Steve Barclay didn't know what his client had just shot. All he knew was that it was huge.

Barclay, along with his partner Sam Lovell (The Gar Guys), had been guiding novice bowfisherman Brian Gouliquer on the Trinity River near Crocket, Texas last April when Gouliquer shot at a fin beneath the surface of the murky water. It took all three men, Gouliquer, Barclay, and Lovell, to haul the massive fish onto the boat. When it was over they were looking at a 7-foot 7-inch long, 250-pound alligator gar.