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, ...

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 ...

It took nearly four hours, a 2-mile chase across a Texas lake and nerves of steel-but angler Art Weston just landed what could be the heaviest freshwater fish ever caught on a 2-pound test line. The ...

I don't know if these two anglers are going to break a world record, but they've caught one of the biggest alligator gars I've ever seen. Just take a look at that monster above and tell me it doesn't ...

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 ...

NEEDVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- An 18-year-old from Needville has quite the fish tale! Jack Pytel shared photos with ABC13 of his big catch - a 190-pound, 7'5" alligator gar. He said he was in a creek near ...

The Mississippi River floodplains are home to one of Earth’s most impressive river monsters: the alligator gar. Known to science as Atractosteus spatula, it is the largest of the gar species alive ...

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 ...