David Confair and his fishing pal Grant Usilton were drift fishing for big longnose gar in Confair’s 23-foot boat on February 8. Around 8 a.m., Confair hooked a big one and carefully brought it to the boat. When he put the gar in the boat, his handheld weigh scale registered 19 pounds.⁠ ⁠ “I figured it would be a state-record fish,” he said. “But we kept fishing, and 20 minutes later I hooked another big one, got it to the boat, and Grant netted it. I knew it was bigger than the fish I’d just caught, and I was pretty sure I had a new Maryland gar record.”⁠ ⁠ Confair’s new record gar weighing 20.5 pounds was verified and certified for the state by Maryland DNR recreational fisheries coordinator Erik Zlokovitz. Both of Confair’s big fish that day topped the Maryland longnose gar record in the state’s Chesapeake division that weighed 18.3 pounds and was caught by Samson Matthews in 2020, also in Marshyhope Creek.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in profile for the full story 🔗⁠ ⁠ #fishing #fishingseason ...