Field Notes
Catching, cleaning and eating huge gar
Baylor Allen has devoted a lot of time to studying and researching techniques on how to most efficiently deal with alligator gar. […]
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Fishing Reports
Monster alligator gar
Katie Malone, 22, caught this massive 7 foot 8 inch alligator gar with a 35 1/2 inch girth on Sept. 6, 2020 in Claiborne County, Mississippi. […]
Freshwater Fishing
State gator gar record is broken
On April 22, Hughes Skinner of Madison and Hayden Speed of Flora broke the Mississippi state record for alligator gar with an 8-foot, 223-pound entry. […]
Columns
Study alligator gar habitat use, movement
Alligator gar are long-lived, primitive fish that grow to sizes exceeding 7 feet and 200 pounds. Spawning occurs in May and June in Mississippi waters. […]
Content
Frayed — How to catch hard-fighting gar
I heard the fish, but didn’t see it. My guide recognized the sound immediately.
“That’s a gar gulping air: Look for the bubbles or the rings of water,” said Mark Beason, who was standing on the bow of the boat and quickly reeling in his line. “That was close by.” […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Rodeo memories: One tough ol’ gar
Rain fell so hard on the Gulfport Small Craft Harbor that day in 1979.
It was ankle-deep in 10 minutes, mid-shin in 15 and at the knee within 20. The power had failed before the rising water had covered the toes of the men and women sitting around the scales at the original Rice Pavilion. […]
Breaking News
Pending state-record alligator gar shot, MDWFP says
Two men shot a pending state-record alligator gar June 24 while bowfishing along the Yazoo River south of Vicksburg, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks reported today (July 6).
The 234-pound gar, if certified by the MDWFP, will easily replace the current 175-pound State Trophy Fish record for gar caught on any sport-fishing gear except rod-and-reel.
The current record was taken from the Pearl River near Columbia in 1993 by Joseph Sylvest. […]
Featured
Vicksburg fisherman lands 327-pound alligator gar
When Kenny Williams of Vicksburg set out on Valentine’s Day to run his nets on Chotard Lake in Issaquena County, he had no idea he would be landing one sweetheart of an alligator gar. In fact, an alligator gar was the last fish Williams wanted to find in his gill nets; not only can these ancient giants destroy expensive commercial nets, but they also wreak havoc on the buffalo Williams makes his living catching. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Once abundant, gator gar are struggling
I’ve heard they attack people. Any fish that grows to more than 7 feet and 150 pounds, has a tooth-lined snout big enough to grab and hold a grown man’s leg, and lurks in shallow backwaters is bound to generate some scary stories. […]