Big Fish Bow Fishing Texas - Alligator Gar Fishing Trip

Alligator Gar are not endangered! They aren't considered a "game" fish either. They are extremely abundant in S.E. Texas. I live on Cedar Bayou, they eat almost everything in water, including Alligators! Some here are so big they've nearly knocked me out of my kayak, when they roll.

Yes, they have attacked people. There's a well documented case from Lake Charles, Louisiana. They eat a lot of dogs, too.

I find it hard to believe the state record is out of the Rio Grande, since they're thrive in water with low oxygen content. I'd be willing to bet there are much bigger gar in some of the back waters near the mouth of the Trinity River.

Looks like fun, I'm going to rig up one of my old bows and go bust some ass!

check out the browning barracuda, its inexpensive and very good

I think these things arent that hard to shoot, the hardest part is getting the damn thing in the boat.

nice fish and nice kills

you can buy a regular bow and attach a bow line onto it for a lot more cheaply. Any hunting store or online for better prices.

u buy the bow seperate and then buy a reel to mount on ur bow,and an arrow or two. its not going to be cheap though. most good bows are $500 +

No bait. Wait for them to come to the surface.

Hunting and Fishing combined... Looks really fun. Do they swim on top or do you bait them before you shoot? Nice video

Rock this way! great vid!

they eat any thing most off the time i caught a 20 pound one tday with a fishin pole nothin like this tho

dose any 1 no where i can get a fishing bow for under 100$ im a starter

do those things attack human?

A lil trick that i do, i don't use bowfishing reels i take a closed face reel like a zebco or w/e you prefer and put like 90lb or 100lb test gorilla line on it, get 2 screw clamps or they do have a balance weight that looks like a lower part of the rod where you can just tighten the reel on, but if you don't have that get 2 screw clamps and clamp the reel onto the balance weight you already have on there, went bow fishing the other day and got a few gars down here behind the dam.

i've seen them mostly at my local gander mountain or bass pro, but yes they fit on any compound bow so you should be fine

I knew they got big but HOLLY S**t MAN!!!! Them are huge!!!

you can get them at your local bow hunting store

Boy, them must be some good eaten! They must feed half of all the hillbillies in Texas with them beasts!

Does the King of the hillbillies wear a straw crown?

I enjoy fishing and hunting myself, but I'm in hopes that you guys are at least eating these fish or doing something with them. I think these fish are a great asset to our enviroment and a very old species! Thanks