A new record was set in April for the largest alligator gar caught at Lake Corpus Christi, weighing in at 207 pounds. The long snout is a familiar face in Texas as the state is one of the native homes ...

(which are not as gross as they sound). But a family in Arkansas recently found out the hard way that cooking up a batch of gar eggs isn’t quite so appetizing. In fact, it can be downright dangerous.

Alligator gar have all the major characteristics of a trophy gamefish. They’ll eat a variety of baits and lures, they pull like hell, and, most importantly, they’re giants. The species now has its own ...