Art Weston landed a 153-pound alligator gar on 2-lb test, setting a new IGFA world record for freshwater fish on ultra-light ...

A pending world-record alligator gar caught by Art Weston is the heaviest freshwater fish ever landed on 2-pound test.

and Loon Lake—where both Clegg and her son caught their trophies—is a well-known hotspot for the voracious feeders. Clegg was using nightcrawlers on a spinning rig when the big tiger pounced.

Kirk Kirkland caught a giant ... “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 works harder ...