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July 13, 2025
/Alligator gar

Alligator gar

Inshore Fishing

Monster gar propels teen into the Louisiana state record book

April 29, 2025 Ricky Aucoin

Baylor Allen, 15, of Morgan City was fishing with his grandfather on April 22 when he caught this 152-pound gar.[…]

Fishing Reports

Jake finally lands elusive alligator gar

February 7, 2025 John

Jake Morello finally landed the alligator gar that he has seen hanging out in a canal near his camp in Dulac for months.[…]

Fishing Reports

Giant Louisiana alligator gar for Robby

December 27, 2024 GatorGar0428

Robby Scott caught, tagged and released this huge alligator gar on a 1/0 live bait single hook and heavy braid as leader in southeast Louisiana. “The size of this fish indicates that it could be

Field Notes

Catching, cleaning and eating huge gar

January 28, 2024 Ricky Aucoin

Baylor Allen has devoted a lot of time to studying and researching techniques on how to most efficiently deal with alligator gar.[…]

Field Reports

Catch and cook: Hooking into river monsters

September 1, 2023 Jared Serigne

In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné went after alligator gar with Vinnie of the YouTube channel PelicanBoneOutdoors.[…]

Freshwater Fishing

Reader Report: River monster

July 27, 2023 Field Reporter

Willis Deshotel was at his camp on the Red River in Grassy Lake WMA on June 17 when he caught this 182.5 pound alligator gar.[…]

Fishing Reports

6-foot alligator gar

July 13, 2023 Field Reporter

Chad Koch posing with a 6-foot alligator gar caught in Vermilion Parish on June 7.[…]

Fishing Reports

Slade Dowden’s gar win

September 21, 2022 Field Reporter

Slade Dowden was with his Paw Paw Andy Martarona when he won first place in the Gar division.[…]

Fishing Reports

Daytime bow fishing

June 10, 2022 Field Reporter

This alligator gar was taken by Dallas Carpenter in the back water swamps of Berwick.[…]

Field Reports

Catching monster garfish on jug lines

June 8, 2022 Jared Serigne

Jared Serigné goes out with some commercial fishermen to catch alligator garfish on jug lines to be sold in seafood markets.[…]

Fishing Reports

84-inch Lake Pontchartrain alligator gar

April 21, 2022 GatorGar0428

I caught my biggest alligator gar at Lake Pontchartrain. It was on a 1/0 live bait hook and heavy braid as the leader using carp for bait.[…]

Freshwater Fishing

Tulane professor lands big gar at Mardi Gras Pass

August 25, 2021 Will Martin

Dr. Grant McCall caught a 6-foot-6 alligator gar while fishing on the Mississippi River near Mardi Gras Pass on Aug. 22.[…]

Fishing Reports

Tchefuncte gar

October 2, 2020 Joseph Palmisano

Mike Jones with an impressive 78 pound alligator gar he caught on jug lines in the Tchefuncte River.

Field Reports

Bowfishing in the Hopedale marsh

August 19, 2020 louisianasportsman

Shawn Nelson and his dad both got to experience bowfishing together for the first time and had a blast catching redfish and gar in Hopedale.[…]

Inshore Fishing

What’s to use for alligator gar bait?

May 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

Striped mullet, that’s what.

This isn’t a finesse, artificial lure fishery. Gar and sharks are big, pug-ugly brutes that are looking for mouthfuls of meat.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Step-by-step: How to clean an alligator gar

May 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

Alligator gar are encased with an almost impervious layer of scales made of true bone. Here are 8 steps for how to clean them.[…]

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