Longnose Gar, shot this afternoon. 11 lbs even, 45 inches long.

We did a terrible job shooting partly due to weather conditions, partly our own fault- missing more than 2 dozen times and only getting two in the boat, and this one was a monster. My brother missed another just before that which I estimate was 6" longer. The story is short and sweet - the sun when behind a cloud so I just saw a vague deep outline of it about 20 feet out. It was at least 15" down but my snap shot was on for once. It didnt fight much suprisingly.

Quick question: do gar steaks taste any good? I am going to try it, the cuts are huge!