Alligator Gar

T-Hawk · Posted: Jun 06, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject: Alligator Gar

These suckers look mean as hell.
I watched an episode of River Monsters about them on Discovery, and some dude caught one 6'8". and the host of the show caught one 3 feet long in the tennessee river, where i do the majority of my waterdancing. Shocked

brassmonkey · Posted: Jun 06, 2009 6:46 pm Post subject:

Yep.
In the Mississippi river they chill at the surface of the water and wait for prey just like an alligator... except they aren't as afraid of humans. Twisted Evil

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jun 06, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject:

good think we just have regular gators here in FL Smile

IMHOFF · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 397 City: Orlando

naw man on that ep of river monsters they were in the trinity river and that exactly where clint was giong to throw that comp a while back

Parker · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 1731 City: Norman

There in all the lakes here but I maybe see one a year

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

they are harmless... we have them in all the lakes and rivers in texas... i see them rolling on the surface all the time... never once heard of any harming humans... the fvckers are straight prehistoric looking Cool

T-Hawk · Posted: Jun 06, 2009 8:55 pm Post subject:

fastgreens, for real. and they're plated with enamel scales so they're hard as a rock.

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

T-Hawk, they just eat fish. a lot of folks hunt them with a spool-type bow and arrow. i caught a three footer in cedar bayou when i was in high school.

-=AlexXx=-, a 10+ foot alligator is fvcking scary as hell. we got one of those in cedar bayou too. when we see him... we get a couple miles away.

mojo · Posted: Jun 06, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject:

my buddy hooked about a 5 footer when we were night fishing off a dock a year ago. sucker was massive. they love to swim around lights.

T-Hawk · Posted: Jun 07, 2009 11:35 am Post subject:

Well even if they do eat fish, it doesn't sound like they take too kindly to humans, so i'd get a couple miles away too. haha

brassmonkey · Posted: Jun 07, 2009 11:38 am Post subject:

I don't think they necessarily go out of there way to attack humans or anything. They just aren't as intimidated by people as gators are..

T-Hawk · Posted: Jun 07, 2009 11:50 am Post subject:

Yeah, true. When they come up to get air, they'll splash really violently to try to intimidate humans into leaving. Sounds to me like they're pretty pissy. Laughing

EJazzle · Posted: Jun 07, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject:

soy escuala · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 2248

You guys would HATE riding in louisiana. We have those things EVERYWHERE.

Steven M · Posted: Jun 07, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject:

I'll stick with my dam near non-existent rattle snakes, 10-20lb carp and cold water in the winter months. You guys can keep all that shít Laughing

YaBro · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 624

my friend david and I saw a 3 footer just dead floatin yesterda, looked like a baby too Shocked

DMagg · Posted: Jun 07, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject:

never even heard of those. hah

416 · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 836 City: Toronto

i consider myself lucky, winch spots only have sea lamprey, salmon. and the lake only has bass, perch, catfish haha

T-Hawk · Posted: Jun 07, 2009 2:08 pm Post subject:

soy escuala, idk, man, blakes told me some preeeeeety good stuff about the bayou. Cool

I'm just sayin, they're in the lake where i skate, and they could easily grow big enough to eff me up if they wanted to, but there's no way they're keeping me from wakeskating.

winch4fun · Posted: Jun 07, 2009 3:32 pm Post subject:

we got em in marble falls, texas....the creepiest feeling in the world is when your waiting for the start up as the rope is getting tight, one grazes our leg. yep its happened. scared the shizzle out of me but they are harmless Smash

YaBro, come ride!!