Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose They're putting these in a lake and river near me.

Lol wow gar are trash fish I hate them with a passion they will indeed take forage away from the bass and cats there

Seems they could be a good tool to help with large Gizzards...
Be pretty cool bonus fish to land while out fishing too.

Gar in general can be trash fish but I think the true Alligator gar are some what different ............Pretty neat, IMO.

I think the big plan is to use them to help control the Asian Carp that are taking over the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Seems like they are trading one problem for potentially two. While I would love to fish for these big guys with a bow, I think I will avoid swimming/floating if they ever become common. I tend to enjoy my toes.

why not stock flathead cats they can swallow those carp whole lol and people love to eat fish for them its a win win for rivers imagine the size of those flatheads eating on 20 pound carp lol bet within 10 years wede see a 200 pound flathead i hate gar iwas bit very badly as a child by one had to get stitches on my arm i wont even touch one ill cut the line and throw up to a bank or give it to someone

I read an article a while back saying the Alligator Gar were native to most of the Mississippi Watershed, but their numbers were depleted a long time ago. I think that stocking the gar is no different than GA DNR stocking shoalies or striped bass, or something of the same nature, to replenish a depleted population.