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 ...

Jul. 23—Over the years, gar have gotten a bad wrap for being a main consumer of game and sport fish, but that may be because the prehistoric fish is adaptable in less-than-ideal settings. Jason ...

From mudskippers to walking catfish to lungfish, air-breathing fish almost seem common! So to be a bizarre beast, you have to ...

In Illinois, wildlife officials believe that alligator gar may help fight the spread of invasive Asian carp, which are on the invading the Great Lakes . Gator gar commonly feed on carp but pose little ...

NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A Fort Wayne fisherman recently shattered an Indiana record after catching a spotted gar that bested the previous record by nearly 3 pounds, according to the Indiana ...