[steven]

head ain't near thick enough for my toughts for it to be a gador gah

Thinkin the same thing

 

[MudnBlood]

Gonna go with shortnose. Shot one last year that was every bit of 5 ft long, and there are no gator gar where I am yet

 

[gmoney]

Hard to tell. Did you weigh it? Cause the Texas state record was on Lake Lavon, weighed 11.15 pounds and measured over 37 inches.

 

[TxPred]

Thanks for all the replies, looks like a good question so far.

I shot it last summer and remembered wondering about him that night when I was going through some pics. I labeled him a shortnose that night because of the area. Have seen several others, in fact this one was part of a pair. The only thing that makes me question is seeing the one that dwarfed this one. I have fished the trinity and have seen G G in the water and in the boat, the big one sure looked like a GG to me, but I dont even remember looking at his head. This was a buddies spot on a small lake and I dont want to throw him under the bus, plus I want to go back. It is not a big river lake and there are not supposed to be GG there for sure. Still leaning twords Shortnose, the fish is long gone, and I dont have any better pics, I will see if my buddy does.

Thanks for the help

 

[Trentsmith]

Longnose with his bill broke off.

 

[dbar1987]

Seen one that was 4 times as big as this one! He was VERY close! He would be hard pressed to swim through a 5 gallon bucket! I think it is a short nose, but the other one I saw would pass for a alligator gar any day! Seeing the "big boy" got me to thinking. Alligator Gar are not supposed to be in the spot I shot this fish. If they are short nose the "one that got away" will be a trophy for sure, if not a record of some sort.

Thanks



hey bo my teammate shot a gator gar here in sc one night when we were out scoutin.....They dang sho aint suppose to be in sc!

 

[RobertP]

I would say shortnose until we see it from the top of the head. From the side they are very similar. Yeah I agree the bigger one is a gator gar.....never heard of a shortnose getting more than 3ft.

 

[TxPred]

txpred

OK here is the only pic I have of his head, its a really crappy pic, but you can at least see a different angle.

So now what do you think?

 

[steven]

I'd bet my last dollar it aint a gator gar

 

[WBG444]

I'd bet my last dollar it aint a gator gar

yep me too...i thought it was at first, but not now.

 

[clark3]

Thats a spot for sure look at that pic close and you can see them on the nose

 

[clark3]

or shornose hard to tell but aint no gator gar

 

[AScaleAbove]

With that last pic, i'd probably go with good size short-nose gar.

 

[gmoney]

yep shorty! narrows down to much to be a gator. that's a nice shorty!

 

[TxPred]

He has alot of grass stuck to him here too, so it makes it harder to tell about spots, i was thinking the same thing. I hate crappy pics, sorry.

 

[ARC_lefteye]

a dead fish :laugh:

 

[Corey16]

def a shortnose gar just a good size one!

 

[Long Pond]

Looks like a shortnose gar

 

[Missouribowfisher]

Definitely a small gator. I shoot nothing but longnose and shortnose. The beak isnt narrow enough to be a shortnose. Nice shootin