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 ...

The gar weighed 20.5 pounds and taped out at 29.5 inches long. Photo courtesy David Confair David Confair and his fishing pal Grant Usilton were drift fishing for big longnose gar in Confair’s 23-foot ...

Today we're out fishing for gar, specifically longnose gar. We're using small lures baited with a twister worm and casting ...

Alligator gar have all the major characteristics of a trophy gamefish. They’ll eat a variety of baits and lures, they pull like hell, and, most importantly, they’re giants. The species now has its own ...

When Texas freshwater fisheries managers two years ago voiced concern about the status and future of the alligator gar fishery and recommended ending unregulated taking of the state's largest ...

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 ...

Every year, Texas Parks and Wildlife hosts a drawing for a chance to catch and keep giant alligator gars out of the Trinity River. The TPWD Inland Fisheries staff explained the harvest authorization ...

Odell Allen cast his line in hopes of reeling in an alligator gar on the Trinity River near the Great Trinity Forest Way bridge in Dallas, Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Allen's viral videos of him ...

Some recreational fishing restrictions initially put in place to protect fish stocks impacted by South Australia's algal bloom have now been eased.

Temporary fishing restrictions for recreational and charter boat fishers have been eased following the latest review of fish stocks. Recreational and ...