The annual Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process will open Thursday, giving anglers a chance to catch one alligator gar from a section of the Trinity River. The Alligator Gar ...

Where it lives: Rivers, reservoirs and coastal bays in southwestern U.S. states, down to Veracruz, Mexico What it eats: Crabs, fish, birds, mammals, turtles, and carrion Why it's awesome: With their ...

Aug. 30—AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) opens its annual Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process Sept 1. The random drawing authorizes anglers to ...

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 ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) opened its annual Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process on Sept. 1. The random drawing authorizes anglers to harvest one ...

Aug. 28—AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) opens its annual Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process Sept. 1. The random drawing authorizes anglers to ...

The Mississippi River floodplains are home to one of Earth’s most impressive river monsters: the alligator gar. Known to science as Atractosteus spatula, it is the largest of the gar species alive ...

Myers believes it is the largest documented alligator gar catch ever made by a female angler in the state. "It's the third largest I've put a guest on," Myers told Chron. "I keep in contact with most ...

KASKASKIA RIVER, Ill. — Cracking open a tank occupying the entire bed of a pickup, Randy Sauer, a stream biologist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, inspected the condition of the ...

Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 alligator gar trophy tag from now until the end of 2025. Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of ...