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Huge alligator gar have lurked in our lakes and rivers since the age of the dinosaurs. Here are some of the very biggest ever taken, including a trio of 300-pounders. By Steven Hill Jul 29,...
Anglers in Texas reeled in a 283-pound alligator gar after a lengthy battle with the enormous fish. Experts say the catch likely breaks a 72-year record.
An angler in Texas made the catch of a lifetime when he reeled in a 283-pound alligator gar that is now poised to break two world records. Art Weston caught the enormous fish at Sam Rayburn ...
The largest alligator gar fish ever caught on rod-and-reel was one captured in 1951 in the Rio Grande River. The monstrous catch weighed 279 pounds. World War II veteran and local council member Guillermo “Bill” Valverde of Mission, Texas, managed to wrangle the giant fish out of the water and seal his name in the fishing records.
The largest alligator gar ever caught on rod and reel was taken by World War II veteran Guillermo “Bill” Valverde of Mission, Texas. On January 1, 1951, Bill hiked to a local fishing spot on the Rio Grande River with his father, Trinidad, and friend Rev. Josue Gonzalez.
In 1951, a Texas native and World War II veteran named Bill Valverde managed to catch the largest Alligator Gar on record while fishing in the Rio Grande River. This astonishing catch weighed 279 pounds and stretched over eight feet in length.
The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a euryhaline ray-finned fish in the clade Ginglymodi of the infraclass Holostei / h oʊ ˈ l ɒ s t i aɪ /, being most closely related to the bowfins. It is the largest species in the gar family (Lepisosteidae), and is among the largest freshwater fish in North America.
The alligator gar is the largest gar species alive today. As far as I know, it’s the largest even compared to fossil gars. They can easily get up to eight feet long; maybe even close to 10 feet historically, but we don’t have great records of that.
The largest of seven known gar species, this megafish has a torpedo-shaped body in olive brown and comes armored with glistening scales. It can grow up to 10 feet long, and historical reports...
Officially, the largest alligator gar ever caught in Texas weighed in at 302 pounds (137 kg), according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. It was captured in 1953 on a trotline — a heavy line...