Outdoor Professsor's Tips

Alligator Gar Hello, I'm the OUTDOOR PROFESSOR from DiscoveringTheOutdoors.com/ Here's your outdoor tip on alligator gar—frequently called the misunderstood big daddy of freshwater fish. I’m not getting in that water! One of those gar might take my arm off! People are often weary of the toothy-snouted fish called the alligator gar. The prehistoric looking fish does have a mouth full of teeth, but there are no publicized cases of a gar attacking a person. Of the seven species of gar, the alligator gar is the largest. These monsters can grow almost to 10 feet in length and reach over 300 pounds. They are an olive green or yellow with a heavily scaled body. Its mouth is filled with teeth and its snout is wide and long like an alligator’s thus giving it its name. It is believed that this species with a prehistoric appearance has remained largely unchanged since the dinosaur—they might even be called living fossils. They have a fierce look, but there are no recorded attacks against people.