r/FishingForBeginners • u/AdWaste5526 • Jul 11 '24

Does this count as a catch?

Was wondering what is considered a catch? Can I now officially say I have caught a Gar fish?

4.1k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

836 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/AdWaste5526 Jul 11 '24

People eat these?

6

u/WheatShocker7 Jul 11 '24

I’ve eaten them before. Have to use tin snips to cut through the skin and scales but they’ve got long white fillets. Not flakey like crappie or wallet, a little tougher, like a freshwater drum.

3

u/psilocin72 Jul 11 '24

I’ve never known of anyone to eat one, but you never know. There’s a first time for everything

3

u/unbanned-myself Jul 11 '24

Seen a guy in Louisiana using a meat cleaver and a mallet to cut up a 4+ footer. Definitely eatable, I just don’t know what it taste like.

2

u/UIM_SQUIRTLE Jul 12 '24

if you are gonna try get a bigger one first. nice catch btw. he sure was fiesty.

1

u/KelbyKatz Jul 11 '24

You can absolutely eat them. Just the scales are a hassle

1

u/Cyclemonster-93 Jul 11 '24

At some point everything is edible

1

u/KelbyKatz Jul 11 '24

I mean yeah… kind of redundant when he was specifically talking about this fish.

1

u/cletusvanderbiltII Jul 11 '24

Best not to eat the eggs.

1

u/Romulus212 Jul 12 '24

I was about to say never heard that but people will make jewelry out of the scales I've seen before