Venice Louisiana bowfishing trip

[Jackalope]

What happens to the gars? Do people eat them?

Back home in Mississippi the only people I ever saw who would eat them were old colored people. They have tons of fine bones so they would make cakes out of them and fry it. There was a chicken and fish place in the black part of town that I would sell them to, or just go to Marcus bottom and sell them out of my truck.

 

[bowhunter1023]

Looks like a blast Jake!!!

 

[Carpn]

We are cleaning all the gar. They are great to eat actually . They don't have any bones and the the meat is mild and white. Its got a lot firmer texture than most fish. Last night we shot 3 gator gar, blue cats, redfish, saltwater sheephead, black drum, grass carp, common carp , and buffalo. Also missed about a 4' shark that came blowing thru at mach 10.

 

[Buckmaster]

Also missed about a 4' shark that came blowing thru at mach 10.

Can you bait for shark using some carcass?

 

[Carpn]

Yeah, we had talked about trying that. Not sure if we will mess with it tho.

 

[Carpn]

Gar filet.

 

[Carpn]

 

[Mike]

That's a bonus that the gar are edible!

 

[jagermeister]

From Jake, yesterday...

"Great nite last nite. Fished till 3 before storms blew up. 20 sheephead, 10 reds, 5 black drum, 2 flounder, 2 blue cats, and a 6' gator gar courtesy of Jason."



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And then he sent this to me today...

"Great nite last nite. Killed 3 gar just under 6', 20 reds, bout 15 sheephead, and a few black drum and catfish. Weather was great for us last nite finally. We killed a bunch of 6 footish gar up to 6'7" this week.. Its ridiculous how good the bowfishing is and how many gator gar you see."

 

[Jackalope]

Gar filet.

Ah. So you guys basically blackstrap them them to avoid the ribs. The ones I was selling were a lot smaller.

 

[Carpn]

 

[Carpn]

 

[Carpn]

 

[Carpn]

Some may say my boat stinks. I say My boat reeks of success after this trip.

 

[jagermeister]

:smiley_clap::smiley_clap::smiley_clap:

 

[switchhitter]

That is some fantastic bow fishing, what a vacation. Now I understand how you supply all of the fish for a fish fry up at lake Erie.
Congratulations on such a successful trip
If you have your lake Erie trip next year I will have to load up the boat and come on up.

Thanks for sharing
Greg

 

[Archertl]

Looks like a blast.

 

[Curran]

That looks like an absolute blast!! Nice job.