lake now. I know the DNR netted 2 of them in the last survey....wasn't that big, so there must be many more in here.

Nice fish!

[Hookey]

I have not seen a gar up close. What danger do they present to a swimmer ? Are they aggressive or would danger be from accidental contact. They bite or bad to step on or what?

Do they hang out in the shallows or deep ?

Curious looking creature...

[Team Otter]

That is cool. Thanks for sharing the photo.

[MinnesotaMongo]

I have not seen a gar up close. What danger do they present to a swimmer ? Are they aggressive or would danger be from accidental contact. They bite or bad to step on or what?

Do they hang out in the shallows or deep ?

Curious looking creature...

Put it this way - i would not swim naked with one of those around....

[PDOGG]

Originally Posted By: Hookey

I have not seen a gar up close. What danger do they present to a swimmer ? Are they aggressive or would danger be from accidental contact. They bite or bad to step on or what?

Do they hang out in the shallows or deep ?

Curious looking creature...

Put it this way - i would not swim naked with one of those

around....

Are you saying you would otherwise?

Gar have some nasty looking teeth!!

[Muddog]

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snapshots/fish/longnosegar.html

[NTW]

Looks like they aren't too far out of the running for a "river monsters" episode

[zepman]

A fish that size would need a much bigger meal than that Mongo.

[DTro]

Ba Dop Bing

[Hookey]

Ok, from what I googled I found that an attack would be a result of pulling one into the boat or stepping on one. I did not find where they will attack out of spite. What I did find on Snopes (search on GAR) was a nice picture of a Gar that probably would find Mongo to be suitable snack.

If the link won't fly here try snopes keyword gar.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/hunting/alligatorgar.asp

[Team Otter]

Ok, from what I googled I found that an attack would be a result of pulling one into the boat or stepping on one. I did not find where they will attack out of spite. What I did find on Snopes (search on GAR) was a nice picture of a Gar that probably would find Mongo to be suitable snack.

If the link won't fly here try snopes keyword gar.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/hunting/alligatorgar.asp

I would rather see you post the information direct rather than using the link. Thank you.

[mrfish1991]

Looks like they aren't too far out of the running for a "river monsters" episode

already been done

[NTW]

Originally Posted By: NTW

Looks like they aren't too far out of the running for a "river monsters" episode

already been done

I must have missed it... What type of gar did he seek out?

[Muddog]

Quote:

I must have missed it... What type of gar did he seek out?

Alligator Gar.

[Matt C]

Mourneau and I will be out toothy fish hunting on KD this evening. My boats waiting at the dock.

[NTW]

Quote:

I must have missed it... What type of gar did he seek out?

Alligator Gar.

I can see why after checking out the link you put up...Yikes!

[Morneau132]

Mourneau and I will be out toothy fish hunting on KD this evening. My boats waiting at the dock.

I'll have an x-rap and a bow at the ready....

[MinnesotaMongo]

A fish that size would need a much bigger meal than that Mongo.

Oh man, that's brutal.

We used to catch smaller ones out in South Dakota - usually by accident. A friend of mine tried cleaning and eating one - it took a tin snips to get through the skin - and after trying it like "poor man's lobster" - it probably wasn't worth the effort...

[Matt C]

Here is a picture of what morneau and I caught tonight on KD, trolling.

<insert a picture of a fish here>

[french_lake_kid]

Wow that sucker musta put up quite a fight!!!

[Matt C]

yep.

[Morneau132]

That Lakemaid I caught was pretty nice though....

So... Does anybody have any more information about this fish? Was it taken at night or during the day?

[Zelmsdawg]

Put it this way - i would not swim naked with one of those around....

[Zelmsdawg]

Huh...that sucks, how do you do the good quote boxes?

Zelmsdawg