On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:55:29 -0600, SteveB wrote:


Some pretty big damn
awesome powerful fish that look like they came from the age of the
dinosaurs.

Are they powerful? The few I've seen seemed rather sluggish and slow.

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:55:29 -0600, SteveB wrote:


Some pretty big damn
awesome powerful fish that look like they came from the age of the
dinosaurs.

Are they powerful? The few I've seen seemed rather sluggish and slow.


To the contrary, they are capable of being very fast and efficient hunters.
Here's a pic I found of one a guy caught in 1991.

http://www.texasfishingguides.org/ki...atula_42_x.jpg

Eisboch

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:44 -0400, Eisboch wrote:



http://www.texasfishingguides.org/kirkland/images/
atractosteus_spatula_42_x.jpg


They sure do have some size to them. That's a nice fish. I was reading
somewhere that their eggs are toxic.

On Apr 24, 7:53*am, thunder wrote:
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:44 -0400, Eisboch wrote:
http://www.texasfishingguides.org/kirkland/images/

atractosteus_spatula_42_x.jpg

They sure do have some size to them. *That's a nice fish. *I was reading
somewhere that their eggs are toxic. *

The whole blasted thing looks toxic to me...

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:55:29 -0600, SteveB wrote:


Some pretty big damn
awesome powerful fish that look like they came from the age of the
dinosaurs.

Are they powerful? The few I've seen seemed rather sluggish and slow.


To the contrary, they are capable of being very fast and efficient
hunters.
Here's a pic I found of one a guy caught in 1991.

http://www.texasfishingguides.org/ki...atula_42_x.jpg

Eisboch

Was over at the San Francisco Academy of Science. Used to be the Steinhart
Aquarium. Lots of gars in the tank, and they looked like they could swim
very fast from just watching them glide along nomally.

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:44 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

To the contrary, they are capable of being very fast and efficient hunters.

That is a real no brainer. What else would a zillion needle sharp
teeth be for? Eating weeds? And any fish shaped like that is built for
speed. Barracuda for example.

Casady

On Apr 24, 7:47*am, thunder wrote:
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:55:29 -0600, SteveB wrote:
*Some pretty big damn
awesome powerful fish that look like they came from the age of the
dinosaurs.

Are they powerful? *The few I've seen seemed rather sluggish and slow.

Oh, no. They kind of act like 'gators, they can be fast and powerful
as all hell! Just hook one sometime!

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:55:29 -0600, SteveB wrote:


Some pretty big damn
awesome powerful fish that look like they came from the age of the
dinosaurs.

Are they powerful? The few I've seen seemed rather sluggish and slow.

As with an alligator, they clamp and roll. YES, YES, they are powerful.
They hunt by stealth, slowly.