After setting a world record with a massive alligator gar catch last year, Kentucky angler Art Weston embarked on a new mission to find an even larger one. His target: a gar weighing 293 pounds or ...

Last year, with the help of professional fishing guide Captain Kirk Kirkland, Weston set the all-tackle world record after ...

a 116-pound blue catfish that once held a world record. Anyone may fish for alligator gar on a catch-and-release basis with an alligator gar permit, but a trophy tag is required to keep an ...