[maglite]

That's an awesome fish. I wouldn't have conked him that hard though, lol. It is almost definitely a spotted/longnose hybrid, and is the biggest one I've ever heard of. It's also the only one I know of being shot, all the others I've seen pics of were raised in captivity. (Another one of those fish worth 50k if you had him alive, probably!)

Well then if it is a HYBRID Ill make sure they start a NEW CATEGORY of fish and have the RECORD!!

 

[mudkat]

do you have any pictures showing the tail better.longnose have a squared off tail fins.much pointier than the other gars

 

[maglite]

and YES IM DOING A SKIN MOUNT!

 

[BioCartridge]

i wanna shoot some this big! :hb: hybrid or not

 

[Hoopty]

Yup...Good fish...

 

[Stephen Shemenski]

Let us know how it all pans out. Congrats on the nice fish!

 

[mikehowse]

:tu:

 

[fo_teef]

Well then if it is a HYBRID Ill make sure they start a NEW CATEGORY of fish and have the RECORD!!

That's what I'd do, I think they should have hybrid records for gar, they have them for other fish. I'd mount him for sure, just like I did mounted my gator gar/longnose hybrid.

 

[NAT]

Let us know what the official word is for that beast! I hope it's a new record that would be awesome!

 

[turkeymansc]

nice fish!

 

[Missouribowfisher]

I think its a shortnose x longnose. It has the snout of a shortnose and the tail spots of a longnose

 

[fo_teef]

Head spots of a spotted, though. That's the main way to tell the diff in Texas. Some longnose have a few muted spots on the head or snout. I e-mailed one of the gar experts to look at the pics, but I didn't get an answer from him yet...maybe because he can't figure it out, either.

 

[bigfishykiller]

WTH....you cant say P.E.T.A on this site?

Oh that is too funny that they blocked that out!! :laugh: