7+ Foot Brazos River Gar

[JACKED88]

One of my sons has been doin a little gar fishin in tha Brazos River. A couple of days ago he shows up at tha house with this pre-historic monster;

 

 

My son Sterling is tha one in black. One of his buddies is holding tha 7 foot 2 inch 160 pound fish. Had to weigh tha beast with my game scale.

Two days later he caught another one that was about 5 1/2 feet long. He didnt bring it home so I don't know what that one weighed.

Along with these big ones he's caught at least a dozen smaller ones in tha 3+ foot range.

He's been baitin his hook with fresh cut shad he catches with his cast net. Needless to say it seems to be workin.

Oh, I forgot to mention he caught tha 7 foot monster out of a 10' jon boat. He couldnt git it in tha boat so he had to beach it on a sandbar about 1/2 mile from where he started.

 

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife tha fish qualifies him for some kind of a prize. He's supposed to fill out a form and submit it to um in order to claim whatever prize it is he may be eligible for. Maybe he'll git something like a new rod and or real. I'm thinkin a lifetime fishing license would be nice.

[MjPioneer]

Holly :mad: :mad: :mad:

[freakjeep93]

Damn! that a big fish

[maddzz1]

That things huge. Did/can parks and wildlife estimate how old it is?

[Incommando]

Interesting question

[HOrnbrod]

Super fish. :cheers: We get a few alligator gar but nothing that size. World record is 279# caught in the Rio Grande River. Did y'all release it?

[JACKED88]

That things huge. Did/can parks and wildlife estimate how old it is?

The age range we were given is pretty rough. 25-50 years old pending habitat. Tha river it was caught in is perfect habitat for um so we're gonna estimate its age to be about 30 years old.

 

Although it probably should have been released, my son was pretty excited about catching such a big fish so he brought it home to show it off. So no, it didnt git released. It was given to a man who likes to eat um therefore its death wasnt a total waste. He (my son) has caught others including a 5 1/2 footer that have all been released. Although I agree the fish should have been released, I can't say I would have done any different. Knowing how many of these fish are in that river, like him I don't think at tha time I would have been thinking about its age or its need to be conserved. With that said, I don't think he'll be bringing any more home with him. A picture speaks a thousand words and I think that'll be good enough now that he's gottin this big catch out of his system.