[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by gwl2oneida

May i ask what the purpose is? Is it food, invasive species control? I gotta say that's a graphic picture sure to get comments. Personally as long as its within legal limits my opinion has no place on any thread.

No problem. Yes carp goldfish snakeheads and blue cats are all invasive species. Gar are native but considered a rough fish with no value. Gar are primarily small fish eaters sucking up thousands and thousands of game fish fry and bait fish. We shoot those gar in 3 or 4 miles of shoreline of a river system that runs 405 miles, not sure how far up river you can find gar but every tributary was also full of them. We guarantee did not affect their population the least bit and left plenty even where we shot. Long sling targets are pretty hard while they are swimming. Plus a few families that asked for them were extremely happy to receive fresh fish. Only thing that was not taken for food was the gold fish