BigGar, What you think?

[AlexOrtego]

shot this gar this weekend, i tell people 6'6" without honestly knowing.... we should one last year 6'3" right at a 100lbs(we weighed and measured).... then i shot this one friday night and i felt she was bigger..... Opinions? (it's not like a bass, can barely hold it up much less put it closer to the camera to make it look bigger lol

[mriguy]

Weighs about as much as the guy on the right is my guess

[Armand16]

Monster.. Def bigger than 100lbs. How does those taste?

[mr crab]

I'd say 130. Pure guess

[Clampy]

120 -130 for sure

[calcutta37]

You shoot it in big lake??

[MathGeek]

Awesome fish.

[Gerenemo]

Don't know if this is accurate..... I think the fish weighs more than 83#...

[AlexOrtego]

honestly, i put her at 6' 6" , a good bit taller than me at 5'9 maybe 5'10" with those boots on which is why i said 6' 6" , as far as weight, i put it at 120, def could see it being more but if i dont "know for certain" i try to go under on predictions unlock ol' Waltrip/ "W" lol


she was a beast, she had VERY under-developed eggs/obv they're starting to beging to "spawn" i would assume..... shot her in Grand Chenier

[AlexOrtego]

lol yeah, that chart is a joke " i watched one that was shot at toledo bend " get weighed first hand, fish was 6' 8" , #176 but it was WIDE!

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by Gerenemo

Don't know if this is accurate..... I think the fish weighs more than 83#...

Fish in Louisiana usually eat a lot better and weigh a lot more than the same species nationwide or in other states.

[smooth move]

how old do you think it was?

[duckman1911]

Nice fish bro. Congrats.

[AlexOrtego]

I would love to know an approximate age as well, not the FIRST CLUE OR REFERENCE, but a PURE guess, I would say 25+ years old

Thanks for input / info guys

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Man I wish I had friends that could take me to shoot fish like that


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[MathGeek]

The age is likely between 17 and 25. Counting the rings on the scales of alligator gar is not super accurate, but more accurate than guessing age based on estimated lengths from the photos.

[AceArcher]

All i have to add to this discussion is.... Wow.. what a beast!

[Let um land]

That is a big one! Biggest this year was 5'4" and weighed in at 67#. Made believers on the table fair of these beast.

[AlexOrtego]

Originally Posted by AubreyLaHaye458

Man I wish I had friends that could take me to shoot fish like that


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Hell, I wish I had a boat! I don't even have a now bc two months after owning mine, it flew/bounced out the boat!


If we take your boat Aub, we can make some type of rig with a little thinking ha

[AlexOrtego]

Originally Posted by MathGeek

The age is likely between 17 and 25. Counting the rings on the scales of alligator gar is not super accurate, but more accurate than guessing age based on estimated lengths from the photos.

Rings? I hope you're not referring to layers(like rattles on a snake) of scales/rings on this fish bc My God it would be way older than the values you're referring to