Confair targets big pre-spawn longnose gar with a terminal set-up similar in style to the popular Sabiki bait rig. He uses a pair of small No. 4 hooks and 20-pound test monofilament line for leader.

DNR says this is Confair’s second time as longnose gar record holder. Confair set the record in 2019 with a 17.9-pound gar, but was later surpassed by Samson Matthews with a 18.3-pound fish in 2020.

According to information from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, longnose gar are native to South Carolina. What makes this one black, however, is the melanin.

What they caught was a longnose gar, completely black and about two and half to three feet long. According to information from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, longnose gar are ...

SALUDA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - A group fishing in South Carolina was quite surprised when they recently reeled a rare black gar. The Brandt and Williams families were out on the water Sunday for a ...