Shadzilla!
 

Well, my quest to capture a key-chain gar with a cast-net wasremarkably unsuccessful...

Where as on Sunday, I was basically having to shoot in self-defense, 24 hrs later and 20 degrees cooler there were hardly any gar to be found.

Guess they were stacked-up on the bottom or something.

Tried abt 30 'blind' casts and got nothing more interesting than a few bluegills (and I know better than to put those vicious little b*#tards in with my tropical fish again) and as bad as they are at nipping fins, baby Tilapia are even more aggressive... the two I had, years back,had to be evicted after maybe two days.

A buddy of mine put the baby Tilap's in his African Cichlid tank and had to flush them for bad behavior after a day or two. You would expect vegans to be more peaceful?!

Anyway, I vented some of my frustration on this fillet-O-fish sized shad, back at the spillway.

Are these things any good to eat?

Later!
BP

RE: Shadzilla!
 

I don't know about eating them but thry make good catfish bait.

RE: Shadzilla!
 

If I ate a shad................well................[:'(]

They do make good catfish bait though:D

Good shootin BP

RE: Shadzilla!
 

Nice shad. We are tryin to catch a couple of them baby gar too for a tank. It needs to warm up a bit yet though. they are startin to come out and seen a couple but not alot yet. Here is a couple bigguns we shot last year. WCL

RE: Shadzilla!
 

Ditto. I use gizard shad on my trout lines. An even better catfish bait is the thread fine shad. I wouldnt eat a gizard shad. Im sure you could, but I dont want to try any.:D


As for gar, ive raised needle nose in a 200 gallon tank. Not all that exciting of fish. You would enjoy something like an arrowanna better.

RE: Shadzilla!
 

its called a trot line, not a trout line;)

but those are some big shad!

RE: Shadzilla!
 

nice pics- good luck catching those gar - have a spot in Fla we used to go full of gar and everything else - including gators

RE: Shadzilla!
 

Yeah i think that id stick with the shad being catfish bait...........bc i don't know about the eathing ability[:'(][&o]

RE: Shadzilla!
 

shad's only good for bait. i think i'd rather eat a buzzard before a shad.

RE: Shadzilla!
 

last time i was out i seen 2 big gars,both weregator gar about 6 foot long and about 5 foot long