Their ultimate goal is to get a 200-plus-pound alligator gar in every record category. “I don’t know if we’ll ever get a 200 [on 2-pound], right? I mean 153, that’s a big fish,” he says.

“It’s a situation where you can’t rely on the force you put on the fish. You have to put just enough pressure to keep them swimming and tiring themselves out.” This translates to a lot of extra work ...

The Plan to Catch a World Record Fish Weston's guide, Captain Kirk Kirkland, is the reigning authority on catching big gar. / Kirk Kirkland “Captain Kirk and I have practiced landing these fish ...

However, the two want to land a 200-plus-pound alligator gar. "I don't know if we'll ever get a 200 [on 2-pound], right? I mean 153, that's a big fish," he says. "And Kirkland, he'll argue that he ...

Just when I thought Art Weston’s resume couldn’t get any more impressive, another incredible big fish story to shock the imagination comes barreling down the pike. I call the story incredible because ...

They were on a mission: They wanted to catch an alligator gar that weighed more than 110 pounds using a two-pound test line, which would beat the current world record. Once they caught a big fish ...