This Pending World-Record Gar Is the Heaviest Freshwater Fish Ever Caught on 2-Pound Test

Arthur Weston has broken 80 records, but he will soon add another after he caught a 70-kilogram alligator gar. He fought the fish for four hours and chased it for more than two miles. "Probability of one percent," he said.

This Pending World-Record Gar Is the Heaviest Freshwater Fish Ever Caught on 2-Pound Test

A pair of seasoned, world-record-chasing anglers just left another mark on the record books. On Tuesday traveling angler Art Weston and Texas fishing guide Capt. Kirk Kirkland caught a giant, 153-pound alligator gar on ultra-light line. The gar is a new pending world record. It’s also the heaviest freshwater fish ever landed on 2-pound test, according to the International Game Fish Association. Weston tells Outdoor Life that if his 153-pound gar…