Why it's awesome: With their long snout, thick armored scales, and two rows of piercing teeth, these huge fish could easily be mistaken for a ferocious gator — hence their common name: alligator gar.

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 ...

They are ugly, intimidating and can be dangerous. For years, the alligator gar was intentionally killed by fishermen who felt they were undesirable. But these days, there is a renewed respect for the ...

Texas alligator gar season is in spring and summer, and the longest-living freshwater fish in the state will be attracted to the warmer waters. While anglers may be anxious to catch and release ...

Art Weston and his guide released the gar after weighing it. It’s not easy to land a giant fish on ultralight tackle, especially when that fish is a toothy dinosaur like an alligator gar. But a ...

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 ...

The "monster" alligator gar that was caught in Texas last month has broken not one, not two but four International Game and Fish Association (IGFA) records. Captain Kirk Kirkland served as the guide ...

An alligator gar in Texas has earned one fisherman an award from state authorities. John Harrington earned an "Outstanding Angler Award" from the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) division for his ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Brothers Mike Sanchez and Prestyn Cirilo had a long day on Choke Canyon Lake fishing for alligator gar. The two started on Saturday morning and had been fishing all day and ...

A new record was set in April for the largest alligator gar caught at Lake Corpus Christi, weighing in at 207 pounds. The long snout is a familiar face in Texas as the state is one of the native homes ...

Kentucky fisherman Art Weston won't ever have to lie about the size of fish he has caught. It's because he may have landed one of the biggest ever! The duo are a fishing dream team. Weston has held 56 ...

It was just after dark on Aug. 31 when Paul Myers, a well-known fishing guide on the Texas coast, settled into a spot on a privately owned shoreline with his client Emilie Song. He rigged three ...