I caught this last year and never put it up. I thought I should, though. It is truly amazing for a needlenose, IMO.

http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af181/lolskinny/IMG_4159.jpg

id call that pretty huge as well..........

what'd you catch it on??

A jug with a perch.  It was actually 58" long.

Nice!

That fish is called Longnose Gar. I've caught them before backwaters of Cedar River here in Muscatine, Iowa. They're pretty creepy. Let me tell you that. lol.

Dillon

Very nice gar!

I caught this last year and never put it up. I thought I should, though. It is truly amazing for a needlenose, IMO.

http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af181/lolskinny/IMG_4159.jpg

I do not know how to post links so I will tell you. Go to thelakecaster.com and look for the section that says photoshare.Click it and look for the picture titled bowfishing. Tell me what you think of those gar.

I caught this last year and never put it up. I thought I should, though. It is truly amazing for a needlenose, IMO.

http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af181/lolskinny/IMG_4159.jpg

I do not know how to post links so I will tell you. Go to thelakecaster.com and look for the section that says photoshare.Click it and look for the picture titled bowfishing. Tell me what you think of those gar.

Those are different fish. Needlenose (or longnose) gar are considerably smaller. Here are the stats from the AGFC.

LONGNOSE:

The longnose gar is Arkansas' most widespread and abundant gar. It is common in sluggish pools andbackwaters of streams statewide and is the gar most frequently found in lakes. It has a very long narrow snout, and the width of the upper jaw at the nostrils is less than the eye diameter. This large fish commonly exceeds three feet in length and may weigh over 25 pounds.

ALLIGATOR

Once a popular big-game fish on the White, St. Francis, Red and Arkansas rivers, the alligator gar is now rare in Arkansas due primarily to changes in its habitat. It is one of the largest freshwater fishes inNorth America, and specimens over eight feet long and up to 215 pounds have been caught in the state.The snout is very short and broad like an alligator's snout. The distance from the snout's tip to the cornerof the mouth is shorter than the rest of the head.

See the difference?

I know the difference, I just wanted you to see the big gar. As it seems if you are into gar you would enjoy the pictures.