Everything is bigger in Texas

[cookiedough]

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/33939/texas+fisherman+prevails+in+epic+battle+with+enormous+alligator+gar/

Sorry, not Valkyrie related though.

[jer0177]

I would love to see the tug-of-war battle that went on!!

[john]

i  hear tell that they are real tastey while the fish is hot
fresh out of the frier ...             
 but after it gets cold ..  not so good ...                 
like eat'in a cotton ball...                                        

[fiddle mike]

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Lake Corpus Christi is just up the road. Some huge catfish have come out of the lake, as well.  When I was a young teenager, my bud and I came across a gar's skeleton and thought it was a gator till we saw the fins.

I've ridden my Valkyrie to the lake and camped, many times.  There, now it's Valkyrie related. 
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[FryeVRCCDS0067]

They are supposed to be good eating. The eggs are poisonous to humans though, unlike the eggs of any other fish species I know of.

[bigguy]

i  hear tell that they are real tastey while the fish is hot
fresh out of the frier ...             
 but after it gets cold ..  not so good ...                 
like eat'in a cotton ball...                                        

Sausage. That's the best thing to do with a gar. My dad made sausage out of any critter we couldn't choke down any other way. He'd used a morton salt can to wrap freezer paper around, then stuff it with sausage and freeze it.
Back when I was stainless steel, bullet proof, and could eat anything I wanted, I'd slice off a piece of that frozen sausage and fry it with a couple of eggs. Then a glob a bunch of butter on a couple of pieces of toast and make a gar sausage and egg sandwich. By my reckoning, that's what they'll be serving for breakfast just inside the pearly gates. That and a cup of coffee strong enough to stand a spoon up in.

[musclehead]

the biggest one I personally ever saw was like 1/3 or 1/4 that size. I thought that was close to the upper limit.

I notice most folks posting say "good eating" 

[sugerbear]

that'id make a lot a gar balls.