Update: The Missouri Department of Conservation announced on Monday, Aug. 22, that Rich Porter’s pending state-record shortnose gar was misidentified. Subsequent genetic testing by a Missouri ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation is now saying a reported shortnose gar was not a shortnose gar after all. In the past week, the department released information stating a Nebraska man was ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A fish caught in the Lake of the Ozarks by a Nebraska man that was thought to be record-sized is not pure, the Missouri Department of Conservation said. Rich Porter of Omaha, ...

Update: The Missouri Department of Conservation is now saying the reported shortnose gar was not a shortnose gar after all. Here's the latest on what a second round of testing found. Rich Porter ...

Rich Porter, of Nebraska, shot this shortnose gar May 16 while on a Missouri fishing trip. Missouri Department of Conservation/Twitter UPDATE: A record-breaking shortnose gar shot in Missouri wasn’t ...

This story was edited to include updated information from the Missouri Department of Conservation. LAKE OF THE OZARKS − A Nebraska man was short of becoming Missouri's new record holder under ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A world record fish ...

Jul. 23—Over the years, gar have gotten a bad wrap for being a main consumer of game and sport fish, but that may be because the prehistoric fish is adaptable in less-than-ideal settings. Jason ...

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