Update: The Missouri Department of Conservation announced on Monday, Aug. 22, that Rich Porter’s pending state-record shortnose gar was misidentified. Subsequent genetic testing by a Missouri ...

A group of fishermen in Texas reeled in a huge alligator gar last week. South Texas Bowfishing, a business that offers guided bowfishing tours in the area, posted on Facebook about the massive fish ...

For readers unfamiliar with the sport, bowfishing involves the harvest of non-game species of fish using specialized archery equipment. Modern bowfishing equipment typically includes a compound bow to ...

A group of bowfishers snagged themselves a massive catch, reeling in a nearly 300-pound alligator gar in South Texas. Tim Selvidge, L.G. Selvidge and John Jackson were on a guided fishing tour with ...

A group of bowfishers in South Texas shared a photo of a monster catch that is almost 8 feet in length and would tower over a basketball player like Shaq, who is 7 feet, 1 inches tall. South Texas ...

Bowfishermen could soon be banned from taking alligator gar at night on all Texas waters as part of a proposed regulation change recently introduced by inland fisheries managers with the Texas Parks ...

Alligator gar have all the major characteristics of a trophy gamefish. They’ll eat a variety of baits and lures, they pull like hell, and, most importantly, they’re giants. The species now has its own ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A world record fish ...

Spearers, anglers and bowfishers will be allowed to keep up to 10 gar – the toothy, prehistoric fish native to Minnesota waters – starting March 1 when a new gar possession limit is in effect on all ...

Update: The Missouri Department of Conservation is now saying the reported shortnose gar was not a shortnose gar after all. Here's the latest on what a second round of testing found. Rich Porter ...