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Old 05-26-2012, 05:53 PM   #1
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Default Just reported...Monster Gar caught Near Lake Corpus Christi...pic
Wife just pulled this pic off the channel 3 website. Caught near Lake City, TX which is a small community near Lake Corpus Christi. Weighed 250 pounds. Full story showing tonight at 10.
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Old 05-26-2012, 05:57 PM   #2
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Wow! Did it say length?
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:02 PM   #3
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That's a Biggen
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:10 PM   #4
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TP&W says the current state record rod-n-real is 279lbs for gator gar. I once read a few years ago it was 304 by trot-line just south of lake Livingston.
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:15 PM   #5
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Estimated at 8 feet. Yall can watch full report on KIII TV website tonight at 10.

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Old 05-26-2012, 06:17 PM   #6
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The River Monsters dude is going to be jelous!
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:22 PM   #7
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Now that is a bigun.
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:23 PM   #8
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:25 PM   #9
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TP&W says the current state record rod-n-real is 279lbs for gator gar. I once read a few years ago it was 304 by trot-line just south of lake Livingston.
i saw a couple of guys in a 12 ft john boat fight and land a gar that almost stretched the length of the boat. it was towing them up and down the trinity below livingston back in the 70's. it looked to be bigger than the boat when it jumped/surfaced.
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:37 PM   #10
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Thats a whopper. Would like to see a certified weight on it.
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:43 PM   #11
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Wow what a beast
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Old 05-26-2012, 07:03 PM   #12
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That's a monster!!!!
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Old 05-26-2012, 07:32 PM   #13
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Thats a whopper. Would like to see a certified weight on it.
Yeah, me and you both.

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Old 05-26-2012, 07:43 PM   #14
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Thats huge. Would like to know how old it was.
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Old 05-26-2012, 07:50 PM   #15
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TP&W says the current state record rod-n-real is 279lbs for gator gar. I once read a few years ago it was 304 by trot-line just south of lake Livingston.
For years the record was 302 in the TPWD book caught on the Nueces above same lake.

I've had huge ones up there tear up the heaviest trotlines I could make...Guess a 300# fish can do that LOL
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Old 05-26-2012, 07:53 PM   #16
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Reminds me of a biggun that got very close while wade fishing at Richland Chambers. Didn't know they eat Blue Haron's till that day.
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Old 05-27-2012, 09:22 AM   #17
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Thats huge. Would like to know how old it was.
We have had several gar that size aged. They ranged from 17 to 37 years old. It is hard to tell by size. Its kinda like aging a 6ft man. He may be 16 or 75. They grow incredibly fast till about 6ft. Females may reach 6ft in 5 years but really slow down as they get older.
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Old 05-27-2012, 09:34 AM   #18
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That's crazy!!
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Old 05-27-2012, 01:00 PM   #19
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that would be a fun fight
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Old 05-27-2012, 01:06 PM   #20
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Nice fish.
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Old 05-27-2012, 01:08 PM   #21
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Dang!
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Old 05-27-2012, 01:25 PM   #22
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Thats a whopper. Would like to see a certified weight on it.
I weighed the picture on my certified scale and it came in at 7 lbs 4 oz. Using the standard fish weight calculating formula [weight of pict X 34.49 = certified weight] I came up with 249.99999 lbs so 250 lbs is close enough.
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Old 05-27-2012, 01:28 PM   #23
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I weighed the picture on my certified scale and it came in at 7 lbs 4 oz. Using the standard fish weight calculating formula [weight of pict X 34.49 = certified weight] I came up with 249.99999 lbs so 250 lbs is close enough.
LOL! We both know how posting a fish weight goes.... especially "estimated" weight.
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Old 05-27-2012, 02:12 PM   #24
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Old 05-27-2012, 02:58 PM   #25
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Old 05-27-2012, 03:04 PM   #26
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looking forward to the story!
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