[water snake 2]

200K would not even begin to touch the financial support that it would require.......Best bet is grants and university research opportunities with money earmarked specifically for gator gar. If the money is given by sportsmen, at some point or another the money will be "shared" for other projects although it was started out with good intentions as specifically for gar. Even then the financial support would be minimal and the future for sportsmen (bowfishermen) would rest solely on research data. The best way is to look to conservation groups for grants/donations that have the power to earmark every single dollar down to the penny, for a specific purpose (gar). The problem with that is that sometimes your best source for funding a re-intro type situation, is that the groups/organizations that are most likely to give you big $$ are also the groups that will fight the hardest to stop you from bowfishing. Kind've a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario......I've seen it happen many, many times in fisheries.

thanks for the post all the posts that have been posted the american alligator and the gator gar are uniquely north american maybe down in mexico not sure how far south they go i belive its special to have something the rest of the world does not have the alligator is coming back really good i think the gator gar will too just needs a little help.

 

[darkthirty]

thanks for the post all the posts that have been posted the american alligator and the gator gar are uniquely north american maybe down in mexico not sure how far south they go i belive its special to have something the rest of the world does not have the alligator is coming back really good i think the gator gar will too just needs a little help.

The sequester has put a a lot of major projects on hold....even ones where the funding was approved BEFORE it happened and pretty much slammed the brakes on any new projects for the time being....I don't know about gator gar, but I work in fisheries and I may be out of a job in a couple months, thanks to the race-baiting son of a whore in the whitehouse that people refer to as "the president"........

 

[water snake 2]

The sequester has put a a lot of major projects on hold....even ones where the funding was approved BEFORE it happened and pretty much slammed the brakes on any new projects for the time being....I don't know about gator gar, but I work in fisheries and I may be out of a job in a couple months, thanks to the race-baiting son of a whore in the whitehouse that people refer to as "the president"........

darkthirty have a question if someone who has a private lake or catfish ponds that are not being used would it be legal for a private enterprise to do such a venture i supose all kinds of permits would be required and would they the ofspring be sellable.

 

[darkthirty]

^^^I would'nt feel comfortable giving you any info on that. I have no experience with gator gar.....Contrary to what ol' timers here in east TN think.....there are no gator gar in these mtns. hhahaha. Every fish is different...

 

[WBG444]

darkthirty have a question if someone who has a private lake or catfish ponds that are not being used would it be legal for a private enterprise to do such a venture i supose all kinds of permits would be required and would they the ofspring be sellable.

now that's a good idea...I don't think there would be any major problems doing that... I'm gonna call my fish farm guy and see what he thinks...I hope they don't cost$10 each

 

[Chadmassey]

There is also a hatchery in Enid,ms I believe has gator gar and I believe they stocked bee lake in Holmes county from that hatchery and I think it's run by the corp of engineers

 

[jraducks]

I live in the tupelo area where the hatchery is located...I herd they was trying to bread them to stock the rivers an lakes in this area to control the beaver population ...not sure how much truth is in this...I know here in in north mississippi their isn't any an also herd they was trying to get them adapted to the local water in this area for survival...anyone have info on this

Very little to none. Truth that is, about the gator gar being used to control beavers. Alligator gar are not going to target beavers as a food source. Alligators don't even really target beavers as a food source like one would think.

The gator gar stocked in Holmes County were intended to test efficiency as a control method for silver carp.

There are gator gar in North Mississippi as well, maybe not a ton but they are out there.

 

[stickemdeep]

Either way I just wanna see em back in the original range

 

[jraducks]

Justin, there aren't many waterways in the state of Mississippi that Alligator Gar couldn't thrive in. They are not "sensitive" fish. Hence how they can be found in salt water, brackish water, and fresh water.

 

[stickemdeep]

Jr that's because they can breathe atmospheric oxagen !

 

[jraducks]

Jr that's because they can breathe atmospheric oxagen !

Yep, you are correct.

 

[stickemdeep]

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[greatwhiteHUNTER]

thanks for the post all the posts that have been posted the american alligator and the gator gar are uniquely north american maybe down in mexico not sure how far south they go i belive its special to have something the rest of the world does not have the alligator is coming back really good i think the gator gar will too just needs a little help.

i saw a tv show where they caught a GG in japan....

 

[greatwhiteHUNTER]

so where are these waters yall are worried about GG going extinct in/seeing an evident decline in? are they disappearing or just getting shy from all the arrows flying at em?

and if they would let rain flood the rivers instead of holding it up in the lakes then maybe we could actually have a GG spawn...and still be able to shoot em.

i was on the river yesterday and shot a 7'3" but didnt even see one under 5'. anyone whos been doing this longer than me able to explain why i dont see many/any younger fish?

 

[hossenburg]

it would be awesome to have some gg out here. Snake as far as the catfish pond thing I know here and its probably different there you need a commercial license to sell them and a permit for each spieces of fish you grow. I worked on a striper/koi farm here and it was the funnest job I ever had. My friend and I were gonna buy the place but decided not to.

 

[Justin Umphers]

Justin, there aren't many waterways in the state of Mississippi that Alligator Gar couldn't thrive in. They are not "sensitive" fish. Hence how they can be found in salt water, brackish water, and fresh water.

You've seen one in the Tenn-tomm up my way Jody???

 

[Justin Umphers]

Very little to none. Truth that is, about the gator gar being used to control beavers. Alligator gar are not going to target beavers as a food source. Alligators don't even really target beavers as a food source like one would think.

The gator gar stocked in Holmes County were intended to test efficiency as a control method for silver carp.

There are gator gar in North Mississippi as well, maybe not a ton but they are out there.

O Ok...it was all hearsay I wasn't sure how much truth their was to it...just what's been told down through the grapevine

 

[jraducks]

You've seen one in the Tenn-tomm up my way Jody???

Nope..I have been on the Tenn Tom water way one time in my life. I know Alligator Gar could survive in just about any water way in Mississippi though.

 

[water snake 2]

this could be the main point of the entire discussion we have a vast area from cal. to maryland usa ,they may not want them that far east i don,t know might be to cold anyway but if they could be placed back where they used to roam it would be awsome

 

[Justin Umphers]

Nope..I have been on the Tenn Tom water way one time in my life. I know Alligator Gar could survive in just about any water way in Mississippi though.

O ok sorry Jody, my bad, when I said North MS I was referring to the tenn-tomm..I shoulda narrowed my horizon down lol...sorry for blabbering on you thread also snake!