Gar real treat!!! Need a good pair of gloves the scales on a gar will cut your hands to pieces.Take a good sharp fillet knife slice from back of head to tail.Just use the point of the knife too the backbone.Like the tender loin on a deer.Pull the skin off no bones about a 2-3 lb gar.Brush melted butter on fillets,blackened salts,curry salts put on grill or open camp fire in( fish baskets)( keeps the fillets from falling apart) from wal-mart (Camping area)( wal-mart has different sizes baskets) for about 20 min or until done!!!We fixed Northern Pike in canada every day for shore lunch over a camp fire the same way unreal. Gar is not,walleye, crappie,catfish or flatheads but pretty good eating espically out of the cold White River!!!