Posted: June 23, 2025 | Last updated: June 23, 2025 Today we're out fishing for gar, specifically longnose gar.

According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, the longnose gar is the only gar species native to Virginia. Its family dates back 245 million years.

A Maryland fisherman caught two longnose gar in the same afternoon, and he knew both would beat the existing state record.

The Shedd Aquarium's Karen Murchie expects her sucker research into longnose suckers to expand knowledge on a prime prey fish ...

A Hilton, New York, man returned home with a huge fish story. Chuck Zimmerman set a New York state record for longnose gar, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced. Zimmerman ...

NEW YORK — State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced a new state record for longnose gar was set on June 21.Using a topwater swimbait, Chuck Zim… ...

Indiana angler Kyle Hammond caught a state-record spotted gar in July, bringing him one step closer to breaking every gar record in the state.

South Carolina families reel in rare black longnose gar during fishing trip on the Saluda River. (Source: WIS) ...

The longnose gar is considered a living dinosaur as the species dates back 100 million years to the Cretaceous Period. The fish have long, cylindrical bodies and are grayish to olive in color.

A black longnose gar was captured along the Saluda River by the Brandt and Williams families over the weekend. (WIS-TV) What they caught was a longnose gar, completely black and about two and half to ...

South Carolina families reel in rare black longnose gar during fishing trip on the Saluda River. (Source: WIS) ...