21.0 lb. Alligator Gar caught by Matt Robinson fishing in Illinois on 08/29/08

21.0 lb. Alligator Gar caught by Matt Robinson fishing in Illinois on 08/29/08
35.0" / 21.0 lb. Alligator Gar caught by Matt Robinson fishing on Friday August 29, 2008 at 03:30 near Carlyle in Clinton County, Illinois (IL), United States North America using a Cut Shad

Me and my best fishing buddy went out for a night of Blue Cat fishing, although any cat would due... needless to say we hit the spillway at the wrong time in the season (dead of summer) and the gar were just falling in and tearing up the new spawn. Well all we could get was the alligator gars because they were spookin the cats we supposed... so we decided we're fishermen... we'll see how many we could land, and how big we could get'em. We caught 17 alligator gar ( many were similar size to one in pic ) but the one in the picture was at 3:30a.m. and this bad boy weighed in at 21 lbs. and was 35 inches long... he was fat! I couldn't get his whole body in the pic. Gar are nuisance fish to me but never the less we made a good time with what the lord had given us to work with!

Posted by Matt Robinson about 1 year ago

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Brandon Mabrey

they are nuisance fish around here but there fun to catch...

Posted by Brandon Mabrey Elite Member about 1 year ago

Todd Harris

Thats a good picture man! Yeah there are some big cats here! Any size on them there>?

Posted by Todd Harris Elite Member about 1 year ago

THE  HAMMER

THAT IS THE LIKE THE WILDEST FISH EVER.

Posted by THE HAMMER Elite Member about 1 year ago

Tricia Skinner

Gotta love those late night fishing stories! Love the look on your face in this one.

Posted by Tricia Skinner about 1 year ago

Joe Pych

Nuisance fish or not... sounds like you had a fun night fishing and that's what it's all about.

Posted by Joe Pych Elite Member about 1 year ago

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