An alligator gar in Texas has earned one fisherman an award from state authorities. John Harrington earned an "Outstanding Angler Award" from the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) division for his ...

Dawson Hefner learned how to catch alligator gar when he was a teenager, landing his first alligator gar when he was 16 years old by drifting a chunk of freshwater drum under a Coke bottle in Texas’s ...

Payton Moore uses gear most anglers consider overkill for freshwater fishing. His 80-pound-test line, ended with wire and a short length of 100-pound-test monofilament, is more than enough to land ...

A man from Texas has been recognized for catching the heaviest alligator gar on record from Lake Corpus Christi. Paul Hefner, a Texas angler, used a jug line to capture a 207-pound alligator gar in ...

Alligator gar have all the major characteristics of a trophy gamefish. They’ll eat a variety of baits and lures, they pull like hell, and, most importantly, they’re giants. The species now has its own ...

Texas alligator gar season is in spring and summer, and the longest-living freshwater fish in the state will be attracted to the warmer waters. While anglers may be anxious to catch and release ...

SHAWNEE, Kan. (WIBW) - A bow-angler from Parsons broke a 40-year state record by catching a 7.98-pound spotted gar in Kansas. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) officials said Michael ...

Art Weston is no stranger to catching world record-size fish, with dozens of accolades in his name. But the Kentucky angler’s latest achievement, along with a “humanoid” creature he caught the day ...

EAST TEXAS (KYTX/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - Two anglers caught a monstrous Alligator Gar. The numbers were big and have shattered world records. "This fish was 100 inches long, by 48-inch girth was 283 ...

The gar weighed 20.5 pounds and taped out at 29.5 inches long. Photo courtesy David Confair David Confair and his fishing pal Grant Usilton were drift fishing for big longnose gar in Confair’s 23-foot ...

A man from Pennsylvania has told Newsweek about the incredible moment he caught a huge alligator gar in Texas' Trinity River. Avid fisherman Dave, who only gave his first name, recently shared a ...

Fishing in an undisclosed bayou in Houston last Thursday, Payton Moore landed a fish of a lifetime that caused him to choke up after releasing it. Moore, who videotapes his fishing exploits and posts ...