An alligator gar is not the kind of fish you expect to see on the open beach. This one recently washed up on the Texas coast.

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"We both had a look of shock when the scale just kept going higher and higher. We both said, 'OMG this is a new all-tackle world record,'" fishing guide Kirk Kirkland said of client Art Weston's catch ...

When Texas freshwater fisheries managers two years ago voiced concern about the status and future of the alligator gar fishery and recommended ending unregulated taking of the state's largest ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Alligator gar are a bizarre freshwater fish. Typically described as prehistoric due to the fact they have changed so little over millennia, ...

This "living fossil" can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it survived predatory dinosaurs. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Alligator gar are often called “living fossils,” and for good reason. They’ve been around for more than 100 million years, ...