My son and I took my nephew/his cousin out on Perche Creek in Missouri for a short trip in the heat of the afternoon, and the boys had a great time on the day after their graduation from high school shooting up the shortnose gar. It was relatively fast action, even though they didn't put much of a dent in the population. They were having a blast at it, and some fish were reasonably good sized for shortnose.

I spotted one really large grass carp near the edge and my son popped him with a great shot, but I don't think the arrow penetrated, or if it did the fish came off before he even got the line tight. It was pretty far away and I think maybe our recurves are not high enough poundage for that kind of work. That grassy went wild when he popped it, and even jumped out on the bank momentarily, so we got a good look at it, and my nephew got to see something big, even if it was not in the boat.

Then I came back and googled "how to clean gar" and I got who else but my good friend Christine! Thanks for the lesson - worked great and I put up some filets.