Spent the day with a good friend on the Trinity river we were rewarded with multiple solid fish over 6 foot and an absolutely massive 7 foot 3 inch giant coming in at 191 pounds who gave us one of the strongest fights i have ever seen. she pushed so hard she made it through an underwater tree and had to be retrieved by me getting in the water. Caught, tagged, photographed, and released with the greatest respect. There is nothing like watching a fish bigger than you swim back to its freshwater river its species has called home for over 100 million years 200 + hours on the water since the last 7 foot gar and each one of those hours made catching this one even better. i 100% believe these are some of the most challenging fish you could target and im a firm believer its as much about the journey chasing these fish as it is about holding a living dinosaur. Gear used The New Ugly Stik Tiger 130 Pound Suffix performance braid Okuma Trio BF 80 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DufMTobLnT4

#kayak #fishing #alligatorgar Never forget your roots. I started in the kayak fishing for gar, so i decided to get back in it. Managed half a dozen gar up to just under 6 foot today on the trinity river here in Texas, and had exactly one chance at a fish over 7 foot. Kayak fishing for gar is pretty intense, the river has a very different feel to it when you are solo sitting so low in a kayak. Any gar is a good fight from a kayak i have been trying to break the 7 foot mark on Alligator gar from the kayak for years now it is not an easy task by any means and i have failed miserably many times usually my fight with 7 foot gar ends with them running through underwater trees. Im paddling my Malibu Mini-X its a 9 foot 6 inch kayak made to be extremely stable and compact. With no exaggeration it is possible to hook an alligator gar the exact same size as my kayak. I have caught allot of gar around 5 and 6 foot from the kayak and tend to do pretty well at it but once they hit that 7 foot range the game changes completely. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLsNnwqOmb8

New vids up at noon on the U Tube if anyone is interested. #fishing #melanistic #spottedgar #sightfishing #dinosaur #nature #outdoors #explorepage #adventure #animals #fish #prehistoric ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtoJ2Py_7Ag

A had a subscriber send me a really neat gift check it out! #fossil #subsciber #gift ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_Fx1I3J8g