The 7-foot-3-inch behemoth weighed in at 153 pounds and Weston said it took him nearly four hours to reel in on just 2-pound ...

(Art Weston) Weston said his goal for the day was to best the existing 110-pound record for alligator gar caught ... Once ...

It took nearly four hours, a 2-mile chase across a Texas lake and nerves of steel—but angler Art Weston just landed what could be the heaviest freshwater fish ever caught on a 2-pound test line.

A Kentucky fisherman may have earned a world record after catching a massive alligator gar during a recent fishing trip in Texas. Art Weston, an experienced angler, reeled in the 153-pound fish from ...

Fisheries Research Biologist Nate Smith says he is stationed at the Heart of the Hills Fisheries Science Center near Mountain Home, but he conducts research statewide for Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

Art Weston, a Kentucky resident, went to Lake Livingston, Texas, to catch an alligator gar with the help of an expert guide and fisherman, Captain Kirk Kirkland. "It was an epic battle ...

"This particular fish was very difficult, swimming 8 to 12 feet below the boat, and even resting on the bottom for 10 or more minutes at a time," Weston told Sports Illustrated, adding the gar ...

He can add another record, as he helped Weston bring aboard an alligator gar that the angler said took four hours to land as they traveled 2 miles across the lake. Their goal for the day was to ...