Photograph by David Herasimtschuk, Freshwaters Illustrated Longnose gar are ancient fish that haven’t changed much since prehistoric times. A female gar ready to spawn is followed by a group of ...

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DNR says this is Confair’s second time as longnose gar record holder. Confair set the record in 2019 with a 17.9-pound gar, but was later surpassed by Samson Matthews with a 18.3-pound fish in 2020.

According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, the longnose gar is the only gar species native to Virginia. Its family dates back 245 million years. The fish is described by the ...

longnose gar are native to South Carolina. What makes this one black, however, is the melanin. According to the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, “melanism is an abnormal extent of dark ...