The catch was no easy feat. In an April 9 Facebook post, Weston said the "true 1% likelihood catch" was the most challenging of his life, as a four-hour battle with the prehistoric fish ensued that ...

Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 alligator gar trophy tag from now until the end of 2025. Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of ...

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, ...

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 ...

Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 Alligator Gar Trophy Tag from now until the end of 2025. Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of ...

This video ranks the seven living gar species based on size, appearance, geographic range, and unique evolutionary traits. Viewers learn how each species adapted to its environment while retaining ...

Our first night on the Louisiana bayou turned into absolute chaos as we hauled in monster alligator gar on jug lines, including one that stretched nearly seven feet and tipped the scale at over 130 ...

Webb County Precinct 1 Commissioner Jesse Gonzalez came face-to-face with a “monster” over the weekend. Gonzalez reeled in a 6-foot-5 alligator gar that weighed more than 200 pounds after a tug-o-war ...

Style: Scales Raw Material 2: Alligator gar Element: Complete Comments: These are interesting. Joan Gardner, conservator, writes in 2/77, "Two scales of alligator gar- lepisosteus tristoechus, which ...