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 ...

Both Confair’s big fish that day topped the Maryland longnose gar record in the state’s Chesapeake division that weighed 18.3 pounds and was caught by Samson Matthews in 2020, also in Marshyhope Creek ...

SALUDA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - A group fishing in South Carolina was quite surprised when they recently reeled a rare black gar. The Brandt and Williams families were out on the water Sunday for a ...

A 15-pound, 14-ounce longnose gar was caught at Butterfield Lake in Jefferson County, New York. By Ashlyn Messier Fox News. Published July 15, 2024 5:56pm EDT. Facebook ...

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 ...

He broke the Indiana shortnose gar record (which he still holds) in 2021. And on July 11, he added a second state-record gar catch: a 9 pound, 11 ounce spotted gar he caught from Rivir Lake. Now, he ...

DNR says this is Confair’s second time as longnose gar record holder. Confair set the record in 2019 with a 17.9-pound gar, but was later surpassed by Samson Matthews with a 18.3-pound fish in 2020.

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.

Chuck Zimmerman of Hilton, Monroe County, reeled in a 15-pound, 14-ounce longnose gar from Butterfield Lake in Jefferson County on June 21. Measuring more than 53-inches long—state angling ...

Today we're out fishing for gar, specifically longnose gar. We're using small lures baited with a twister worm and casting them for gar. You can get your own Python Darters here: ...