Dawson Hefner learned how to catch alligator gar when he was a teenager, landing his first alligator gar when he was 16 years old by drifting a chunk of freshwater drum under a Coke bottle in Texas’s ...
Texas alligator gar season is in spring and summer, and the longest-living freshwater fish in the state will be attracted to the warmer waters. While anglers may be anxious to catch and release ...