You guys have some seriously freaky looking fish. I thought carp were kinda wierd looking until now.

Handy knot reference site.

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Thats killer, i had no idea gars got that big until i watched a show called River Monsters & the host caught one like those on a river in Texas.

We have them in the rivers here in Illinois, they used to show up on my families trot lines all the time, but they dont get nearly that big from what i've seen. Imagine you're lazing around in a river & one of these mistakes your milky white foot for a fish... one of those could easily drown a man IMO.

Here is little instruction vid on how to do a texas rig for those who might be kinda new to fishing, prolly my fave way to go...

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Those are alligator gar. Supposedly they don’t move north of Oklahoma but I’ve seen them in Grand Lake, which is partially fed by the Neosho so I don’t see how they’re not in Kansas also.
Mostly we have short and long nose gar which don’t get as big as the alligator gar but I have seen long nose gar up to 5’ long so they can get pretty damn big themselves.

I may actually get a little fishing in this weekend.
I’m headed out to a friends land to help cut some trails and clear brush for a camping area on the back-side of his second pond. Which is also an excuse to break out the Corveep. ;) I’m taking my son and dog so it should be entertaining at least.

when i was a kid i rode my bike down to the high water bridge just to pass the time. I seen a fish big as a man swim up stream and then disappear when it got to the deep channel. Ive never ever been spooked by anything in the water but that thing gave me abit of the heebeejeebeez.

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No one really knows how big the fish in our waters get because we’re limited to what we can catch on rod and reel, no netting allowed.
Maybe if we could net up fish like they do on the Mekong river we might find a +600 lb monster lurking the deep.

Bull Shoals Lake
 

Has anyone ever fished the Bull Shoals Lake? It's located on the Southern MO and Northern AR border. Grandpa, dad, and brothers are doing a fishing get away there the third week of May. I've never been there.

I've been told that the water is very clear. Has anyone fished it or have any advice or hints?

I fish below Bull Shoals Dam in the tailwaters for trout pretty regularly. I don't know shit about the lake, other than it's huge.

Have you ever hooked into one of those giant brownies? Whenever I hear Arkansas and fishing, I think about giant White River brown trout.

My biggest was actually on the Little Read, and it was around 26". Not a giant by our standards, but still a very big fish.