Alligator Gar released in Kentucky
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- Опубліковано 30 сер 2009
- A popular sportfish in areas of the south where it still thrives, the alligator gar will eventually grow over 6 feet in length and weigh in excess of 150 pounds. Today, the 12-inchers are being released into backwater streams of western Kentucky that flow into the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers where they swam historically. Host, Tim Farmer, follows the journey with the Kentucky Division of Fisheries experts who made the reintroduction possible.
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I was stationed at Fort Knox, KY back in the mid-70's. I remember canoeing on some of the Fort Knox rivers and creeks and having huge (5-7 feet or more) alligator gars swimming by me. They were so big I remember thinking I didn't want to fall in the water with them!
I swam with them in Texas and Florida.
They didn't care about me at all, just casually swam away if I got too close
I did basic training in Fort Know and it was an awesome experience, Kentucky is beautiful..
In 1970 I worked for the Fisheries Department at LSU. We got a call that some commercial fisherman had caught a 380 pound gar in a hoop net in Alligator Bayou just south of Baton Rouge. i got my camera and drove the 15 miles only to find a sigh that said "gar meat for sale".
Geaux tigers!
I like the idea of stocking native fish in general, thanks Kentucky 🐟
I’m surprised people support this. Isn’t this a government run thing haha
@@gotanygrapes831 so?
@@gotanygrapes831 Well, this is Kentucky Fish & Wildlife we're talking about..... People are significantly more trusting of small local governments than the federal. And this is something that's actually beneficial rather than blowing taxpayer's money on filling politician's wallets. I doubt the hatchery manager is making millions while sitting on his rear end doing absolutely nothing.
I had no idea the Alligator Gar range was once that vast. I always thought they were a deep south species while other species of gar could be found further north.
That gar in the thumbnail is an ABSOLUTE UNIT !!! damn....
It’s the largest document gar ever caught in like 1931/51 (varying sources on what time period fish was actually caught) nothing close in length has been caught since.
@@TANGYHATCHY how the heck did it get so big? That thing seems like it’s from another timeline, like, when the earth was young and the animals were much bigger.
This video is 10 yeas old... I’d love to hear the update!
No joke
Jay Smith now they have an alligator gar problem 😑
Jay Smith can you image if they kept one since this video? I wonder how big it would be.
The stocking program is still going on. One of these fish was caught in
the White river in southwest Indiana a couple of years ago.
Crazy that Gar can live for up to 50 years
Imagine swimming in a lake and seeing a 10 foot long alligator gar come up to you YIKES!
nah, they are usually friendly towards humans... they might push you a bit, and then go away, they are very shy creatures
They typically don't get that long, I'm 30 I've saltwater fished my whole life (these fish live in brackish water) and I think the longest I've seen was probably 4 maybe 5 foot long.
That said these things are stupid aggressive, they make pike look gentle by comparison.
Seriously-friendly to humans-I was, as a child, swimming in a lake back in the 60’s on an “air mattress” in Moon Lake- several circled me-weren’t exactly coming to chat-Mr Badger
It’s truly amazing how wise and smart young folk are these days
@@sprucebadger8229 or mistake a toe for a fish in that murky water.
They eat jumping carp! RELEASE THEM!
I have heard that even large alligator gar have some trouble eating adult asian carp due to their mouth not being big enough.
God is my fortress Acts2:38
God is my refuge and high tower. Let God arise !!! Btw turn off the cameras in my house 😎
Simple Sinner Servant What?
@@simplesinnerservant6263 which one do you bow to? Personally Zeus is my man, while JC only hung around on a cross, Zeus was letting them lightning bolts fly! Poseidon does some cool stuff with the waves and whatnot, earth your heart out Moses, ammiright..
@@leehongjin6884 I heard they have trouble eating elephants
I saw three gar when I was in Florida forty years ago .I was on a bridge and one was as long as a pickup truck. I was amazed how big they got. I thought they were alligators.
Yep. Seen two in Kentucky 8 years ago that were probably a little bit more than 10 feet.
Hence the name alligator gar???
@@OffGridInvestor and the mouth full of teeth
I remember seeing these in Trigg County and around Kentucky Lake, when I was a kid in the ‘70s. They were pretty terrifying for a little kid!
Like not going to lie, thank you Kentucky for taking them, you may also have the rest of them as well.
Sincerely Mississippi
I remember when the East Fork of the Trinity River, east of Dallas was being dredge out behind the lake Ray Hubbard damn. Must have been 68-70. There were dozens of gar laying dead or just skeletons left on the banks, many were 8-10 feet long.
That's SO sad.
Gar are a large prehistoric American fish that were misunderstood by our ancestors. They are awesome fish, and it’s sad to see they’ve been eradicated fro much of their older habitats.
"They lurch just beneath the surface." I would say don't give them any booze.
In Jacksonville, Florida at the beach they have ditches that have water in them all the time. I drive a school bus and I drove a basketball team to a school for a game. With time to kill I had time to walk around. Right beside the school that is a block from the Atlantic Ocean I saw gar fish all over the place in the water in the ditch. I thought it was pretty amazing. They like that slow water though so it's a perfect place for them to thrive.
Great program and awesome show.
5/5
That huge one from the old days was massive!!!
anavidhunter Massive as well as ancient
It's made to look much bigger by the way it was photographed. The man is not as close to the gar as he appears and this makes the gar look much bigger than it is.
there is some monsters in texas usually south texas.. last week I managed to catch a 5ft gar.. it was a nice catch and a hell of a fight.. they are tough trust me
tigresnl11 tampa fl got some moster gars
tigresnl11 Try using a leader made of weed eater cord.Just use crimps to make the leader loops.
tigresnl11 .
Brady Tom and
tigresnl11 I caught a shortnose gar in Wake County North Carolina where I live at in a lake right outside the city limits I still got him in my freezer I'm going to mount him I seen them when I was walking down the river bank to go fishing so I ran back to my truck and grab some heavy-duty line and a circle hook and I caught me a little Brim hook him in the back next day I came back and he was on there he's about 3 foot 7 I've heard they're good eating but I want to give you mine when I'm done then I eat him
Yall should make them catch and release only so they can hit them damn carp good.
I remember being with my Dad on a trip and the wide drainage ditches on the side of the road being full of Garfish. Once my Dad was given a 6 footer. It's a very good fish.
Amazing. I’ve never caught a full grown one myself, but from the Ohio River I snagged one about 16” long. A baby, pretty much.
they eat those jumping asian carp I'm releasing everyone I catch now lol
Good man.
Turns out they are only able to eat young carp. Fully grown ones are hard to choke down for the average modern gar.
But, if we can get some more giants back into the water, allow these predators to grow back to natural size, the gar should be able to devour any carp without much effort.
No, they are not doing any thing to the population of Asian carp you could not phantom the population of Asian carp in most any U.S. river.
They eat all fish! I don't care for them! I've had lots of problems with their needle nose cousins in the French Broad river.
@@bencrain7083 What kinds of problems?
Bless you guys for what you’re doing... gar can be a great source or food...
My grandpa John Lee "Dude" Winkler was a commercial fisherman on the Arkansas River in the 40's and 50's. He'd catch 300 pounders regularly. He hand made all of his nets Making the hoops of white oak. A real old time pioneer. The gars would trash his nets and he hated them because it takes a man a long time to weave and make a good hoop net. He hauled a huge gar to the Little Rock zoo and mama took us to see it about 1956 or 57. Miss the old guy. Miss his stories of old times. Had the privilege of being a son of the pioneers. My GGG grandfather Nathaniel T. Journey was an early Texas Ranger in the 1830's, killed by an outlaw. Lots of stories from my home state of the lone Star.
Great
Thx for your hard work
I have no idea how I ended up here.
I have always liked the Alligator Gar. Hate being people kill those dinosaurs. There harmless
I never new gate were farmed this makes me happy . I had a 3 foot gator gar once . Wish I had another
I Love Gar. They’re a really neat fish.
5:12 This is EXACTLY what I said right when I finally decided to stop drinking.
Damn! Those things make catfish look pretty!
Do a updated version of then and now please!
Summer of 2020 I seen the largest fish of my life on the ky river in Mercer county. Me and my gf was trolling back up stream and a massive at least 12 foot long gar jumped completely out of the water in front of us. it was longer than my john boat and it was a sight of a life time never seen anything like it other than a black and white photo
Excellent job, Kentucky! Keep it up!
Irs been two years since UA-cam recommended this one. Glad to see it again but where is the update video?
I'd love to hear how the population is now. Such a cool old species of fish
Last year I was fishing for flathead catfish and I snagged on something and broke the line. I had more poles out and I turned my back towards my truck. I was fixing the snag and ringing my pole. Anyway when my back was turned something grabed one of my poles pulling it out of the ground and dragging it ripping thrugh bushes and high grass up rooting everything from the ground and dragging it into the lake. What ever it was it had to be 100lb or more to be able to do that. I did catch a couple Alagatorgar earlier that day. I was useing live bluegill for bait.
Nice work Y’all.
10 years later. Please update. They probably huge now.
People that catch gar should donate towards what you guys are doing!!!
Interesting , I will look at them differently than I did as a kid !
Appreciate Jeremy wade on one of the last pics👍🏽
I love seeing conservation and preservation being practiced. Conservation efforts are essential to healthy wildlife and plant life. One of our goals as a society should be the preservation of native plant and animal life, that is money well spent when done correctly.
When I was a kid my father and I would catch Alligator gar in the spillway at Sardis,Ms but we never kept them to eat we always threw them back in the water. In fact the only people I've ever seen eat them was and older Asian couple I caught a huge gar and was going to throw it back when this old guy asked me for the fish. I asked why he would want this fish and he said to cook it and eat it. I thought he was out of his mind but gave him the fish. Later that day I was walking around the camp area and sure enough his wife was cooking it.
Well, all of the meat is boneless on the alligator gar, Besides it's t-bone shaped spine and it tastes good with lemon. But I live in Texas so things might be different from where you live
Bow fisherman here. They're actually very tasty. You're missing out I assure you.
Best Gator Gar Fisheries are in Texas. I would rate the 3 best in Texas as the Rio Grande, Trinity, and the Sabine Rivers in that order.
you should try the rice fields in southern Louisiana in Madisonville at the mouth of the thephuntcha river there is thousands of acres of old rice fields I've caught 300lb gar there and had a 14 footer on a jug line but it broke 1\8 SS cable it was longer than my 14ft flat boat......
Good work ladies and gents. Parts of Georgia could use efforts like this. Our major fishing sources of tremendously over fished
One of the best fish to eat and very fun to catch
The areas I fish have a significant amount of healthy gar. Their fun to catch just watch the mouth. In the clear Creek area as a kid to 40 year old I have seen MANY in the 6' range. I didn't try to CATCH those giants. I unfortunately don't fish that area anymore. Where I fish now there's a very healthy population.
God bless you all
Good work Kentucky!☺👍
Feed them ground up Asian carp when fry then turn them lose.
Hey I've been to Tupelo and seen them at the hatchery!
Sounds like some of these guys have a lot to learn.. But I'm very happy to see they are doing some great work with the gar. As long as they don't release the little ones in open water..
Great. Thx
What a magnificent beast, babies cute too, really cool good work all.
Wow! Such amazing creatures and cute to boot!! 😍
Krystal Pistol I think ur cute to boot 😘
Would like an update. Awesome program. Is it working?
Great job!
2019! How they doing? Update plz.
Same , would really like to know .
I hope they all die!
Guerilla Gurus Because he an idiot .
@Winning Grinn - In Louisiana everything is good eating.
Y'all will eat anything .
Found stow away kitten on boat while fishing, couple minutes later noticed 4-5 gars in a frenzy about ready to jump in boat after kitten.
We had an 8 footer in the bayou behind our house when I was a boy. It would swim by and rub up against you with it's armor like scales. Never could catch it. When I got older I was glad we didn't.
Why were you glad you didn't ?
My biggest surprise, a 720p video from 2009.
I wish we had them on the west coast. I raised Gar, Arapima,snake heads, Nile perch,freshwater stingrays.,tiger fish.I had a 1000 gallon acrylic tank.. there was a great book called tank busters. I had quite a few of those fish over the years.
Aren't snakeheads banned?
Im telling!
I don’t know if we have any of those but the St.Croix river north of the Mississippi has some fish that are 6+ feet long. One of them with ease snapped a 100 pound test line when my friend Lisa was fishing on the Wisconsin side about 15 years ago.
Lake Ponchatrain in Louisiana is filled with them . Great fun night fishing off the pier...But bring a pistol or metal bat,and a big gaff to pull them up out the water . . They grow to nine or ten ft easy . We used a four ft wire leader to get them on a deep sea rod and reel set up .. Their scales can cut any fishing line .We make gar balls here ,taste great .
8 weeks and they’re 14 inches! DAMN
8 inches...
any updates on how there r doing
What an awesome fish
I live in Kentucky and I am never going in the water again...ha ha.
People need to stop killing gar. They are not "trash fish" and are a ton of fun to catch on rod and reel.
Hung Yeff 😂😂😂😂
do you throw away , your golf balls at the end of the game?
Random Tube on a beach there was over 3000 gar bodies because the people said they were pest to the water
And when they reeled them in they would throw them behing there back
This is a old video but in Texas I have seen and have caught some in lake Sam Rayborn that were over 12 foot long.
when someone tells me they caught a big gar story but dont mention a lasso i dont belive it.
Its beautiful I seen a 12 footer 2 years ago jump completely out of the water on a limb line on my john boat ky river Mercer county
This is 10 years ago, UA-cam recommended this today
Someone should do this here in NJ. Longnose gars used to live here a few decades ago but they're not all gone. Might do it myself if I can catch some in New York
frog on bike - Hey! Im from NJ and i was just thinking the same thing! Years ago we had a house on a lagoon, right at the edge of the pine barrens. There were always gar in there. What a beautiful place it was.
That was a long time ago. We saw stuff on that lagoon and in the pine barrens that wasnt even supposed to b there.
Its all gone now.
Somebody better do something about these f*cking developers, destroying huge pieces of nature all over the country.
Its a f*cking sin.
please can you give us an update of how they're doing.
Raval Rajesh In a previous comment someone mentioned catching a five foot Gar so they must be doing pretty damn well. LOL, stay in your boat! 😮
10 years old wow, hope this helped but sadly it must not have since the damn carp are still taking over
I live in tn and In the little pigeon river in Sevierville TN they are like 5 foot long over populated back I think in the 80s they had to go in and clean some out but didn't help any at all I have been on the back fishing and see them go past me 5 and a half foot long no joke you can look it up and there all In the river
Great video. Good luck Kentuckians!By the way, do you think the Alligator Gar, the larger ones, could help eliminate the Asian Carp in the Illinois River?
They're also being reintroduced into Illinois: www.dnr.illinois.gov/news/Pages/IDNR-Stocks-Alligator-Gar-as-Part-of-Reintroduction-Program.aspx
But they are not expected to control Asian carp.
I need to visit Kentucky.
Were can you get those in Kentucky I want a few lol
"It's a machine that's got a needle like thing"? That sounds technical.
Update video?
Please update!
It sounds like the gar fish would be nice for Indiana, and Illinois to help control the Asian Carp which is a problem species there. We have plenty of gar fish in Arkansas just like catfish is plentiful here in the wild.
Sidney Mathious there’s a lot of spotted gar in the Illinois waters
id say its working as one was shot with bow down on the wabash river where we never had them. shot on the IL side of the wabash river below terre haute indiana
what do they taste like? is the meat dark or light?
I wonder if any have reproduced by now?
I've caught alligator gar. They are mean-looking!
I used to have too much fun fishing for when I was a kid in Pryor Creek just run string through corn and they'll bite it and roll and wrapped around their bill no hook necessary
Update vid?
How can such a cute little fishy turn into a nightmare like that 😔
WE NEED AN UPDATE
Well it's been 9 years since this video was uploaded, Did the plantings work? have they taken hold?
Really hope some of these made it to maturity!
Ik exactly where this is! Elk one creek hatchery right? I recognize a lot but could be sand design?
update????
cute little ones 😀
My youngest son caught a 50-pounder the other day (Louisiana). They make good eating, but some people turn their noses up at them. I'll eat their share!
misharyutubbee how do you prepare and cook gar?
I love gar, that’s my favorite fresh water fish. Very fun to catch
Dodge Challenger be careful of the eggs
Wonderful! Great to know! They need to be saved. God Bless
That pic was taken at moon lake ms. Right down from my house.
Awesome! How's it progressing?
It has to be the "minners" that make them grow so big. ;)
any sighting of Pirate Gar?