The huge gar reportedly bottomed out a 300-pound scale, but Crawford didn’t think to contact Texas Parks and Wildlife about getting an official weight, which he later called “a big mistake.” ...

Both Confair’s big fish that day topped the Maryland longnose gar record in the state’s Chesapeake division that weighed 18.3 pounds and was caught by Samson Matthews in 2020, also in Marshyhope Creek ...

Chuck Zimmerman set a New York state record for longnose gar, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced. Zimmerman hooked the monster 15-pound, 14-ounce fish on Butterfield Lake ...

The alligator gar also may prove challenging to eat because of their tough scales. The scales may require wire cutters and a hatchet to break through, according to Fish Masters.

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. At the time, he was aboard a ...

Gar fish are covered by diamond-shaped, ganoid scales and bony skull plates and have long snouts/jaws with many sharp teeth. A primitive extension of the intestine, termed the spiral valve ...

Luckily, they had a certified crane scale and a game tripod with a winch on hand to hoist up the fish and weigh it. The freshwater creature measured 90.5 inches in length and 45.5 inches wide.

Texas Parks and Wildlife shared a photo of the record catch on the ground next to an angler. The state record for an alligator gar fish is 302 pounds, which was caught on a trotline in 1953.

The MDC issued a press release congratulating Devlin Rich for setting the new record by catching a 10-pound, 9-ounce spotted gar on Feb. 25. The fish was officially weighed on a certified scale in ...

The gar that was caught in Florida. It is completely black, with a long row of teeth. FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute In comments to the Facebook post, the Institute said the gar was ...