In the comments of the Facebook post, Benitez explained that Edgar caught and killed the gar using a bow and arrow, a fishing method often used to catch freshwater fish like carp and gar ...

Kirk Kirkland caught a giant, 153-pound alligator gar on ultra-light line. The gar is a new pending world record. It’s also the heaviest freshwater fish ever landed on 2-pound test, according to the ...

Using fishing hooks that are larger than 3/0 could result in damaging the internal organs of an alligator gar or small fish, according to the wildlife agency. 2. Catch alligator gar and similar ...

An angler may have broken a world record after reeling in a massive prehistoric-looking fish. Art Weston, a Kentucky resident, went to Lake Livingston, Texas, to catch an alligator gar with the ...

There’s also a growing contingent of bowfishermen who are eager to shoot these fish. But the species hasn’t always been this popular. Until recently, alligator gar were vilified by most sportfishermen ...

Kentucky fisherman Art Weston won't ever have to lie about the size of fish he has caught. It's because he may have landed one of the biggest ever! The duo are a fishing dream team. Weston has ...

Once approved, this alligator gar will be Weston’s 81st International Game Fish Association (IGFA) world record catch, so it was definitely not a lucky accident. Fishing Lake Livingston in Texas ...

After battling with the fish for 25 minutes, Kirkland managed to lasso the river monster once it finally surfaced by the boat. Because the gar was too heavy to pull onto their boat, they moved the ...

Before 1977, alligator were unregulated in Illinois. Then, as the “IDNR Fish Species Management Plan for Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula) in Illinois” notes, “From 1977 to 1994 ...

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 ...