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Texas has one of the best remaining fisheries for alligator gar, and in concert with its efforts to maintain a viable fishery, imposed a one-per-day bag limit on them in 2009. [44] The Texas state record, and world record for the largest alligator gar caught on rod and reel, is 279 lb (127 kg), taken by Bill Valverde on January 1, 1951, on the ...
The Texas Parks & Wildlife program allows up to 150 anglers a chance to hook one alligator gar over 48 inches from the Trinity River in North Texas while meeting conservation goals.
The lake is home to a number of fish species, including largemouth bass, spotted bass, white bass, white crappie, channel catfish, and alligator gar. Fishing regulations of most species are managed under statewide regulations. The exception is a 14- to 18-inch (36- to 46-cm) slot limit on largemouth bass; (46 cm).
The random drawing authorizes anglers to harvest one alligator gar over 48 inches from a section of the Trinity River. From Sept. 1 through Sept. 30, anglers holding a valid license-year or year ...
All of the gars are relatively large fish, but the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is the largest; the alligator gar often grows to a length over 2 m (6.5 ft) and a weight over 45 kg (100 lb), [5] and specimens of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in length have been reported. [6]
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Alligator gar. Next, Wade returns to Texas' Trinity River, for a rematch with the alligator gar. In season 1, he had caught a 7-foot female gar and concluded that the fish had no interest in attacking people. Now, reports have surfaced that gar in Texas are once again reaching lengths of up to 14 feet, the perfect size for a potential killer.
Feb. 23—ATHENS — Anglers throughout Texas established fishing records through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's (TPWD) Angler Recognition Program (ARP) in 2023, highlighted by one of ...