Bowfin...gar, odd request.

[kyfanatic]

How'd you like to snag this?

http://www.kogt.com/TEMP/big%20Gar.jpg

[JD7.62]

How'd you like to snag this?

http://www.kogt.com/TEMP/big%20Gar.jpg

That picture never gets old to me! Too bad the gator gar dont come up the Ohio like they use to. The amazing thing is, gator gars can get even bigger!

Here is a picture of a golden gar. This particular one is simply a common shortnose gar, just with a genetic mutation. I wouldnt blink an eye dropping $2000 on a fish like that!!!http://www.fishingfury.com/categorie...alligator-gar/

[kyfanatic]

Can't speak for a bowfin,but I've ate roast garfish Cajun style when I lived in Louisiana several times and it tasted just fine to me.Of course I drank plenty of beer in those days too.

[coombro]

Can't speak for a bowfin,but I've ate roast garfish Cajun style when I lived in Louisiana several times and it tasted just fine to me.Of course I drank plenty of beer in those days too.

"Boy Howdy" on the beer! Lived down there myself for nine years wasn't a big deal to have transom full of empty beer cans. Use to go out an fish specifically for gar and a fight indeed. We'd fight more of them than we'd catch as the trick was getting that hook set. Ate gar fish on many occasions. Cajun lady would beg us to bring em to her and she'd cook it up.