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RedSniper · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:49 pm Post subject: Corpus Christi Alligator Gar

Alligator gar during spawn. Cute little fellas around 3 1/2 - 4 ft.

Bait: Cut Mullet

Tackle: McCain Medium 'Red Spin' Rod | 12lb Braid to 44lb stainless steel leader | 80lb SPRO Swivel | Size 3/ 4X Strong Mustad Treble Hooks.

Kayak: Viking ProFish 440

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SaltyMutt · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:21 am Post subject:

Fished that area my entire life. Many Big Gar there. Thanks for sharing!
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Thanks! I would love to tangle with one of those. I have seen a couple in Saltwater before.
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Donnie · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:02 pm Post subject:

These 2 were caught on Penn #9, 20 lb test, the rod, I still use today.

Back when I was young and pretty. This one was 66 lbs, caught at the Nueces River Park spillway in callalen. 1970, I believe.

This one was caught there at the callalen spillway too, 6 foot 4, 112 lbs. This one was printed in the Caller times, 1969 or 70.
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RedSniper · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:25 pm Post subject:

Donnie · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:44 pm Post subject:

As a youngster, fishing for these big alligator gar with light fishing gear - was our version of deep sea fishing.
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Johninaustin · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1121

Caught only one of these in my lifetime, fishing for drum off the NAS jetty. I was 12 or 13 years old. When that snout broke the water much excitement was had. Shocked

Donnie · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:28 am Post subject:

I fished for them with fly rods. My childhood fishing partner, when he moved away in 1970, left his dad's steelhead fly rod at my house. I played with it until I understood how it worked, sort of, along with a copy of field and stream in my back pocket. There was a place behind the dam up at mathis, where some large gar had gotten trapped. So I took that fly rod, instead of tying my own fly, ha ha, put a perch on it, and used that long rod to cast it over to the gar. Great fun, still have the rod, it is on a gun rack across the room from my desk here.
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