Some things just deserve a shellebration.
In Texas, a Kentucky angler hit a double of sorts, landing first a 200-pound alligator snapping turtle, then a possible world-record alligator gar – on four-pound fishing line.
Art Weston, state and world record fisherman, returned to Sam Rayburn Lake in the hope of setting another International Game and Fishing Association record.
Last year, with the help of professional fishing guide Captain Kirk Kirkland, Weston set the all-tackle world record after reeling in a 293-pound alligator gar on a six-pound line, as Fox News Digital reported.
On this latest trip, the turtle was the first catch, and an interesting catch it was; the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is quite literally a creature out of time. Look at one and you’re looking at a critter that would not have been at all out of place crawling around the feet of the…
