Our friends over at Rocky River posted the story about Mark Foster’s record catfish, but it wasn’t the only record Foster brought home that day. Fishing the Ohio River, Foster hauled in a 52.25-inch, 15-pound longnose gar, tying the state length record held by Shelby Searls. Foster caught both fish using cut bait, according to the [...]
Gar Fishing
Video: Gar in the Ozarks
There’s a lot of water, and a lot of fish in this video. When you “can’t keep big browns off your line,” you know you’ve stumbled on something special. But you can see that this guy doesn’t give up when the river runs dry in the summer heat, he just changes lanes. Only a picky [...]
Alligator Gar Smuggler Gets Jail Time
Nine months in federal prison. That’s apparently the penalty for catching and illegally selling alligator gar in Texas. Loren Willis, of West Palm Beach, Fla., tried to catch and sell gar in the state of Texas this past year, and now he’s paying the price. Willis, 63, was charged with catching and keeping alligator gar [...]
Would-be Gar, Bowfin Salesman Busted on Craigslist from California
If you’re going to sell illegal fish on the black market, maybe not doing it on a public forum is in your best interest. One man was caught trying to sell spotted bass, gar and bowfin online, and on Craigslist of all places. The problem was he tried to do the deal with undercover agents [...]
Gar Flies Into Florida Gator’s Mouth
This is one unlucky jumping fish. Marina Scarr hardly ever heads outside without her camera, and a Florida gar and an alligator gave the photographer an awesome opportunity. According to the Daily Mail, Scarr was at the Myakka River when the gar lept out of the water and into the alligator’s open mouth who, after [...]
The World’s First Nautical Vodka?
Vodka and fishing isn’t exactly a new concept, just ask generations of Russian sturgeon fishermen and the die-hard ice fishing fanatics. But, Mako Vodka is hoping to take a bite out of the booze market. Advertising right at the fishing and boating community, they are claiming that the liquor is the finest nautical vodka, though [...]
The GoFISHn Line–The Best Catches and Fishing News: Dead, Record Gar, Biggest Bull Shark Ever, and More!
There are a lot of awesome posts on GoFISHn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular, most recent GoFISHn updates: Texas Bowfisherman Epically Battles Potential Record Gar. Fillets It. – Record or not, this prehistoric fish is destined for the table. Record Swordfish, Tarpon, Barracuda and More!-IGFA June 2012 Hot Catches – The newest, [...]
Texas Bowfisherman Epically Battles Potential Record Gar. Fillets It.
Brent Crawford thought he was going to build a new pier on his property on Lake Corpus Christi on Saturday, June 16. Instead, he had a gar drag him under water, managed to land it, and then filleted the monster fish, all without knowing that he probably had a state record. Crawford is known as the [...]
Great Blue Heron versus Gar
Blue herons are beautiful to see on the stream, but they're also major fish killers. This awesome photo shows just that. The photo posted on Meg Puente's Flickr stream shows a gar unsuccessfully struggling for its life in the clutches of a great blue heron. According to her post, she saw the heron dancing around and decided [...]
2011 Alligator Gar Angling Summary
2011 Alligator Gar Angling Summary 2011 Was my first year to offer guided alligator Gar trips. I have to say that I had a good first season guiding officially. I did run into a few minor problems here and there, but all in all in was a good season. I had several clients catch [...]
