I usually keep a line in the canal at the end of the yard, and have caught lots of catfish &
crappie when they come to the shallower water in the Spring.
We were sitting around this evening and it sounded like somebody fell in the lake.
Upon further investigation, I had caught a 8 pound long nose gar.
I've never landed & kept one out of clean water before.
So after taking a few classes from Professor youtube, I cleaned & filleted it.
The yield on them isn't great, and you have to take certain precautions with their innards,
but the two fillets weighed in right at 2 pounds.
Frying it like any other fresh water fish is probably fine, but I thought I'd check and see if anyone had
some classic 'this is how Grandma did it' recipes.