After 49 years, the Madisonville Gar Rodeo in South Louisiana has become a staple event for alligator gar fishermen, along with local families and communities. This year’s rodeo had a huge turnout, ...

Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 alligator gar trophy tag from now until the ...

The term “river monster” seems made for the alligator gar. This prehistoric-looking creature named for its resemblance to the American alligator could have been dreamed up by a Hollywood ...

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Fishermen often utter obscenities and throw their catch back in the water after hooking the long, skinny, ugly fish known as a garfish. What they probably don't know is that, ...

Threet told Chron he isn't totally sure just how much the menacing looking fish measured, but estimated it was around 4 feet and 4 inches long. Photos shared by Threet show him holding up the gar with ...

I have fly fished for various warm-water fish. I have cast flies for bass, catfish, panfish, and carp. The one species I had not cast my fly toward, until now, was a gar. I had heard about it. But ...

Nice digital rendering of a terrifying alligator gar jaw. Scientists had assumed the alligator gar catches its prey simply by slamming its powerful, tooth-y jaws shut. But according to a new study ...