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Alligator gar caught in Texas weighing 283 pounds shatters multiple records: 'Four in one fell swoop'
FOX News ^ | October 25, 2023 9:15pm EDT | By Sydney Borchers

Posted on 10/26/2023 9:52:47 AM PDT by Red Badger

An alligator gar, part of species 'as old as the dinosaurs,' breaks new records in Texas and beyond

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The "monster" alligator gar that was caught in Texas last month has broken not one, not two but four International Game and Fish Association (IGFA) records.

Captain Kirk Kirkland served as the guide to Art Weston who reeled in the 283-pound alligator gar on Sept. 2.

Kirkland and Weston wrestled with the beast for two hours and 45 minutes, until they finally brought the fish aboard.

The anglers knew they had caught something record worthy when they saw how massive the fish was, Kirkland said.

"It is extremely rare to catch a fish that size on a six pound line. It's quite a feat," Capt. Kirkland told Fox News Digital today.

After weighing the fish, the angler's submitted an application into the IGFA in hopes of claiming some records.

While they expected to take home two records, Kirkland confirmed that they have now officially set four new records both in the state of Texas and in the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: History; Hobbies; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alligatorgar; catchandrelease; fishing; gar; livingfossil; sports
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To: ethel rascel

Oh good. I read the article twice over and somehow missed that.

:)


21 posted on 10/26/2023 10:29:19 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Red Badger

I saw that title and initially thought it was a Florida Man-type story.

Way to go, Texas!


22 posted on 10/26/2023 10:33:35 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Everything’s bigger in Texas!....................


23 posted on 10/26/2023 10:35:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: jacknhoo

We have them in Florida as well, but they are really docile.

We had one come up to the boat one time and looked like he was begging for food. You could actually reach down and pet the thing...........


24 posted on 10/26/2023 10:39:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Holy crap! I didn’t think they got that big.


25 posted on 10/26/2023 10:41:01 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: fruser1

To a Texan the world IS TEXAS!............


26 posted on 10/26/2023 10:41:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Beowulf9

They did!.............


27 posted on 10/26/2023 10:42:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Six-pound test? No way.


28 posted on 10/26/2023 10:42:28 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Beowulf9
"Aww. It got that big so it lived long, let it go !"

The last line of the article says they let it go.

29 posted on 10/26/2023 10:43:55 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

They ain’t dangerous..................


30 posted on 10/26/2023 10:44:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
Not an alligator gar, but a big fish story.
Back in the 60s when I was still little, my family was at Lake of the Ozarks, in central Missouri, where we vacationed a lot.
One morning, while standing on the dock of the resort a john boat pulled up with 2 fisherman in it. A channel catfish was tied along side. It was too big to get in the boat. The boat was probably around 12 foot.
They caught it on a trotline by the Bagnell Dam.
31 posted on 10/26/2023 10:45:13 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: Bounced2X

Channels Cats can get huge!...................


32 posted on 10/26/2023 10:46:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

I bet that smoked his Zebico drag


33 posted on 10/26/2023 10:48:27 AM PDT by DOC44 ( )
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To: Red Badger

Well, the World does know who Texas is.


34 posted on 10/26/2023 10:52:23 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Texas Fossil

I had a buddy in the Marines from Texas and he was always talking Texas this and Texas that and everything in Texas is so much bigger, better, etc, etc, etc..............


35 posted on 10/26/2023 10:54:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

After weighing the large fish, Weston and Kirkland released their catch back into the water.


36 posted on 10/26/2023 10:59:14 AM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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To: ethel rascel

Sorry. I posted a duplicate comment before reading yours.


37 posted on 10/26/2023 11:00:08 AM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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To: ethel rascel

That Gar release was my favorite part of the story.
It’s not needed for food or for science, so let it keep going.


38 posted on 10/26/2023 11:01:59 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

Not channels, they don’t get that big. Blues and flatheads now that’s a different story.


39 posted on 10/26/2023 11:02:18 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: DOC44

lol!!!


40 posted on 10/26/2023 11:04:55 AM PDT by basalt (qb's)
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