gator gar help

[Rhino427]

Ive tried gar balls and frying and its not bad just not good either kind of like eating tuff mud marinated catfish.

Hmmm gar balls? But if the gar is fresh ill soak it in water for a day to get that mudd taste out.

[FULL DRAW]

Cut off your fillets and season with what ever seasings your heart desires. Get you some of those fancy cedar planks that you can cook fish and other critters on. Soak them in water to keep them from burning. Put some orange and lemon slices with rosemary on the plank with some extra virgin olive oil and place your fish on them. Smoke them for about an hour or so till the fillets have a good smokey color on them. Take your fish off the planks and trow it away and eat the planks. Haha. It will probably be better than that gar.

[Texifornia]

Fry them like pork skins no batter add salt and pepper dip in melted butter, and a few beers!

Don't you need the few beers first so it doesn't taste so bad lol

[rebelbow]

clean gar ,trim anything not white off it. pat dry( setting in water makes it mushy)
slice thin and dredge in fish fry mix , fry in hot oil and enjoy!

[Vantage Point]

Hmmm. I'm going bowfishing next weekend and thought about giving gator gar a try. Think I'm going to fertilize the soil. Too many bad reviews.

[MexicobowHunter]

How hungry do you have to be to eat Gar?

[Low Fence]

How hungry do you have to be to eat Gar?

Funny you should ask

Years ago we hunted out of state. Bottled water and thats it! If you wanted to eat you had to kill it..we were there 5 days. On day 3 of ZERO food, I got in the Canoe and shot 3-5 small spotted gar, and a drum. I cleaned them all....then chunked them in the woods and went hungry one more day.

Next day I shot a deer the size of a rabit (honestly every oz. of meat fit in a 1gallon freezer bag). There was nothing left in one night.

Luckily I shot a doe the size of a horse the next day and all was good.

Gar (any kind)= nasty

Carp...if I'm starving

Buffalo....good if not for the bones

bowfin..... ohh @%^% no!

Shad...taste AWESOME!!!! let me know if you want me to cook you some to sample

[brrdnk]

Here is one for smoked gar.
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[Muddy Bud]

My wife loves gar fried. I can't stand the smell of the stuff my self. Usually try and sale them before I leave boat ramp.

[JoshuaKirtley]

Never tried eating gar, havent hear to many satisfying things about them either.

[Bowdark]

Brine them first (icewater brine). Then cook however you want.
yummy.

But, then again, I eat merganzers and coots, too.

Its all good. Its all in the prep.

[GR5]

back in the days of one of my previous wives gar fish was a regular table fare. All dishes were prepared in either brown rouex or tomato rouex. Her Mother was a professional cook and everything tasted wonderful. Did I ever mention how much beer they drank

[Low Fence]

Brine them first (icewater brine). Then cook however you want.
yummy.

But, then again, I eat merganzers and coots, too.
Its all good. Its all in the prep.

Your taste buds have been permenatly damaged at one time or another

[Martin]

I don't have a problem with gar, I guess maybe a lot of it is what you grew up eating, and what you're used to. But then...I do love grits and sardines for breakfast.

[wow]

forry fresh in a cornmeal batter withany seasonings you like. fry till it ffloats ate it this way all my life