I have no idea how this incredible fish flew under the radar, but here it is in all its glory! This massive alligator gar was caught in May 2009 and is potentially the new world record caught with a bow and arrow.
This alligator gar was 8 foot, 3 inches long and weighed 230lbs! Caught by Johnny Morris of Bass Pro Shops
John Paul Morris posing with the giant beast!
Caught while fishing with the Garzilla Guide Service.
via WSJ.com
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Those things scare me.
That’s another big Fish gone for someone’s 2 minutes of glory.
It’s my understanding that bowfishing for gar is done for ecological reasons, these are a tenacious species that will eat everything that swims. Consider how many trophy bass that guy probably ate per year!
Yeah point taken!…Always seems a shame that’s all when the big ones ‘get it’!
Yeah, gar can be taken without too much worry because they can be voracious and have really adverse effects on the system they’re in unless its a natural habitat for them.
Almost caught a little two-footer here in Indiana last year. He bit my pencil bob and kept playing with it, but no interest in anything set deeper than the surface. Weird fish.
I wouldn’t want to be in the water knowing that monster, or ones like it are swiming around. We have them here in the Ottawa too but I have only seen ones around 3ft just catchin’ some rays at the top of the water. Any big fish is awesome in my books!
I wonder if they ate any of it. Seems a shame to kill it if you aren’t going to eat it.
It’s a shame to keep a fish that size rather than release it.
It does seem a shame to kill such a magnificent creature, they are part of the ecosystem as such and will provide the balance that nature intended. By killing off the largest predators does this lead to an explosion in smaller predators to take the biomass place?
The World Record for Alligator Gar is 279lbs. held by Bill Valverde caught in 1951.
Complete fallacy regarding “improving the ecosystem” by shooting gar.
Too bad folks have to get jollies by posing with magnificent animals after they’ve killed them… with zero intention to eat them. I’m all for fish harvest for consumption. But not for grip and grin photos, followed by discard.
So much to the subject “Catch and Release”. I seriously doubt a big Alligator Gar like that was edible.
How can something killed with a bow and arrow even end up on “fishing” site?? Sensless slaughter, crazy yanks!
Dan, two words- BOW FISHING. Yea, it’s a thing.
Down here in Florida, the biggest I’ve caught is around 5 feet, using a treble hook and a dead bream. They put up a hell of a fight for a fresh water fish.
Fuck you bowfishers how low are you guys??
kill a fish and pull it out of the water just for a fucking picture
haters gonna hate
dumbass hill billy yanks just cos you dont know what a rod and line is, anyone can pick up a bowgun and shoot a fish wheres the fun and skill in that. there wiping the fish out like there wiping themselves out. the picture makes me laugh 4 cross eyed brainless moron retards, must of been a fishing trip for special needs. wise up inbreds stop shagging your sisters and mothers and shooting fish.
Without more info, its hard to understand the reason for killing a fish like this :(
Bow fishing is just as hard as fishing with a pole so all you haters screw off and don’t leave any comments.
Bow fishing! We shouldn’t be surprised typical pastime for the braindead yanks. Ridiculous to kill a fish with a bow an pretend its fishing. Archery springs to mind.
Ha Ha, must be a real good shot to hit something that big! Surely a smaller fish is more of a trophy as its hard to hit. The mullet that shot it should upgrade his bow for a harpoon gun an go whaling! Get a life moron an stop interbreeding with the rest of the swamp.
Thye now-defunct Sea Arama Marineworld at Galveston, Texas displayed ‘Igor’ at 9’6″ long in their 160,00-gallon Oceanarium. The First Annual Reunion for SeaArama employees and friends was held June 30 at Moody Gardens Aquarium. Amongst those attending was Karla Klay of ArtistBoat.
Good Lord Almighty.
I would not get in the water with that thing… it’s brother might be out for revenge. That is really more alligator than fish, in my book, even without legs and lungs.
Have any people ever been attacked by those things??!!
Would be interesting to slice one open and see what’s in his belly. Jus sayin.
Biggest fish out here in Utah are some 40 – 50 pound lake trout at Flaming Gorge, a few Tiger Muskies at Pineview in the 40 lb range, and some nice Pike at Yuba, and a few largish striped bass at Lake Powell, none of which I’ve ever hooked up.
Ya’ll can keep them monsters, I don’t want nothin’ to do with them!