What Does Gar Taste Like? The dark meat of the alligator gar has a very gamey taste, but the light meat is mild in flavor, somewhat like lobster, and has a texture that resembles chicken. You don't want to remove all the dark meat, though, because it does provide some flavor to the light meat.

Is gar worth eating?

Eating Gar, a Taste of the Primitive. There are two things you need to know about the Gar. The first is that it is very edible, really. The second is that its eggs are toxic to mammals and birds.

Is gar bad fish?

Although they may look ferocious, alligator gars pose no threat to humans and there are no known attacks on people. They can pose a passive danger, though: The fish's eggs are poisonous to humans if ingested. The toxicity of gar eggs serves as a defense mechanism against predators such as crustaceans.