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 in ...

Paul Hefner lay down in the grass beside his prized catch — a gray, scaly fish that extended beyond Hefner’s body length at 7.5 feet, weighing 207 pounds. Hefner’s alligator gar set a new record at ...

It took nearly four hours, a 2-mile chase across a Texas lake and nerves of steel-but angler Art Weston just landed what could be the heaviest freshwater fish ever caught on a 2-pound test line. The ...

A Missouri fisherman has broken a 22-year-old state record for largest longnose gar. Anthony Schnur Jr., of Pevely, was fishing at Table Rock Lake on April 7 when he reeled in a 32-pound, 10-ounce ...

This story was edited to include updated information from the Missouri Department of Conservation. LAKE OF THE OZARKS − A Nebraska man was short of becoming Missouri's new record holder under ...

The 46th Annual Madisonville Gar Rodeo was held at the Lake Road boat launch in Madisonville on July 29-30. Cory Holcombe, of Madisonville, won the rodeo and the adult jug division with a gar ...