NEW YORK — State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced a new state record for longnose gar was set on June 21. Using a topwater swimbait, Chuck Zimmerman ...

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 ...

A Maryland angler who was fishing for catfish on Monday ended up landing a state-record longnose gar. “I didn’t even know what it was at first,” Samson Matthews, 22, said of his bizarre-looking catch ...

David Confair and his fishing pal Grant Usilton were drift fishing for big longnose gar in Confair’s 23-foot boat on February 8. They were working a drop-off along Marshyhope Creek, a tributary of the ...