This is roaming around in an email and i wiki'd the things cuz i didn't know they got this damn big.

The biggest i seen in person was about 4ft out of the Cimarron river. This one was caught in Broken Bow lake here in Oklahoma back in '05

You know when people go missing at the lakes? Maybe this is why.

 

damn, i wonder how long it took to tire that fish out? its probably like 150 years old

 

its ashame they killed it..i would have either put him back or put him in that big aquarium in Jenks, Ok

 

what the hell is that thing?!

 

Alligator gars. They're pretty common around here. The biggest I've seen is about three and a half feet or so.

 

Thing looks like a dinosaur.

 

Gar fish.
Damn, you sure it's not PS'd? I think Sturgeon get pretty big too.

 

I doubt it was photoshopped. 100+ pounders are fairly common with quite a few 200+ pounders. There have even been a few other 300+ pounders caught.

 

hell you got them in your front yard josh

 

I've seen some in Ga. that were 4.5 ft. or so. They're pretty scary looking when they get that big. Hell, they're scary when they're small. They aren't really aggressive though.