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The Texas state record, and world record for the largest alligator gar caught on rod and reel, is 279 lb (127 kg), taken by Bill Valverde on January 1, 1951, on the Rio Grande in Texas. [45] Alligator gar are also quite popular among bowfishers because of their large size, trophy potential, and fighting ability. The Texas state bowfishing ...
Weston already holds numerous alligator gar world records, including a 283-pound monster he caught in 2023. “People don’t regard it as much of a game fish, I don’t know why,” Weston said ...
A massive alligator gar recently caught in Texas could topple a world record that has stood for generations, photos show. Art Weston, an experienced gar fisherman from Kentucky, made the catch on ...
Alligator Gar from video Alligator gar head, showing dual rows of teeth, from video. The Alligator Gar: Predator or Prey? was a 28 minute video that discussed the biology of this "living fossil", one of the few species that can breathe both air and water, as well as its commercial and sportfishing aspects. [2]
— Paul Hefner caught a 90-inch, 207-pound alligator gar April 13 at Lake Corpus Christi. He earned a Big Fish Award and a waterbody record for his incredible catch.
All the gars are relatively large fish, but the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is the largest. The largest alligator gar ever caught and officially recorded was 8 ft 5 in (2.6 m) long, weighed 327 lb (148 kg), and was 47 in (120 cm) around the girth. [28]
Atractosteus grandei is an extinct species of gar in the family Lepisosteidae.Remains have been found in Lower Paleogene sediments from North Dakota. A. grandei belonged to the genus Atractosteus which includes modern day species of gars such as the giant alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) and the tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus).
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