"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Did anyone else see the History Channel spot on these fish?
I had never heard of them before. Creepy looking and big.
Although not normally aggressive against humans, apparently there have
been some documented cases of attacks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_gar

Eisboch

These fish were familiar to me when I lived in Texas and Louisiana. Bigger
around than a bowling ball, and six feet long. The biggest ones I saw were
in Galveston bay around Seabrook, in brackish water. They did get big in
the Louisiana marshes, too. Fishing for them was with snares, or frayed
nylon lines that got tangled in their teeth. Bowfishing was fun, too. Very
good to eat as a roast, or scraping the meat and making a local delicacy
called "gar fish balls" meaning balls made of shredded meat, and not the
testicles. Some pretty big damn awesome powerful fish that look like they
came from the age of the dinosaurs.

Steve