What a monster. How long has that fish been watching Houston go by? She's probably at least 40 years old...so she watched Hurricane Alicia come through and wash out her bayou or creek she was born in back in the 80's. She avoided all the arrows, the gnarly construction projects, the dredging, droughts and floods, and the trophy hunters...just to swim by and eat that carp. Pretty cool when you think about it.
Hey Everyone! The fight for the BIG FISH starts at the 7:40 mark if you want to skip to that! Also, I'm aware this might not be the fish of your dreams (just marketing). Hope you enjoy and Happy Holidays! Like and subscribe, then go do the same for Phil on his channel Bites and Strikes
These types of videos have made me appreciate every body of water I see. You never know where a monster can be. I caught a 52 lb. grass carp out of an abandoned golf course pond in North Carolina! I’ll always be a bass fisherman but I love these videos keep it up
Those bodies of water that are man made yet abandoned can have some monsters in it. I don’t partake in golfing but my buddies have rods in their bags due to golf courses having massive carps in their bodies of water
You mentioned about there not being a better way to end the year...and, for some reason, I got to thinkin' about when I get a lot younger, and used to go to Church. Ever been to what's called a Watchnight Service, where ya listen to some Preachin' Prayin', singin' and shoutin'? I was raised Old-fashioned Pentecostal/Full Gospel, and every year, we'd get together about 8:00 P. M. on New Years Eve, and enjoy ourselves until probably about 1:00 A. M. or so. Man, it was fun! Anyway-Have a happy New Year!
Payton, I’ve been fishing for over 60 years and that was the most exciting catch and release I have ever witnessed. Keep up with your fishing shows young man! You are a role model. Orlando Ronald
Very happy i found your videos brother! As a young teen i was always in every creek bed and every fishing hole i could find. After i started to get sick with my lupus at 24 my fishing slowed down when i turned 30 it stopped almost all the way. I was 40 yesterday and can count on one hand how many times i been fishing in the last 10 years. I miss it a lot i use to fish hours and hours! Very much love your videos reminds me of my past and the love to fish! Thanks God Bless!
Yeah, it was in the ball park but that 70 lb difference is big. The bigger they get the more every single pound becomes a gulf of a difference. One day hopefully!
As an angler from the UK I've got to say what an amazing catch, I watched a TV programme a few years ago where he went searching for these fish as apparently the real big ones had become rare in places and I became fascinated with them. That's surely a fish of a lifetime and I wish we had them here 👍
Here here. Agreed sir. We dream about the fish you have in the states. British fishing his it's moments and places and a lure (haha), but the monsters you have on the side of the road, is incredible
Unbelievably epic! By far the largest AG I've seen or caught. Very special day indeed for y'all. Kudos for caring about the well being of that beautiful personal best. I learned a lot from this video. Y'all take care!!!!
Accidentally had one snap at a humpy that I was fishing. The rise was only about 10 yards from me and I thought that I was onto the largest trout of my life! Once I saw him (I was wading in a shallow river), I was both shocked and more than a little concerned. half an hour later I got him close enough to estimate him at about 20 lbs. He had wrapped around the leader at the snout and luckily another angler waded over and helped me untangle him and let him go.
@@wesleychase1950 right, because a fish that's been around for 60 million years kills all the other fish 🙄 Makes you wonder why the ecological balance didn't tip millions of years ago... You believe in anti-scientific propaganda from 100 years ago.
I am an Angler from bottom East Coast of Australia and always fish from the banks of the rivers or beaches. I have hooked some large ones but never got them out of the water. WELL DONE FELLAS! 🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🤗🤗
Absolutely one of the best fishing video I have even seen, very well done mate, and to catch a PB at this festive time is so up lifting for us all, greatly needed at this troubled time. Here's to many more of your videos in 2022. Cheers Ian from England
I love the respect these two have for this fish. Gars are so under appreciated. Here in Georgia I mainly get longnose (PB 11lbs) and they are always so fun to catch and look at! Mom and girlfriend hate them though 😂. Gonna have to make a trip to Texas for a real dinosaur
We were lucky enough to catch a 222lb Sturgeon on a live this year. N I don't care who u are, a 200+ lb in freshwater is truly a fish of a lifetime! ✌️✌️
Down here in the southern most point of Louisiana, they definitely fish them for food. The Vietnamese will pay you for 'em, too. They'll put signs up saying "Will buy Gar Fish" with their phones numbers, so it's actually kind of lucrative. People will use treble hooks the size of your fist and tie it to half a dozen 2 liter Coke bottles with a chicken leg quarter as bait. So if you ever see a bundle of 2 liter bottles floating around, it's a good possibility there's that dinosaur you speak of hooked to them.
@@luckylollermodmaster6283 I don't believe it is, my friend. It's cruel when you really consider the situation. I fish off of docks, and when I catch a gar, that mother goes right back into the water because I don't want anything to do with them. They're fun to fight and catch, but they're not food to me. But I only use new, sharp hooks that don't cause massive damage to fish in general, and definitely wouldn't damage a gar in the slightest.
Let the celebrations 🍾 begin!! 😂 your smashing it wild life !! You will look back at years to come at these videos and say I lived the dream life, fighting those mammoth creatures!! Them big gar are amazing fish , and catching them in a river makes it that more special, couldn't happen to a better person , congratulations mate🇬🇧🇺🇲🎣🎣
Awesome video and great fishing! It's amazing that those fish have never killed anyone. The one in this video is easily big enough to kill a small person.
So awesome! If we had those alligator gar up here in Canada I'd be fishing for them. But I'd still be catching micros and everything else in between lol. Multispecies is how I roll. Gotta catch a little bit of everything!
What a beautiful animal, once my wife and i were watching fishers in Louisiana and a guy had one that size up on land that he was going to take home i guess and dress it out and it made me so sad to see such a majestic fish end its life that way! catch and release of these dinosaurs is the way to go!
Yea sometimes it’s better to take it out. You don’t know what truly is out there I’ve been river fishing my whole life you’d be surprised what I’ve seen
That’s a Catch the Fever rod. I have several. They are absolutely hands down the strongest rods I’ve ever used. Just wish they made 9 foot versions so I could make really long (90-100 yard) casts.
Your fishing adventures which I now have the pleasure to enjoy remind me of me as kid fishing canals in Miami Florida thank you. As for reference we would set up gear at night from a train track that crosses over a canal in the night and camp out waiting to hear the plash from big fish- alligator gar, catfish, mudfish and some time gators would hit our lines- so much fun and excitement in the dark to find out what we caught. Not recommended these day to hang out near train tracks but that was 70's and 80's. Always catch and release. Great Tube, congratulations!
Hello, I am Saif from Iraq, your follower. I am also a fisherman and I love to hunt, but I do not have strong and original equipment like the one you have. I wish I had equipment like the one you have, but this is a difficult dream to come true.
You never ever disappoint use with your videos...your on another level.its just fact.i appreciate you..would like to see you catch another flathead..once again thank you,take care and God bless you and your poles.merry Christmas 🎄..yup watching you on Christmas
you should send it to the line / road manufacturer for them to use it in their ads. The sound this things do when the gar drags away is just insane, you can literally here the mechanical tension and pressure
At first, i thought it was a sturgeon when the back lifted up, but it went on its side are realized it was a gator gar. Nice fish! It was SUCH a fighter
Awesome catch! Congratulations on your PB! That's an amazing catch especially during the colder months. Great video guys keep up the good work. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!.
Born and raised in Houston tx that is a nice gar im 55 years old been fishing every since I was 5 years old These alligator gars get bigger than this one trust me on this statement try oyster creek in sugarland tx and the trinity river in lake Livingston tx it some huge monsters out there the best time to catch gar is the summer months
I bet a sturgeon could drag an equal length gar around in circles, they seem much more powerful so I"m gonna say you probably still got me beat. Would be a dream to catch a sturgeon.
@@wildlifefishingshow I hope you get out yo the west coast someday to feel it! Cheers! It was a super strong fight, the current is insane where I was fishing.
Wow superb too good to be watching this monster fish . You must have some extra ordinary skills and patience to land this fish on the shore ... well done man 👍👍👍👍👍
What a monster. How long has that fish been watching Houston go by? She's probably at least 40 years old...so she watched Hurricane Alicia come through and wash out her bayou or creek she was born in back in the 80's. She avoided all the arrows, the gnarly construction projects, the dredging, droughts and floods, and the trophy hunters...just to swim by and eat that carp. Pretty cool when you think about it.
Ppp
It would make for a killer BBQ ur right.
Hail Santa!
True and would you like some Girl Scout cookies
Amazing. It was around before hip hop. And the bbq lady above
Hey Everyone! The fight for the BIG FISH starts at the 7:40 mark if you want to skip to that!
Also, I'm aware this might not be the fish of your dreams (just marketing). Hope you enjoy and Happy Holidays!
Like and subscribe, then go do the same for Phil on his channel Bites and Strikes
Nah, I'll watch the whole video 😉
Best ytber for the timeline
Thanks 👌🏽
Do they attack humans
@@richardduyf no
These types of videos have made me appreciate every body of water I see. You never know where a monster can be. I caught a 52 lb. grass carp out of an abandoned golf course pond in North Carolina! I’ll always be a bass fisherman but I love these videos keep it up
Those bodies of water that are man made yet abandoned can have some monsters in it. I don’t partake in golfing but my buddies have rods in their bags due to golf courses having massive carps in their bodies of water
Nice size fish
It was an absolute beast of a fish and I'm glad to have been a part of that catch! I can't think of a better way to end the year.
You mentioned about there not being a better way to end the year...and, for some reason, I got to thinkin' about when I get a lot younger, and used to go to Church. Ever been to what's called a Watchnight Service, where ya listen to some Preachin' Prayin', singin' and shoutin'? I was raised Old-fashioned Pentecostal/Full Gospel, and every year, we'd get together about 8:00 P. M. on New Years Eve, and enjoy ourselves until probably about 1:00 A. M. or so. Man, it was fun!
Anyway-Have a happy New Year!
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@@ronaldshank7589
That sounds like a fcking nightmare.
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Nah they were a great time and a great way to start your year @Jay-hp6pu
I don't get amazed by too many fish any more but that gar absolutely dropped my jaw. I am appalled by the size and beauty of this fish.
What a colossus! How wonderful that you released him to continue to enjoy the wild life!
I have live around Houston my whole life and never thought fish that big would be in the city
Thank God you released beautiful fish.You are very generous. ❤️❤️❤️
Payton, I’ve been fishing for over 60 years and that was the most exciting catch and release I have ever witnessed. Keep up with your fishing shows young man! You are a role model.
Orlando Ronald
I respect you guys for catch and release. For that fish to live and reproduce and pass down those strong genes.
Very happy i found your videos brother! As a young teen i was always in every creek bed and every fishing hole i could find. After i started to get sick with my lupus at 24 my fishing slowed down when i turned 30 it stopped almost all the way. I was 40 yesterday and can count on one hand how many times i been fishing in the last 10 years. I miss it a lot i use to fish hours and hours! Very much love your videos reminds me of my past and the love to fish! Thanks God Bless!
Thank you for putting this big guy back.
That’s pretty close to the biggest caught on rod and reel. I think the record is 272lbs. Nicely done guys!
Agreed!!! He spent all day, trying to hook into something decent, and ended up catchin' a WHOPPER of a Fish!!!
Yeah, it was in the ball park but that 70 lb difference is big. The bigger they get the more every single pound becomes a gulf of a difference. One day hopefully!
@@wildlifefishingshow what reel is that?
@@boxingfanazM.O.B It's a Daiwa BG, they're pretty good reels. I have two of them, a 2500 and then a 4500.
Largest fish caught on a rod and reel was a great white shark. I can't imagine trying to bring I either this or that
Incredible!
First time ever I see a lasso used on a fish.
Let alone two!😆😆
As an angler from the UK I've got to say what an amazing catch, I watched a TV programme a few years ago where he went searching for these fish as apparently the real big ones had become rare in places and I became fascinated with them. That's surely a fish of a lifetime and I wish we had them here 👍
River monsters?
@@antiqz6760 yes I think it was Jeremy 👍
Wonderful,such good fishing!
Here here. Agreed sir. We dream about the fish you have in the states. British fishing his it's moments and places and a lure (haha), but the monsters you have on the side of the road, is incredible
@@BenCazzola don’t you guys have the giant wells catfish?
Great job…..and thank you for returning her to the water so nicely….
That fish be like "I can't believe I fell for that ole fish head trick after all I've been through!"
Grown Mans Game Fish!!!! Big Mama! That Daiwa BG is a awesome reel!
Yeah, for the price Daiwa BGs are hard to beat
Unbelievably epic! By far the largest AG I've seen or caught. Very special day indeed for y'all. Kudos for caring about the well being of that beautiful personal best. I learned a lot from this video. Y'all take care!!!!
I respect you guys so much for having that patience to wait for the gar to catch them.
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Oh man! A Prehistoric monster indeed - Congratulations on your PB!!! Happy Holidays to you two guys!
Thanks and same to you!
Accidentally had one snap at a humpy that I was fishing. The rise was only about 10 yards from me and I thought that I was onto the largest trout of my life! Once I saw him (I was wading in a shallow river), I was both shocked and more than a little concerned. half an hour later I got him close enough to estimate him at about 20 lbs. He had wrapped around the leader at the snout and luckily another angler waded over and helped me untangle him and let him go.
That was an amazing fish to witness getting landed guys! Awesome to see that big guy out there still breeding and keeping the species going.
Thanks!
So he can kill all the non invasive and good eatin fish? Makes sense.
@@wesleychase1950 right, because a fish that's been around for 60 million years kills all the other fish 🙄
Makes you wonder why the ecological balance didn't tip millions of years ago...
You believe in anti-scientific propaganda from 100 years ago.
I am an Angler from bottom East Coast of Australia and always fish from the banks of the rivers or beaches. I have hooked some large ones but never got them out of the water. WELL DONE FELLAS! 🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🤗🤗
Absolutely one of the best fishing video I have even seen, very well done mate, and to catch a PB at this festive time is so up lifting for us all, greatly needed at this troubled time. Here's to many more of your videos in 2022. Cheers Ian from England
Thank you very much, I appreciate it!
Ever here of Bill Dance or Sylvester the cat 🐈😺
I love this video.
Let's get a video of the Welsh Catfish
Awesome...
What an incredible Malaysian Sheep fish!
That beauty is about 13,000 miles from home!
I love the respect these two have for this fish. Gars are so under appreciated. Here in Georgia I mainly get longnose (PB 11lbs) and they are always so fun to catch and look at! Mom and girlfriend hate them though 😂. Gonna have to make a trip to Texas for a real dinosaur
We were lucky enough to catch a 222lb Sturgeon on a live this year. N I don't care who u are, a 200+ lb in freshwater is truly a fish of a lifetime! ✌️✌️
Absolutely incredible alligator gar ...
An absolute prehistoric monster...
Well caught and released guys 🍻
From Texas: We love that dinosaur fish. We don't go fishing for them.
Down here in the southern most point of Louisiana, they definitely fish them for food. The Vietnamese will pay you for 'em, too. They'll put signs up saying "Will buy Gar Fish" with their phones numbers, so it's actually kind of lucrative. People will use treble hooks the size of your fist and tie it to half a dozen 2 liter Coke bottles with a chicken leg quarter as bait. So if you ever see a bundle of 2 liter bottles floating around, it's a good possibility there's that dinosaur you speak of hooked to them.
@@Ivegotwormsinme how is that legal that's terible
@@luckylollermodmaster6283 I don't believe it is, my friend. It's cruel when you really consider the situation. I fish off of docks, and when I catch a gar, that mother goes right back into the water because I don't want anything to do with them. They're fun to fight and catch, but they're not food to me. But I only use new, sharp hooks that don't cause massive damage to fish in general, and definitely wouldn't damage a gar in the slightest.
WILDLIFE! Merry Christmas man! That is a mega monster giant gar! Great episode man I loved it! Keep on getting down!
Thanks!
Nice catch! The baits you use are the fishes I catch lol.
Ha, thanks
Let the celebrations 🍾 begin!! 😂 your smashing it wild life !! You will look back at years to come at these videos and say I lived the dream life, fighting those mammoth creatures!! Them big gar are amazing fish , and catching them in a river makes it that more special, couldn't happen to a better person , congratulations mate🇬🇧🇺🇲🎣🎣
Thanks, I appreciate it!
That was a incredible catch! Well played. You are a pro, my frjend.
Awesome video and great fishing! It's amazing that those fish have never killed anyone. The one in this video is easily big enough to kill a small person.
They're definitely very big but they don't really eat anything bigger than their own mouth, so never really a threat to people.
Gar are not alligators… I feel too many people kill them on the trinity river. Sucks…. My biggest 3 ft
That was a monster brother. Merry Christmas
Thanks!
Monster fish! Congrats!
What fish is it Andrea?
@@IlBuonSosis They call it a Gar fish.
Dude….that was amazing! Glad to see you honored the fish. Fish Awn.😎
That reel is doing some work man! Awesome stuff. The way they instantly disappear when released is some creepy shit
Thats an absolute giant ,what a fish ,big respect for your handling of it 👏
So awesome! If we had those alligator gar up here in Canada I'd be fishing for them. But I'd still be catching micros and everything else in between lol. Multispecies is how I roll. Gotta catch a little bit of everything!
Multi-Species life!
@@Graceclaw absolutely, variety is the best!
I like how he goes straight to the point no 30 minute yapping just straight fishinf
What a beautiful animal, once my wife and i were watching fishers in Louisiana and a guy had one that size up on land that he was going to take home i guess and dress it out and it made me so sad to see such a majestic fish end its life that way! catch and release of these dinosaurs is the way to go!
Yea sometimes it’s better to take it out. You don’t know what truly is out there I’ve been river fishing my whole life you’d be surprised what I’ve seen
Oh Man, that's so tragic.
Thanks for the video everone ,that fish was bigger than me lol, lol,
Lol, lol, great video .
WOOOOOOW!!! Awesome catch guys I'll be keeping an eye out for a gar with that fin! 🏆🏆🏆
We'll have to give him a name
Wow a giant Gar fish, l haven't seen one that large! Good job getting him in! 😊
Awesome fish, Henry would be proud! 😆😆 Great job, congratulations!
Jesus Christ that’s a monster. They are a hell of a challenge to catch great job!
Thanks!
This video made my day, fantastic job guys!
Thank you!
i've never smashed the subscribe button as fast as i did on your channel......absolutely brilliant
That’s a Catch the Fever rod. I have several. They are absolutely hands down the strongest rods I’ve ever used. Just wish they made 9 foot versions so I could make really long (90-100 yard) casts.
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I have never seen anyone lasso a fish before, certainly is a prehistoric looking fish, what a great catch!!
Your fishing adventures which I now have the pleasure to enjoy remind me of me as kid fishing canals in Miami Florida thank you. As for reference we would set up gear at night from a train track that crosses over a canal in the night and camp out waiting to hear the plash from big fish- alligator gar, catfish, mudfish and some time gators would hit our lines- so much fun and excitement in the dark to find out what we caught. Not recommended these day to hang out near train tracks but that was 70's and 80's. Always catch and release. Great Tube, congratulations!
Loved hearing that drag squeal! Congratulations on that big dinosaur.
Crazy to think that those waters hold such monsters. I love your videos man
A true fisherman gets excited when his friend is hooked up! 😂🎉
And I was quite pleased with my 2lb jack pike caught in my local brook. This is on another scale!!!
I would love to catch a pike 👍
very nice catch
Hello, I am Saif from Iraq, your follower. I am also a fisherman and I love to hunt, but I do not have strong and original equipment like the one you have. I wish I had equipment like the one you have, but this is a difficult dream to come true.
I hope you can make it happen, good luck!
Thank you.I am glad you released it back.
Here in Lake Conroe we catch them 9ft long. And 12ft plus in the Trinity River. Fun catch. Nice vid bro
And that is a FISH🤩
Great job !
You never ever disappoint use with your videos...your on another level.its just fact.i appreciate you..would like to see you catch another flathead..once again thank you,take care and God bless you and your poles.merry Christmas 🎄..yup watching you on Christmas
I appreciate it! I have some plans for more flatheads for sure!
If you haven't fished the Kanahwa River in West Virginia for monster yellow catfish, you should.
I'll put it on the list!
Great catch, awesome fish!!!
Thanks!
you should send it to the line / road manufacturer for them to use it in their ads. The sound this things do when the gar drags away is just insane, you can literally here the mechanical tension and pressure
Incredible catch man!!!!
Thanks!
At first, i thought it was a sturgeon when the back lifted up, but it went on its side are realized it was a gator gar. Nice fish! It was SUCH a fighter
I’m on vacation but man Im jealous!! Huge gar right there!
Thanks!
Best Christmas present ever.
100%
Well Done!! Great fish and great handling 👍🏾
Thanks!
Wow... Big fish😍...best strike..👍 congratulations bro... Buat gulai sodap ni.. 😎
Man this blows my mind how big this fish can get
damn man merry christmas to you lol
Ha, you too
Awesome catch! Congratulations on your PB! That's an amazing catch especially during the colder months. Great video guys keep up the good work. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!.
Thanks, I was very surprised to see it
Such an awesome catch and an even better release, perfect vid brother
Amazing fish of a lifetime. Congrats.
Thanks!
Dude you took your fishy for a walk!!!
Gar rodeo!!! Busting or bulldogging that fish!!!!
Brilliant
What rod and reel
Born and raised in Houston tx that is a nice gar im 55 years old been fishing every since I was 5 years old These alligator gars get bigger than this one trust me on this statement try oyster creek in sugarland tx and the trinity river in lake Livingston tx it some huge monsters out there the best time to catch gar is the summer months
You have me beat... my PB is 6'9" (81") sturgeon. That's a tank!
I bet a sturgeon could drag an equal length gar around in circles, they seem much more powerful so I"m gonna say you probably still got me beat. Would be a dream to catch a sturgeon.
@@wildlifefishingshow I hope you get out yo the west coast someday to feel it! Cheers! It was a super strong fight, the current is insane where I was fishing.
Awesome catch mate! Congrats! Merry Yule, and keep up the great work in the next year :)
Thanks!
That's a HUGE fish! Merry Christmas!
Thanks, you too!
That thing was massive! Holy smokes !!!! That’s bad ass bro
What a crazy fish wow well done all the way from Scotland 🏴🏴
Outstanding! I'm to old to work but too young to die! I wanna move back to Texas and just go fishing!
The bg reels are on point. Awesome catch guys.
So pleased I found your site what Awesome fish.
Wow superb too good to be watching this monster fish . You must have some extra ordinary skills and patience to land this fish on the shore ... well done man 👍👍👍👍👍
Wow what a content on this channel! Amazing!
Nice work! Great fish and angling😝👍
Sweet! Merry Christmas! 🌲🐟
You too!
WOW! Way to go guys! That was fun!
Awwww I'm so happy you put him back! I also hope it doesn't take out a small child... I could see how people would not put those big gars back lol
Holy Moly! WOW! Yeah man, huge fish, biggest one I seen anybody catch in a while! Henry and Ty would be envious of that! Merry Christmas buddy!
Thanks!
@@wildlifefishingshow - yeah buddy you’re welcome!
What a Christmas present. Congratulations on your PB
Awesome fish a true dinosaur! What a Christmas present!
Indeed!
I enjoyed watching with all due respect Champion. I subscribed to your channel.
Y’all are awesome! Great catch!
GREAT job ! Pure knowledge, skills, and the right tackle. BZ = Well done - Navy style 👏