Ever eat gar?

[zummy]

Was wasting time and found this video on youtube.
How to Clean and Filet Gar - YouTube

Anybody ever tried gar? Thinking about doing some night fishing after the family goes to sleep. Thinking I might want to give it a try.

[zeepo]

Yes when I worked in Louisiana they called them gar balls. They cut the meat between the bones and it left a good 2 inch x 2 inch piece. Pretty tasty and they were a lot of fun to catch. Alligator gars were the species we caught, one was close to 70 lbs. I am sure if you looked up some Cajun recipes you would find something.

zeepo

[drakewoodie]

Yeah my dad would keep one every once in awhile they were pretty good the hard part is getting them out of that "shell"

[Blackdog40]

I have heard that the easiest way is to steak them then take fillet knife and cut the meat out from skin and bones.

[drakewoodie]

That's the way my dad would do them. He would use a hachcet to steak them out