TweetAUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will begin the Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process on September 1. This year’s opening date is a change from the August 15 date that was in place when the drawing … Continue reading →
Tweet LITTLE ROCK – Anglers interested in hooking into a trophy of truly epic size can apply for a 2020 Alligator Gar Trophy tag beginning November 1. Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of Mexico … Continue reading →
Tweet Featured Fish: Florida gar Size: The Big Catch minimum qualifying sizes are 4 pounds or 28 inches for adults, and 3 pounds or 21 inches for youth (BigCatchFlorida.com). The State Record is 9.44 pounds. Identification and similar species: The Florida gar is a … Continue reading →
Tweet Congratulations to Michael Gatus for reeling in a 14 lb. 8 oz. longnose gar from Lake Champlain’s South Bay on August 18. His catch established a new state record in New York’s Angler Achievement Awards program. It surpassed the previous … Continue reading →
Tweet HOPE – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is asking anglers and bowfishing enthusiasts to help bring back one of Arkansas’s oldest trophy angling opportunities – the alligator gar. To help conserve existing populations of alligator gar, the AGFC … Continue reading →
Tweet We have a new State Record spotted gar! While bowfishing Lake Arbuckle, Dustin Statton reeled in an 11 pound, 4 ounce spotted gar. This new record is part of the Unrestricted Division where the method of take includes bow … Continue reading →
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Tweet Event Description: The origin of an alligator gar taken earlier this month by an Indiana bow angler has been positively identified as a stocked fish, likely one from a restoration program Kentucky started eight years ago.“It looks like it’s … Continue reading →
Tweet Alligator gar aren’t normally found in Indiana waters, but a bowfisherman harvested one June 1 in the White River in southwestern Indiana. The rare fish, which was taken legally, measured 63 inches and 55 pounds when examined by DNR … Continue reading →
Tweet MAYFLOWER – Jerrime Tucker of Conway used his bow in March to take the biggest spotted gar ever recorded in Arkansas, topping a mark that had held for almost 12 years. Tucker was bowfishing in Lake Conway on March … Continue reading →
Tweet WARD – Bryson Harpole of Ward didn’t only set a new bar for shortnose gar in Arkansas’s fishing records on Nov. 1, 2016; he crushed the old record for unrestricted tackle. His bowfishing catch from Cypress Bayou WMA weighed … Continue reading →
Tweet Jaxton Orr, a 13-year-old who lives in Fort Wayne, broke the Indiana size record for spotted gar on July 28 while fishing Big Lake in Noble County. The size of Indiana state fish records are determined by weight. The … Continue reading →
TweetYou might want to spend some time at the gym before hooking an alligator gar. The world record of the species, caught in Mississippi in 2011, weighed 327 pounds and was probably at least 95 years old. That may explain … Continue reading →
Tweet Today’s column begins with a question and ends with a challenge: Do you know what a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Saltwater Grand Slam is? If not, you are missing out on an exciting opportunity. Last month, … Continue reading →
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TweetTired of giant bass and bigger catfish? Alligator gar can make a ShareLunker look like a snack and match your height inch for inch. Think 8 feet and 300 pounds with lots of teeth. As this once overlooked species draws increasing attention … Continue reading →
TweetA new Oklahoma State Record Longnose Gar was caught at Lake Eufaula on August 28, 2012. It weighed 43 lbs. 8 oz. and was 64 ½ inches long. … Continue reading →
