Dawson Hefner learned how to catch alligator gar when he was a teenager, landing his first alligator gar when he was 16 years old by drifting a chunk of freshwater drum under a Coke bottle in Texas’s ...

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The gar weighed 20.5 pounds and taped out at 29.5 inches long. Photo courtesy David Confair David Confair and his fishing pal Grant Usilton were drift fishing for big longnose gar in Confair’s 23-foot ...

It was just after dark on Aug. 31 when Paul Myers, a well-known fishing guide on the Texas coast, settled into a spot on a privately owned shoreline with his client Emilie Song. He rigged three ...

Texas alligator gar season is in spring and summer, and the longest-living freshwater fish in the state will be attracted to the warmer waters. While anglers may be anxious to catch and release ...