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Pictures Showing How To Clean A Gar
These pictures and instructions will help you clean a gar.

Pictures of Gar
Pictures of gar and the fishermen that caught the gar

Alligator Gar Fact Sheet
Fact sheet on alligator gar

Bowfin Pictures
Bowfin Pictures

Bowfin Pictures
Bowfin Pictures

Bowfin
Robert Fisher tells of his experience catching and eating bowfin

Gar - Jurassic Park Fish - Fishing For Gar
Gar look like they are holdovers from the time of dinosaurs. Gar are ugly but they fight good if you can hook them.

Brad Reeves with Long Nose Gar
Brad Reeves with Long Nose Gar caught on a flyrod

Bowfin - Fish or Monster
Bowfin are mean and ugly, and they will tear up your tackle

Big Longnose Gar Picture
Steve Latimer caught this 54 inch gar on a Gargetter lure.

Big Gar Picture
This big gar was caught while fishing with a lure with no hooks.

Danny Ridgeway and 51" Gar
Danny caught this big gar in the Coosa River.

Minnesota Bowfin
Picture and information about this fish

Bowfin Info
Picture and good info from the University of Massachusetts

Texas Information on Bowfin
Picture and good information from Texas - all about this prehistoric fish.

World Record Bowfin
From South Carolina, the weight of the record and info about the fish in general.

Gar Lure
Check out info on this lure designed to catch gar, and you can order it!

Alligator Gar
From Public TV in Texas, some pictures and good info on these huge fish.

Bowfin Picture
A good picture but no info from Louisiana wildlife agency

Definition of Gar(fish)
Short definition for gar from Garland Rankine

Gar Anglers Sporting Society
Pictures, articles and info on gar fishing.

Gone Dogfishing
Mark Spitzer's ode to bowfin from the Minnesota Monthly magazine

Lone Star Caviar
Believe it or not, you can order bowfin caviar. Description and ordering info.

Spotted Gar of the Everglades
Info from Avocado Elementary School

Texas Bowfishing Association
Picture of a 230 pound alligator gar taken bowfishing

World Champion Bowfin Tournament
Billed as the biggest freshwater tournament in the world, on 6/19/99.