#Gator bluefish how to#

But I’m sure that whoever hooks one will be just as awestruck by the force of those broomtails, by the history in every rock-hard scale, and by the resilience behind every fearsome tooth as I was the first time I saw a gator gar break the muddy surface of the Trinity. If battling a fish that is pure muscle and makes you break a sweat can’t get you excited, then I don’t know what will.īy the time those babies reach the 6-foot mark 35 to 45 years from now, Hefner and I will be old men, likely too weak to fight them anymore. Aside from the freak jumbo blue cat, however, alligator gar and sturgeon are the only freshwater species in the U.S.

Consider this: Try for catfish long enough, and you might land one weighing 80 pounds-if you’re lucky.

#Gator bluefish how to#

Joe Cermele Do You Want to Learn How to Catch Alligator Garfish? Seven- and 8-footers can be older than 70.” Carp chunks pile up in the bait cooler. So a 6-footer can be anywhere from 35 to 45 years old. “They reach 5 feet in roughly 12 years, and then they hit a wall, growing only about 1⁄2 inch every year after that. “A 1-year-old alligator gar will measure 18 to 24 inches,” he said. You have to respect a fish that can grow longer than 7 feet in water where there’s not an inch of visibility, such as in the murky Trinity. How Old Do the Biggest Alligator Gar Get?