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While spin fishing in Costa Rica’s Rio Frio angler Mauricio Solis Salas landed a 19 lb - tropical gar. Salas was fishing with local guide Francisco Mejias Naranjo and needed 15 minutes to land the fish.
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Dr. Jose Pereira Perez caught this tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) while fishing the Rio Frio in Costa Rica. He eeded only ten minutes to cathc this 14.76 kg - 32 lb 8 oz gar.
Tropical Gar Video:
Tropical gar,is a Predator fish found in freshwaters from southern Mexico to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala; It us reported to reach lengths of up to 50 inch - 1.25 m in the wild for a weight of around 25 lb - 11 kg.
| DISTRIBUTION: | Central America |
| MAX SIZE: | 25 lb / 11 kg |
| MAX LENGTH: | 50 inch / 125 cm |
| MAX AGE: | Unknown |
| ENVIRONMENT: | Freswater |