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 ...

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 ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas — "Sharing what was my most challenging catch of my life," Art Weston wrote on Facebook after landing a massive alligator gar in Lake Livingston. The 7-foot-3-inch behemoth weighed ...

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

NEW YORK — State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced a new state record for longnose gar was set on June 21. Using a topwater swimbait, Chuck Zimmerman ...

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, ...

Kyle Hammond of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been seriously chasing big gar records in his home state for three years now. He broke the Indiana shortnose gar record (which he still holds) in 2021. And on ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has opened the application period for 200 alligator gar trophy tags for the 2026 season, with applications open from Dec. 1 to 31.

LIVINGSTON, Texas — "Sharing what was my most challenging catch of my life," Art Weston wrote on Facebook after landing a massive alligator gar in Lake Livingston. The 7-foot-3-inch behemoth weighed ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas — "Sharing what was my most challenging catch of my life," Art Weston wrote on Facebook after landing a massive alligator gar in Lake Livingston. The 7-foot-3-inch behemoth weighed ...