. Soaking cut bait has a bit of a stigma of being dumbed-down fishing, but there’s actually a lot of science and technique that goes into the proper hacking, rigging, and fishing of a bloody ...

For alligator gar fishing, 50 pound line should be considered ... hook in the 3/0 size range and fished either on a bottom rig or beneath a slip float. Larger hooks can be used, but make ...

Confair had the longnose gar record prior to Matthews’ fish. That gar was caught by Confair in 2019 and ... gar with a terminal set-up similar in style to the popular Sabiki bait rig. He uses a pair ...

A few weeks later, I found a guide—the guide for gar fishing on the Trinity ... gars,” Bedre says in his deep Texas drawl as he rigs up our rods. Our bait of choice is a chunk of smallmouth ...

Texas alligator gar season is in spring and summer, and the longest-living freshwater fish in the state will be attracted to the warmer waters. While anglers may be anxious to catch and release ...

Calling it the “most challenging catch of my life,” Weston spent nearly four hours reeling in the fish. With the help of Captain Kirk Kirkland, owner of Alligator Gar Fishing, the pair chased ...