![]() ![]() ![]() They are ancient fish and true Texas natives. And I wasn’t so wrong about it being a dinosaur … their ancestors have been found in Permian deposits as fossils from 215 million years ago. He explained there are four species of gar in Texas: longnose, spotted, shortnose and alligator gar. People never like catching them because they could easily break your line. My dad, in his many years of fishing, knew this species as a trash fish. I clearly remember telling my dad, “That’s a dinosaur.” He chuckled, of course, but carefully released the hook and explain everything about the “dinosaur.” I was in complete shock as he reeled in an alligator gar. About an hour in, my dad had something tugging on his line. We had just set up camp and couldn’t wait to get our lines baited and in the water. I was 10 years old fishing with my dad on Lake Buchanan. I remember my first encounter with an alligator gar. ![]()
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