CLEANING AND FILLETING ALLIGATOR GAR FROM START TO FINISH 

I have absolutely no idea why youtube recommended me this video, but I couldn't stop watching. Good job.

Pov: your learning to skin a fish you'll never catch

After all that hard work, that fish better taste like heaven

24M Views, so I guess I am not the only one who likes watching Alligator Gar cleaned and Filleted! Nice video.

I used go alligator gar fishing with my dad when I was young. The best memories of my life with my daddy, he went to be with the Lord in 2000. Watching your video brought me so many memories, thank you so much ❤️

I don’t know what the yt algorithm lead me to but clearly it was able to grab my attention to watch the whole video

I watched this back when it first came out. You’ve got some impressive knife skills.

Absolutely beautiful job and you did a fantastic job showing everyone how to do it.

i really think it’s amazing how you brought together 12 million people, most of which probably never fished a day in there life, with a video. keep up the good work fellas

Bruh, its a miracle this video didn't end with him getting stiches.

That was incredible. Thank you for this great video on breaking down a gar.

I’m a chef and have been preparing alligator gar for many years. The silver skin that you remove should not be thrown out but rather added to a large stockpot together with the bones and aromatics such as onions, carrots, celery, coriander or parsley. You can let it simmer for 24 hours, strain the stock and can in mason jars at 10 lbs. of pressure. This stock is very useful for all seafood dishes. It can also be used in soups and rice. This is a very strong and flavorful stock, a little goes a long way. Nice job breaking down the fish without damaging any of it.

I will more than likely never use what I have learned here but I was extremely entertained and it was a good tutorial 👍

Even though I'm watching 2 yrs later DAM that was amazing and Very Cool. Lots of meat , that gar was like watching you hack through a tree. Dam that's a very hard shell skin . No wonder your built like a tank , you need all that muscular force to get to the good stuff. Well done and loved the video.Great teaching as well. Hopefully you're still doing videos . 👏👏👏👏👏👍✌️🙃🇨🇦

This guy has natural talent for talking to the camera and explaining things. No filler, no BS, just clear, and gets to the point (no pun intended)

I can't believe I watched this entire video, never fished a day in my life.

Chillest dude in history 👌

thanks for showing me how to do that, you seem really down to earth and i liked your explanations

Skinning a dinosaur like we wouldn’t notice. That fish is massive.

I like how this dude does not waste ANY meat. Real fisherman right here.

One of the best videos I've seen cutting up a fish, perfect m8

Excellent! No waste whatsoever! 🌻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I have no idea why I'm watching this, but I am thoroughly entertained.

It is STUNNING that with the amount of time you spent cutting toward your hand, you left with everything intact. Impressive

This is something I'll probably never do but it's still amazes me how he made it look like it's something I should learn. Enjoyed the whole vid

What an amazing Fish ! Must be an extremely strong Fish with those tough Shells on it! Top Evolution 👍🏼

Awesome video.... Grew up fishing and skinning fish... never a alligator gat pain in the ass to carch.... Literally taught me. Thank you

This has really opened my eyes to how tough some skin is - I'm used to smaller fish so seeing how hard this is to cut is kind of surprising to me.

What amazed me was the sheer durability and strength of the scales

That skill must have been passed down a few generations. That is a lot of meat. I have never tried any but it sure looked good. Very good narration and video. Thanks for sharing

That's a monster catch. Glad he didn't cut himself. Be careful & happy fishing, dude! 😎

Legend has it that he's still chopping that fish to this day.

Watching this made me realize how hard dragon scales truly is in fantasy shows/video games

This asmr to me, I listen to this to help fall asleep, literally,it's the repeated chopping and slicing sounds that become hypnotic and relaxing,same as lawn care sounds tbh

Man fantastic work. I grew up in El Paso. Came to the DFW area after college. Fishing here has been much fun. I’ve tried to catch a monster like this, but my fam taught me, not to kill an animal u less you gonna eat it. Ppl around me were just catching and leaving this fish to die and rot. But watching you and seeing this meat, I bet it’s better than carp. Thx brother.

first time, i've seen someone clean a gar. very interesting. basicly, just like other fish.

You know, when I was younger I used to ask my father why we toss back alligator gar, since they're such huge fish. He always told me they're too much effort to clean. Now I see he wasn't kidding.

This dude got all his fingers still. Most impressive thing about this video.

Man, I'd love to see the actual catch! Great vid.

I had no idea there was that much meat on a gar! Excellent video, thank you for sharing.

Very cool. People need to keep in mind that this guy is cleaning this fish AFTER spending the day fishing, and who knows what else (working maybe). Good job man and thanks for sharing!

Hey, my man, I've got a less physically arduous way of skinning those if you're interested in trying something different. Your method is clearly effective, but I've got another one I used to use when I worked in a taxidermy shop. Just get you a small knife, about as big as a pairing knife but tough enough to handle being worked a little hard, and start at the front, go under a scale and cut in a zig-zag pattern going up then down and you can get it open and started without having to seriously dull your big cleaver or risk slamming your knuckles into the scales. You can get all the way to the gill plate like that, and then you just skin him out as normal. Because we needed to hide the cut as much as possible, we cut down the middle of one side, but if you start the cut up high and then work around the "Corner" of their body where their semi-square shape turns you can get them open pretty easy and preserve your knives and fingers. I've had to skin so many of these things I could probably do it in my sleep. These fish in particular still haunt my dreams.

The term "skeleton meat" is so funny to me for some reason. Every time he said it, it made me giggle. Great video my dude!!!

as a kid my first vacation with my family to the beach was at Galveston Texas. My father remodeled an older Grey hound bus and we stayed on the beach near the shore line. I will always remember these older men pulling gars out of the ocean using and old wench truck. Those monsters were huge! Needless to say we ate chunks of gar that night! It was great!

NOTE to self: If ever catch a gar, get someone else to clean it.

4:52 I jumped in my seat when the cleaver missed it's mark and headed for your inner forearm. That being said, this breakdown was very interesting and educational. Very much glad you used as much of the fish as you possibly could. Great video! Nice work!

Impressive for sure! That is a lot of meat. Great job thanks for the "show how." I don't know if I will ever be fortunate enough to catch and harvest a Alligator gar but can put this knowledge to work on any fish. Great video.

Any video of skill workers is fun to watch.

The stretchy stuff that people usually throw away can be dehydrated into a tough jerky and given to your dog. They will love you for the eatable and delicious chew toy.

That beast was impressive, so was the fact you had all fingers and toes after this.

That was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! That's one man you don't want angry at you! That had to be harder than it looked! He's a master with that knife! I don't know what Gar tastes like, but id try it

Nice effort, I enjoyed it 👏

Even if I don’t go fishing, I find this very interesting. I actually enjoyed watching a huge fish being cleaned and cut up. Thank you! 👍🏻🤗🇺🇸

I don't know why you would dislike a man who is feeding his friends and family, nice video brotha!!!

Wow he is amazing. Question what does it taste like? How do you prepare it?

not only am I impressed at the beautiful fish this gentleman has caught. but the way he processes that fish is truly an art form

I like how he finds ways to use all parts of the fish, a lot of people would usually just throw the belly meat and spine away

love that y’all from the valley keep puttin on.

Great Vid....and Love getting that "stretchy stuff" off that meat! Good Job...very informative. I think I will keep the next one I catch, but I have only caught 2 in about 30 years of fishing so it may be a while.

Alternate title: "How to clean a fish if you have really great health insurance"

It's amazing he still has all his fingers, as many times as he slipped with that cleaver. 😂

great info on cleaning the Gar, i've never cleaned one but i've caught several in the past. just didn't know how or if I should clean or eat them.

What an amazing fish, you didn't waste a thing great job.

I just got to know this fish a min ago and this man even teached me how to skin it He is skilled though

The armored Rhino predator of the fish world, solid video. Now we need some Cilantro..... Onion.....lime and fresh tortillas.....Gar Tacos.

Mr Gar is very accommodating as he’s completely relaxed whilst getting his skin removed….

I am on the awesome side of youtube! thank you golf ball skinning videos!

It’s amazing the kind of armor this fish has

That's how you filet a fish, nothing wasted. Especially that back bone, still have tons of meat 🍖 on it! Great job!!

In college we visited the Rockport Aquarium on the Texas coast. There was a Coast Guard station nearby! Some Spanish guys had caught 3 huge Gar's. They were Barbequing them for the CG guys! They let us try some, and it was damn good stuff!!!

wow.. amazing! couldn't stop watching. super super!!😍

i watched half of this covering my eyes hoping you'd get through this with all ur digits

Very nice video my guy! I wish I knew this a few years ago when I cleaned a gar about the same size. Used a pair of bolt cutters for the hide and it was a massive pain. This method looks much easier.

That is one sharp knife. Great cleaning.

This man is gonna fall asleep the moment he hits the pillow

Man I wish I could fish with y’all, master’s of fishing well done brother, God bless and keep you and your family

Awesome video bro no waste whatsoever very cool. New subscriber to your channel and will be binge watching all your videos. Have a blessed day. Aloha from Kansas

Wow I remember watching this video when first came out can't believe been 2 years already.

Never seen something quite as interesting as an alligator gar being prepared. Looks so fascinating...

This fish is called Pejelagarto in the South of Mexico and it is very common to fish in natural rivers, although it is currently grown more in nurseries for its high consumption, it is usually eaten roasted and accompanied by Amashito Chile sauce, and a very cold beer.

I've caught some gar before up in Iowa when I was a teen, but never ate any. Up where I lived most considered it a trash fish and always tossed em back. The was a joke i heard from the older guys on how to cook them. You nail it to a board, stick it in the oven at 400°f for a couple hours, pull it out, pull the fish off the board and toss it in the can, then eat the board. 😅 Im curious what they taste like though, and what the texture is like. Im fond of pretty much everything that come outta the water.

That fish the absolute definition of 'built different'

Fantastic job. I always appreciate the guys that do their best to get everything possible off of the animals they harvest.

Bro said "I estimate it at 5 1/2' more or less.... so that's what it is" lmao got me dead

Nice you make it look easy

Seems like a lot of work. Good job!

This is literally one of my favorite youtube videos, ever.

My father caught a Gar the same size and he gave it to a neighbor because he didn't want to clean it lol Nice seeing these 'How To' videos for cleaning fish, thanks for the posts.

wow!...big fish!...big job to clean and prep...you worked very well, our friend!

we use to see them all the time in the Rio Grande in parts you could swim before all the illegal stuff... 956 love!

The damn thing is dead and it's still giving you one hell of a fight.

Knowing I probably won’t ever catch an alligator gar this video allowed me to vicariously live through you

I swear this video pops up on my feed every few months and I can't help but watch even though I don't fish and I don't eat seafood.

Thank you for showing me where my canned fish comes from! Thank God, You're doing this and not me.

5 mins into the vid and I knew I'd never bother trying to clean a gar.

I don’t know what’s more amazing, the size of the fish or that this guy has all his fingers 😬😜😂 cool vid though

you’re a good teacher

I don’t even know why I’m here, but eyy, I’m watching.

11:28 There’s enough shell there to make a full chest plate now just two or three more and you’ll have a full set of fish armor lol

This man has so much "Imma show you this once, so pay attention" energy. He's like that one Tio at the family fish fry who drinks Modelo and vibes to his own singing while working at the grill. Yeah thats very specific but tell me Im wrong.