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An angler from Kentucky says he may have broken a record for a 153-pound alligator gar caught in Lake Livingston, Texas after a four-hour battle to reel in the massive fish.
Just when I thought Art Weston’s resume couldn’t get any more impressive, another incredible big fish story to shock the imagination comes barreling down the pike. I call the story incredible because ...
Last October, Weston set an all-tackle record for the largest muskie ever released alive. Once approved, this alligator gar will be Weston’s 81st International Game Fish Association (IGFA ...
Their ultimate goal is to get a 200-plus-pound alligator gar in every record category. “I don’t know if we’ll ever get a 200 [on 2-pound], right? I mean 153, that’s a big fish,” he says. “And Kirkland ...
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 test fishing line.
Kirkland and Weston said they released the fish after catching it. "A true 1% likelihood catch," Weston said. Weston claimed the massive alligator gar was the largest fresh-water fish caught on an ...
They were on a mission: They wanted to catch an alligator gar that weighed more than 110 pounds using a two-pound test line, which would beat the current world record. Once they caught a big fish ...
Weston’s clean sweep of records is built around alligator gar. All were caught in Texas ... Weston’s most recent big fish encounter came together on April 8 at Lake Livingston, another East ...