The Alligator Gar is a rare fish in Fields of Mistria that can only be caught on snowy days.

This "living fossil" can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it survived predatory dinosaurs.

Anglers can use any legal means or method to take qualifying alligator gar day or night from a section of the Trinity River.

Alligator gar can measure more than 8 feet long and weigh over 300 pounds. Here are some of the biggest ever caught ...

Aug. 29—AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department opens its annual Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process Sept. 1. The random drawing authorizes anglers to ...

Life Alligator gar harvest drawing opens soon, 150 anglers will get a spot The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will open its annual application process for the Alligator Gar Harvest authorization.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department opens its annual Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process Sept. 1. (Courtesy Photo) ...

It's not the first time a melanistic alligator gar has been caught in Texas.

Alligator gar, officially extirpated in Illinois since 1994 but now in a restoration program since 2010, were introduced farther north last year than its historical range in a nod to the changing ...