May 29, 2009 Alligator Gar Attack!

On board for the 3rd time this week was Matt Duytschaever & his son Jackson. We were fishing for reds in the marsh grass flats and came across a 3 foot long Alligator Gar and Matt pitched his bait over to it and hooked it. Not really much of a fight but once we got it in the boat it flipped out and it's razor sharp teeth grazed my leg and left a nasty little cut. We snapped a few pic's and let it go. Soon after, Matt hooked up a beautiful red for his son and they fought it together. It was a great week of fishing and I hope to see them again next year!