LittleRedFisherman Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 Haven’t been fishing a while this summer and farming with irrigation in a drought has been tough on fishing time. However, Max and I had a trip planned months ago down in east Texas to try out hand at an alligator gar. I had watched Doug Stange on Tv on Saturday morning 10 years ago fish with this guy named Kirk Kirkland, they boated a 240 pounder which is the largest recorded while filming. I never thought years later I’d have the chance to fish with the same guy. Trinity river is not much bigger than the 11pt I love to fish in the Arkansas stretch. It’s unreal to me the amount of fish these sizes in this river. Fished for 2 days and boated 12 fish, one of which was 167 pounds and another that was 135. Bucket list checked and got it on film as well, I’ll try to share some of th footage when I have time to edit it. It’s not in the Ozarks but since I haven’t been fishing much this summer thought I’d share! All these fish are caught and released. He tags them for the TDC and routinely catches fish he has released years earlier. They have interlocking scales and are air breathers with two set of nostrils which make Picture taking pretty good. When they swam off they meant business, absolute freshwater beast. Pretty cool. I wouldn’t swim in that river. Ha ha JestersHK, BilletHead, nomolites and 10 others 13 There's no such thing, as a bad day fishing!
LittleRedFisherman Posted July 28, 2018 Author Posted July 28, 2018 More pics Johnsfolly, timinmo, Terrierman and 1 other 4 There's no such thing, as a bad day fishing!
Johnsfolly Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, LittleRedFisherman said: Haven’t been fishing a while this summer and farming with irrigation in a drought has been tough on fishing time. However, Max and I had a trip planned months ago down in east Texas to try out hand at an alligator gar. I had watched Doug Stange on Tv on Saturday morning 10 years ago fish with this guy named Kirk Kirkland, they boated a 240 pounder which is the largest recorded while filming. I never thought years later I’d have the chance to fish with the same guy. Trinity river is not much bigger than the 11pt I love to fish in the Arkansas stretch. It’s unreal to me the amount of fish these sizes in this river. Fished for 2 days and boated 12 fish, one of which was 167 pounds and another that was 135. Bucket list checked and got it on film as well, I’ll try to share some of th footage when I have time to edit it. It’s not in the Ozarks but since I haven’t been fishing much this summer thought I’d share! All these fish are caught and released. He tags them for the TDC and routinely catches fish he has released years earlier. Pretty cool. I wouldn’t swim in that river. Ha ha That is awesome. I have watched Doug and others fish with Kirk for those gar and have looked into a trip with him. Still haven't pulled the trigger. Congrats buddy on checking them off the list. Still on mine. Did you catch any other types of gar?
LittleRedFisherman Posted July 28, 2018 Author Posted July 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said: That is awesome. I have watched Doug and others fish with Kirk for those gar and have looked into a trip with him. Still haven't pulled the trigger. Congrats buddy on checking them off the list. Still on mine. Did you catch any other types of gar? We did not they were all alligator gar, we did also see some actual alligators that are also in the river… We were using bait it weighed about 2 pounds Terrierman 1 There's no such thing, as a bad day fishing!
Johnsfolly Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, LittleRedFisherman said: More pics Great pics! Thats just plain exciting. Congrats again! Terrierman 1
Johnsfolly Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 Just now, LittleRedFisherman said: We did not they were all alligator gar, we did also see some actual alligators that are also in the river… We were using bait it weighed about 2 pounds Didn't know if you fished for other fish while you were waiting for the big bites.
Johnsfolly Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 I've seen him use drum and buffalo for bait. I'd be excited just to catch the bait😁.
LittleRedFisherman Posted July 28, 2018 Author Posted July 28, 2018 Just now, Johnsfolly said: Didn't know if you fished for other fish while you were waiting for the big bites. Thursday we could have it was a little slow… Wednesday about the time we would sit up and wait I was already taking it, they were biting fast. Johnsfolly 1 There's no such thing, as a bad day fishing!
Johnsfolly Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 If we both end uo at Jigfest, I would love to talk about your trip😁.
MoCarp Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 Kirk Kirkland is good people and a great guide, gator gar are a great adversary, its amazing how old those fish get MONKEYS? what monkeys?
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