ATHENS -- Sometimes Michael Baird thinks he's heard it all -- until the next fish story reaches his ears. Baird, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries biologist in Waco, said, ...

I always have to catch myself when I spot a gar while fishing in Florida. Working a topwater plug near a shoreline, I'll often notice a gar breaking the surface with its long snout and sharp teeth.

It's believed the fish was a female. Field & Stream Online Editors SHARE Editor’s Note: Alligator gar stories often cross our desk, and we generally refrain from publishing them because too often ...