The Deduru Oya reservoir in northwestern Sri Lanka has long been a favorite fishing spot for angler Ishanka Dissanayaka. In ...

Last week we talked about all the rain and our lakes filling up, so what do you do with full lakes? Go fishing of course!

The alligator gar is a prehistoric fish that has been swimming through area waters since before mammoths were splashing around, and although they are menacing to look at, they’re pretty laid ...

Over the weekend, anglers from across the Coast battled it out on the water in the annual Alligator Gar Rodeo in D’Iberville.

The alligator gar is one of the largest and most ancient freshwater fish in North America, but many people consider them ...

The alligator gar is a massive, ancient fish found in U.S. rivers and lakes. With its armor-like scales and gator-like snout, it looks terrifying—but it plays a vital role in freshwater ...

"A true 1% likelihood catch," Weston said. Weston claimed the massive alligator gar was the largest fresh-water fish caught on an ultra-light tackle in International Game Fish Association history.

At 153 pounds, the alligator gar likely set a new world record. Art Weston With enough food and space, these fish can reach colossal sizes, with females typically growing larger than males.

Art Weston lands a 153-lb alligator gar on 2-lb test. Once approved it will set a new IGFA world record as the largest freshwater fish ever caught on ultra-light tackle.

The Alligator Gar is among the largest freshwater fish species in Arkansas, weighing upwards of 300 pounds. The species evolved a hundred million years ago, and is now facing a population decline ...

An Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in water. Alligator gar is a ray-finned euryhaline fish related to the bowfin in the infraclass Holostei.(Image credit: Danny Ye / Alamy Stock Photo) ...

The Texas record book does list one alligator gar that is larger than Bill Valverde’s world-record fish, but there’s an asterisk: This one was caught on a trotline by T.C. Pierce Jr. on ...