The Deduru Oya reservoir in northwestern Sri Lanka has long been a favorite fishing spot for angler Ishanka Dissanayaka. In ...

The alligator gar is one of the largest and most ancient freshwater fish in North America, but many people consider them "trash fish" because they are not good for eating. Learn why they are so ...

The alligator gar is a massive, ancient fish found in U.S. rivers and lakes. With its armor-like scales and gator-like snout, it looks terrifying—but it plays a vital role in freshwater ...

Art Weston with the 153-pound alligator gar he landed on April 8 at Lake Livingston. Caught on 2-pound test line, Weston’s catch is a pending line class record and the heaviest freshwater fish ...

Alligator gar are among the largest freshwater fish in North America. They’ve been around for a long time, with fossils suggesting they’ve been on the continent for 100 million years.

A Kentucky angler, Art Weston, may have set a new IGFA world record when he caught a 7-foot, 153-pound alligator in Texas on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir with the help of an expert guide.

A pending world-record alligator gar caught by Art Weston is the heaviest freshwater fish every landed on 2-pound test. The gar weighed 153 pounds, and it took Weston and his guide around four ...

Art Weston lands a 153-lb alligator gar on 2-lb test. Once approved it will set a new IGFA world record as the largest freshwater fish ever caught on ultra-light tackle. / Art Weston ...

He explains that his friend tagged the fish around two or three years ago, when it measured 97 inches long with a 43-inch girth. After releasing the giant fish, they kept at it until around 3 a.m., ...

Theoretically, this would put Song’s alligator gar in contention for the world record. The IGFA all-tackle world record for the species is 283 pounds, and that fish was caught on Texas’ Sam ...

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 ...

Art Weston caught an alligator snapping turtle he believes weighed 200 pounds. Art Weston Art Weston is no stranger to catching world record-size fish, with dozens of accolades in his name.