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 ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is highlighting a fisherman named Jerry Threet after he recently caught and released an extremely rare jet-black alligator gar while fishing the ...

Paul Hefner, a Texas angler, used a jug line to capture a 207-pound alligator gar in mid-April, and his record-breaking catch was finally recognized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on ...

An alligator gar that measured more than 8 feet long and was landed in Texas could be the largest ever caught by a female angler. Texas fishing guide Paul Myers says the alligator gar his client ...

Nearly 8-foot-long alligator gar reeled in by angler at popular Texas fishing spot By Ariana Garcia , Assistant News Editor April 20, 2023 Art Weston's recent alligator gar catch measured 90.5 ...

The Texas state record for an alligator gar caught by rod-and-reel is 279 pounds, and it was established on Jan. 1, 1951, by angler Bill Valverde, who caught the fish from the Rio Grande. CLICK ...

A fisherman caught a 207-pound alligator gar on Corpus Christi Lake, setting a new lake record, Texas officials said. It may be decades old.

Angler Art Weston continues his mission of catching record-breaking alligator gar. With the help of Texas Captain Kirk Kirkland, Weston has obtained every line class world record for alligator gar ...

A gargantuan alligator gar caught in Texas may shatter the previous world record for its classification, a Texas fishing guide says. The 251-pound beast was caught Sunday, April 16, by Kentucky ...

The Texas record book does list one alligator gar that is larger than Bill Valverde’s world-record fish, but there’s an asterisk: This one was caught on a trotline by T.C. Pierce Jr. on ...

While fishing in the Sam Rayburn Reservoir in eastern Texas last month, Art Weston, 52, caught a massive, 283-pound alligator gar fish that is likely to set records.

A gargantuan alligator gar caught in Texas may shatter the previous world record for its classification, a Texas fishing guide says. The 251-pound beast was caught Sunday, April 16, by Kentucky ...