Wednesday, February 23, 2011

It would be nice if we had these in South Carolina

You may recognize this prehistoric beast from Discovery Channel's River Monsters. But the alligator gar Jeremy Wade, River Monsters host, landed with a Texas freshwater guide, was tiny compared to this 327-pound behemoth. Read more by FoxNews by clicking on the image.

A frame from a video of the 327-pound alligator gar recently caught in Vicksburg, Mississippi.


In case you haven't seen the River Monster's episode where Wade tangos with a much smaller alligator gar, the video below will only give us a glimpse into what this angler from Mississippi wrestled with in the picture above: