Quote Originally Posted by Quackrstackr View Post
Why in the world are they going to stock alligator gar anywhere?
Back 40 years ago when I was a little fella fish'n the lake in Ballard county bottoms with Grandaddy you would see these giant gar swim by the boat. Now they are all but gone from those lower lakes. I guess farming chemical, drought and other factors have depleted their numbers.

Basicly the way they explained it there is some money there that has to be used for endanger species. It's kindof a "use it or lose it" deal. Plus, have you been down to the lower lakes lately? The Asian Carp have taken over big time. I actually mistook schools of them for shad this fall while I was fish'n down there. They were everywhere! This has caused a reduction in game fish numbers due to the Carp changing the ecosystem. They believe that these Giant Gar prefer to feed on carp & the like and will help control them to some degree. Sure they're gonna eat a few crappie, bluegill, bass, etc... when they're small, but when they get bigger they'll start feeding on bigger fish like the carp.

After listening to the information that was presented I can see the logic behind the move.