A Texas fisherman just set a new record for Lake Corpus Christi after catching a 207-pound alligator gar, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
for Lake Corpus Christi after catching a 207-pound alligator gar, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.Hefner’s father, who has been fishing in that area since the 80s, stood on the family’s boat and took a photo of Hefner next to his catch to better show the size of the fish.
“We weren’t just targeting gar, we also were targeting flathead and blue catfish. We broke the Nueces River blue catfish record as well — four separate times,” Hefner said. He told KSAT that he and his dad used cast nets to catch fish to use for live bait like carp, buffalo and tilapia. “As an old man once told my dad in the 80s, ‘the bigger the bait, the bigger the fish.’ In this case, it was a live 12″ tilapia that caught the record gar,” Hefner said.“We’re not sure if the extra flow helped with the gar since it was on the lake, but maybe the fresh water flowing in from the river got it moving. I think that was the only fish we caught that day, actually,” Hefner continued.
He and his dad released the alligator gar back into the river after posing for photos. You can see a video of the release in the
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