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Article: Gar is part alligator, part fish and a totally rough customer.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2007
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Byline: Ray Sasser
CROCKETT, Texas _ Fueled and muddied by the runoff from recent rains, the Trinity River surged like a tidal wave of chocolate milk as it flushed fallen trees downstream. Sam Lovell tied off the airboat bow to a green tree that waved violently as it fought to maintain its tenuous toehold in the powerful current.
"We're on stand, now," said Lovell, only half-joking. "We need to be as quiet as possible. This is just like deer hunting, which is one reason I enjoy it so much."
Lovell and his partner, Steve Barclay, tiptoed around the wide bottom of the aluminum airboat as they readied their archery gear. Somewhere below the boat ...