South Texas Bowfishing, a business that offers guided bowfishing tours in the area, posted on Facebook about the massive fish that three customers caught on July 18.
The alligator gar weighed 271 pounds and was measured at 7 feet, 11 inches long and 48 inches around, according to the Facebook post.
When I was a young man, we’d canoe down the Trinity River in Texas. Huge gar like this one would come along side to check us out. It could be unnerving at times as they had a habit of rolling around on the surface of the water. We made sure not to antagonize them.
Wow! 271 lbs of cat food…