# @outdoor_life on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIcYp_qs-Tg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29407731-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-14T22:20:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

A pair of seasoned, world-record-chasing anglers just left another mark on the record books.⁠
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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.⁠
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#fishing #fishingtrip #fishingseason #gar #alligatorgar #freshwaterfish #IGFA #texas #outdoors #conservation #nature #outdoorlife⁠
📷: artweston42⁠
Story by: dac.collins

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## Tags

conservation, igfa, outdoors, nature, fishing, texas, freshwaterfish, alligatorgar, fishingseason, outdoorlife, gar, fishingtrip

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