Largest Alligator Gar

There have been many big alligator gar seen, caught, and spoken of, but there is no one answer for the largest alligator gar ever caught, the answer depends on what you consider a legit form of caching a fish. There is a record for the largest alligator gar ever caught on rod & reel, there is a record for the largest alligator gar ever caught with bow fishing, and there is a record alligator gar for the largest ever caught with net.

Largest Alligator Gar Caught with Net

On February 14, 2011 Kenny Williams from Mississippi caught a 8 ft 5 in long, 327 lb alligator gar by means of net making it a new record for the largest alligator gar caught by net. (See picture below)

327 lb alligator gar fish

Biggest Alligator Gar caught with rod & reel

The biggest alligator gar caught on rod & reel was caught in 1951, the 279-lb alligator gar was caught on the Rio Grande in Texas. This world record alligator gar for rod & reel is the benchmark all anglers have been trying to best. The picture below is the reported picture of this amazing catch.

Biggest Alligator Gar caught by bow fishing

The biggest alligator gar caught by bow fishing was a massive 9 ft 6 in 365 lb fish caught by Kirk Kirkland in 1991, and this gar fish is also the largest alligator gar ever caught by any means. See picture below of the 365lb alligator gar.