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March 23, 2023
HomeAlligator gar

Alligator gar

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. […]

Features

Lake monsters – How to catch and clean alligator gar

May 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

The kraken (pronounced KROK-in) is a legendary giant sea monster said to dwell off the coasts of Norway and Greenland. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Apex Predator: Catching 6-foot garfish in an 8-foot ‘yak

June 14, 2017 Josh Chauvin

I’ve always found wrangling big fish exciting, but doing it from a tiny 8-foot kayak took the thrill to a whole new level. Last month, I spent an evening targeting big alligator gar with noodle lines — and what I ended up hooking pulled me a lot more than I pulled it. […]

Inshore Fishing

Lake Pontchartrain yields monster alligator gar

September 21, 2015 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Andy Jones loves to chase trout and redfish like the rest of us, but in the heat of the summer he targets bigger, toothier critters that swim in Lake Pontchartrain. […]

Fishing

State record alligator gar eclipsed by 36 pounds near Lake Boudreaux on Sunday

April 29, 2014 Patrick Bonin

While kayakers frequently mention the thrill of a ‘Cajun Sleigh Ride’ provided by a nice bull red, Brandon Saucier and his crew endured a chase scene from a “Fast & Furious” movie when he arrowed a giant 8-foot alligator gar early Sunday morning near Lake Boudreaux. […]

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