“The Hennepin-Hopper site is the farthest north that the IDNR has stocked alligator gar,” emailed Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist Rob Hilsabeck, involved with the ...

Alligator gar are found primarily in the freshwater rivers, lakes, and swamps of the southern United States. They prefer slow-moving or stagnant waters, which gives them an advantage when hunting ...

alligator gar. "Their survival is in part because of their unique defense system — scales made of a super hard enamel called ganoine," said Wade. "This armor plating has seen them survive ...

A man from Texas has been recognized for catching the heaviest alligator gar on record from Lake Corpus Christi. Paul Hefner, a Texas angler, used a jug line to capture a 207-pound alligator gar ...

Kirk Kirkland were out chasing world records again in early April. This time, the accomplished anglers were fishing for a new world-record alligator gar at the upper end of Sam Rayburn Lake in East ...

According to Texas Parks and Wildfire, alligator gar is comparable to many sport fishes that anglers eat having a mild taste. There are commercial fisheries in some southern states. However ...

A 251-pound alligator gar caught in the Trinity River in Texas is up for consideration for a world record. Instagram screengrab from Capt. Kirk Kirkland A gargantuan alligator gar caught in Texas ...

An angler recently reeled in a massive alligator gar that could set a new world record. Kirk Kirkland. A massive alligator gar recently caught in Texas could topple a world record that has stood ...