News Roundup
Alligator Gar
- Alligator Gar Fast Facts
- Species description
- Alligator Gar Website
- YouTube Videos
- Magazine Articles
- Gar-Gantuan (2015)
- Garzilla (2007)
- TPWD News Photos
- Range Maps
- Regulations
- Current
- Statewide bag limit - 1 fish per day
- Falcon Lake - 5 fish per day
- Special regulation for portions of Lake Texoma
- When conditions such as water temperature and flooding events would be conducive for spawning of alligator gar, the TPWD Executive Director may temporarily prohibit taking or attempting to take alligator gar in a specified area for a period not to exceed 30 days. Get details
- Current
- TPWD News Releases and Advisories
- Aug. 30, 2023 — Trinity River Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization Drawing to Open
- May 1, 2023 — TPWD Provides Anglers with Best Practices for Catch and Release of Alligator Gar
- Aug. 29, 2022 — Harvest Authorization Drawing Opens for Trinity River Alligator Gar Sept. 1
- Aug. 23, 2021 — Trinity River Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization Drawing Opens Sept. 1
- Aug. 28, 2020 — Trinity River Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization Drawing Opens Sept. 1
- May 21, 2020 — TPW Commission Approves Changes to Freshwater Fishing Regulations for 2020-21
- Aug. 13, 2019 — Drawing for Trinity River Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization Opens Aug. 15
- May 23, 2019 — TPWD Reopens Alligator Gar Fishing in Trinity River
- May 6, 2019 — TPWD Temporarily Closes Alligator Gar Fishing in Segment of the Trinity River
- March 20, 2019 — TPW Commission Approves Changes to Freshwater Fishing Regulations for 2019-20
- Feb. 15, 2019 — TPWD Releases Freshwater Fishing Regulation Proposals for 2019-2020
- Feb. 7, 2019 — TPWD Announces Proposed Alligator Gar Regulation Changes
- Nov. 7, 2018 — Inland Fisheries Staff Considering Alligator Gar Regulation Changes
- June 15, 2018 — TPWD Launches Online Survey to Explore Opinions on Alligator Gar
- April 16, 2018 — TPWD Unveils New Alligator Gar Website
- Oct. 13, 2017 — 60-Year-Old Alligator Gar New Brazos River Record
- Sept. 4, 2015 — Falcon Offers Bountiful Bass, Alligator Gar
- June 9, 2015 — TPWD Reopens Alligator Gar Fishing in Trinity River Downstream of Dallas
- May 12, 2015 — TPWD Temporarily Closes Alligator Gar Fishing in Trinity River Downstream of Dallas
- March 26, 2015 — TPW Commission Adopts Changes in Fishing Regulations
- Jan. 22, 2015 — TPWD Proposing Adjustments to Bass and Gar Fishing Regulations; Commercial Crab and Finfish Rules
- March 27, 2014 — 5-Fish Seatrout Bag Limit, Guadalupe River Trout Conservation Rules Adopted
- Feb. 19, 2014 — TPWD Proposing Seatrout Bag Limit Change, Gar Conservation Rules
- Aug. 23, 2011 — Gar Facts Often Garbled
- Aug. 11, 2011 — Alligator Gar Research in Texas Helps Protect Trophy Fishery
- July 8, 2011 — Cleveland Angler Sets New State Catch-and-Release Record for Alligator Gar
- June 15, 2011 — Three Indicted in Alligator Gar Smuggling Operation
- May 16, 2011 — Big Fish Stories Can Have Happier Endings
- July 15, 2009 — Texas Moves to Protect Trophy Alligator Gar Fishery
- March 26, 2009 — Alligator Gar Bag Limit to go into Effect Sept. 1, 2009