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Arkansas Bowfisherman Sets New Shortnose Gar Record

by TBC Press on 12/26/16

Arkansas Bowfisherman Sets New Shortnose Gar Record  Bryson Harpole of Ward didn’t only set a new bar for shortnose gar in Arkansas’s fishing records on Nov. 1, 2016; he crushed the old record for unrestricted tackle. His bowfishing catch from Cypress Bayou WMA weighed an impressive 11 lbs. 12 oz., and measured over a yard long at 36.8 inches. The previous record, held by Robert Perkins of Conway and taken in Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir in 1998 was 6 lbs. 12 oz. This gar was nearly double the old state record, and... READ MORE

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