When the pair began taking measurements of the fish and put it on the scale ... OMG this is a new all-tackle world record.'" Now, the alligator gar, which the fishermen released back into the ...

There's apparently some big fish there, he said ... who with Parks reeled in an alligator gar they measured at 7 feet long. HOUSTON EXPLAINED: What is the correct way to say 'bayou'?

Art Weston, an angler from Kentucky, is on a mission to catch record-breaking alligator gars while fishing in Texas.