Searching for Giant Alligator Gar in Texas - ft. LakeForkGuy

I flew to Texas with one mission in mind, to search for and catch a giant alligator gar with LakeForkGuy. We have been planning this trip for years and finally, we got to execute it. Alligator gar are the freshwater sharks in Texas rivers and lakes. These fish can reach up to 300lbs and can grow over 8ft in length. Alligator gar are a true river monster in North America.
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as soon as I saw u were going after gar I knew u were heading to lake Livingston.. the trinity river is a crazy fun gar river..

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15 minutes from the river

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@@michaeljones5685 where are some good public areas on the river? I went down to trinity last year but didn’t have a boat. I caught a little 3 footer off the lake but most of the area I found was private property. I now have a boat though!! I’m really stoked and I’m coming back down at the end of the month. I live in Utah and it’s a 23 hour drive 😂😂Any info would help. There was a boat launch by a bridge on the way to Walmart,that I seen a lot of people taking off.

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I live like 10 minutes from the trinity river

[@bisonhappenstance]

I'm glad to see your respect for this fish. Hunted out to the brink of extinction and despised by anglers in the past as a competitor and nuisance fish, these ancients are the most effective natives preying upon the invasive Asian carp that dominate many of our nation's rivers. Correct me if I'm wrong. How many good things have we destroyed out of ignorance?

[@BlacktipH]

100% agree. I think these fish should be protected as much as sharks in the ocean.

[@cybay1827]

Plus they are badasses

[@debbie9998]

Well said we have destroyed so many species out of ignorance. It is good to see these magnificent fish treated with respect. We need to respect these ancient species. I know we have other prehistoric fish which fascinates me.

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I live in New Orleans and me, my brother and my husband used to love catching those alligator gars. Some of them are huge. Really love your videos!

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Those things get MASSIVE down there!!!!!

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[@williambergeron2593]

I've been chasing them for some time now. Caught my first one this April in the Sabine River, most fun I've had. Good job on yours. Tight lines.

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When can you do something like you have to catch you bait and work your way to the top of the food chain (shark) on the beach. Like If You Agree

[@BlacktipH]

It's coming.

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BlacktipH im in west palm. any good spots near me?

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minifish 222 that sounds cool

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Nice seeing you in Houston. Great video and keep up the good work. I also know some pretty good spots.

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Your videos and others had really encouraged me to keep trying my best to fish the big fishes ( Thanks)

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Dude that's an awesome trip! congrats on getting the alligator gar I know you've been talking about getting that gar For months on your show.

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yes! I've been asking all the fishers on youtube to come here! they're giant

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just a suggestion but i would like at some point in the video you explain the fish youre going for. Fun facts stuff, origins stuff like that. love your vids man

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Scary looking fish! You can see the ancientness in it

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I live in Texas and where my friend has a huge ranch we use to go for like birthday party’s and I remember seeing like 5 foot 6foot gar

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it's like hound fishing Josh you love hound fishing

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Houndfish eat the bait much faster than these guys.

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Hey! I went there before and we were pulling out white bass and lots more!

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Nice, baby gar🎣

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I would love to swim in there! With those alligator gars!

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christian dcc I've done it with shortness gar believe it or not I had them rolling on top of the water beside me

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Awesome catch Josh!

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it was cool to see you chasing a fish you didn't know about. we don't get to see you learn a fish like that ever. it was pretty cool to see your take on those gar coming from a big fish background. they are a bucket list fish for me also. it is amazing how finicky those guys are given their size. you would think they would just gulp the bait right down. can't wait to see you get on a monster!

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Fishin for crocs in crocs

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11:38

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Also looks like the Brazos, my fiance lives right beside it in Weston lakes.

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That omg did he just really do that release 😂

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DARN! I am also Canadian and just flew out from Houston after an epic fishing trip.

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You came to Texas! Nice Houston

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Do more gar vids I love gar there my favorite fish to catch

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That in Livingston I go there all the time

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big beast

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Keep the vids up

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Catching gar can be a pain in the a** but it's worth it once you get one

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Clyde Connors it's easy for me that's all I catch kinda annoying cause I wan't large mouth bass

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bass are pussies.

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Silvio Manuel Gar are also one of the best tasting freshwater fish, so...

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Silvio Manuel ???? Rich people and poor people eat chicken, beef, rice, and Corn, so you can throw your logic out the window mate, theres plenty of well off folks that eat gar because they are delicious.

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@@NobleS1236 can't eat them, ppl without hearts only take them, they're an endangered species u have to release them to help them survive and expand

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I watched my brother catch an alligator gar with his bare hands when we were little, playing in the canal. Never seen anything like it!

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You should try the rio grande river man. We got some monsters

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scary fish..... nice video bro.

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Nice Gar!

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12:35 hypnotized me for 30 minutes.

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Hey Josh Nice video, greetings from Suriname, we have Some big piraiba catfish here. You should try it Some time

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Epic vid

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I love how he is wearing crocs

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Lots of medium size gar in the Trinity R. But for a giant, you need to south to the Nueces or Rio Grande. watersheds because the water is warmer and the gars don't stay dormant so long. Two gar have been taken over 300 lb from Lake Corpus Christi. One was taken by state biologists in a sampling net over 50 years ago. The other was taken with a bow a few years ago. The one taken by bow was 8 ft 2.5 in long and 67 in in girth. using the generic calculation of length times the square of the girth divided by 800, that tapes out to 552.7 lb. They bottomed out a a 300 lb scale with a third of the fish on the ground. Back in the sixties we kept getting No. 54 trot line cord broken there.

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Just rewatched this after catching my first gar, after 40+ bites and one fish I understand the hardship now

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I live very close to lake Livingston also when I saw the buckies bag I was so happy

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yo' @3:09 you blurred a logo, every cut afterwards that shows that logo is not blurred. Just a heads up, don't want the sponsors to freak out about it.

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James Blechinger and at 11

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THEM PHOTOSHOP SKILLS THO

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nice alligator gar

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very Lovely Fish i Like fish Like That

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you should come further down south here in texas... to falcon lake! guaranteed monsters down here!

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Amazing

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Definitely need to book a trip with blacktiph for surely

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Remind me to never swim in any body of water where Josh fishes!

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They don't go after humans

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Thunderheade Danno did they tell you that

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@@kristian1466 Research will tell you. Not one confirmed attack. Don’t be ignorant. Look it up.

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y'all were in the trinity river i live on that river