Jul. 23—Over the years, gar have gotten a bad wrap for being a main consumer of game and sport fish, but that may be because the prehistoric fish is adaptable in less-than-ideal settings. Jason ...

The dart-shaped, toothy gar, commonly found throughout the slow-moving bayous of Louisiana's coast, has often been overlooked, disrespected and understudied. Despite their edibility, recreational ...

I remember my first encounter with an alligator gar. I was 10 years old fishing with my dad on Lake Buchanan. We had just set up camp and couldn’t wait to get our lines baited and in the water. About ...

Alligator gars are a unique species of fish and are often referred to as "living fossils." This is because fossil records for the animals have been discovered dating back almost 100 million years. The ...

Gars can breathe air by gulping it into their swim bladder, allowing them to survive out of water for up to a day. Gar scales consist of material similar to tooth enamel covering a leathery hide. One ...

We hear about invasive species a lot. Snakehead fish, Japanese knotweed, stink bugs, zebra mussels, emerald ash borers, lanternflies, wooly adelgid, Prince Harry. A lot of these come from Asia, with ...

A huge alligator gar caught in a Texas lake has set a new record for the area. The 207-pound alligator gar was caught in Lake Corpus Christi by angler Paul Hefner on April 13. It is the largest ...

A giant, prehistoric-looking alligator gar has been caught by a fisherman using a bow and arrow at Falcon Lake, Texas. On Wednesday, the fisherman's brother, Gerardo Benitez, uploaded pictures and a ...

The "monster" alligator gar that was caught in Texas last month has broken not one, not two but four International Game and Fish Association (IGFA) records. Captain Kirk Kirkland served as the guide ...

This is a real big fish tale: A fisherman in Kansas tossed a line in the water and caught a prehistoric predator fish that dates back nearly 100 million years. Danny "Butch" Smith II of Oswego, Kansas ...