Nimrod

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I remember my dad taking me fishing when I was about 8 years old and I am almost 60. The place was below the dam at a lake in northwest arkansas. I remember walking around on what looked like concrete sidewalks below the dam, catching crappie while the gar swam around my legs. Was this Nimrod lake?

[NIMROD]

Not sure, don't remember sidewalks ever but some fished the rocks or off sloping concrete retaining walls below the dam here.

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Yea, that was a very long time ago. It was kind of scary as a kid fishing with gar bigger than I was swimming around me. That was the first time I ever saw a gar much less being around them. I also remember seeing a guy cleaning one to eat, he had a towel around his snout beating him against a tree at the camp area. To this day I don't know why. But I remember eating some of it that night and it was pretty white meat and pretty good. Wow, memories.

[NIMROD]

Yea, that was a very long time ago. It was kind of scary as a kid fishing with gar bigger than I was swimming around me. That was the first time I ever saw a gar much less being around them. I also remember seeing a guy cleaning one to eat, he had a towel around his snout beating him against a tree at the camp area. To this day I don't know why. But I remember eating some of it that night and it was pretty white meat and pretty good. Wow, memories.

Gar are really fine eating . They are tough to fillet before beating to loosen the hard shell then using hatchet or tin snips to open them up.