The 195.6-pound gar was the biggest ever weighed at the rodeo; the team that took first place also caught the second-biggest fish of the event. After 49 years, the Madisonville Gar Rodeo in South ...

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 ...

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 ...

CADDO GAP -- Big smallmouths were in a fighting mood, but a big gar was the star of Thursday's float fishing trip on the Caddo River. My partners for this excursion were Rusty Pruitt of Bryant and Ray ...

A pair of seasoned, world-record-chasing anglers just left another mark on the record books. On Tuesday traveling angler Art Weston and Texas fishing guide Capt. Kirk Kirkland caught a giant, ...

CHICAGO - It's a toothy giant that can grow longer than a horse and heavier than a refrigerator, a fearsome-looking prehistoric fish that plied U.S. waters from the Gulf of Mexico to Illinois until it ...

Today at the Arkansas legislature, lobbyists from the state’s various multi-million-dollar game fishing industries attempted to defer the dream of an eleven-year-old child. The kid won, and the ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Almost every angler started out as a cut-bait fisherman. If you chop it, slice it, or ...

Pre-historic in appearance, big alligator gar have seen a spike in popularity among recreational anglers in Texas during the last 10-15 years. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Bow fishers across ...

I am all about conservation and doing the right thing to protect our natural resources. But is Texas' alligator gar fishery in such distress that it might be necessary to limit their take with annual ...

Alligator gar and their direct ancestors have been around for at least 100 million years. They look their age. That long, cylindrical, olive-white body is covered with an armor of thick, ...