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 ...

Chris Hernandez of San Benito, Texas, tells the story of how he caught a 7-foot, 200-pound alligator gar — a type of ray-finned fish — from his kayak. We've all heard fish stories about the one that ...

Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 alligator gar trophy tag from now until the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anglers interested in hooking an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2025 alligator gar tag through Dec. 31. Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of Mexico each year in search of ...

A Georgia angler has established a new state record with her catch Saturday of a 31-pound, 2-ounce longnose gar. Rachel Harrison, of Adairsville, caught the toothy gar on the Coosa River near Rome.

Two fishermen in Texas caught a huge alligator gar from the Brazos River in the College Station area last week that they said was “bigger than our boat” and was “the biggest fish we have ever pulled ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Kentucky man might have beaten a world record when he caught a huge river monster in Texas. On Sunday, Arthur Weston was fishing in Trinity River, which is about an hour ...

Today we're out fishing for gar, specifically longnose gar. We're using small lures baited with a twister worm and casting ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirms Anthony Schnur, Jr. of Pevely is the latest state-record holder after catching a 32-pound, 10-ounce ...