How big? Really, really big An estimated 300-pound alligator gar in a Houston bayou.
SUGAR LAND, Texas– Off the beaten path at the foot of Brazos River, Payton Moore is more than just an serious angler.

“YouTube angler is type of the informal title, however at the end of the day, I’m a conservation educator,” Moore said.

He used to be an educator at the Houston Zoo and has the type of devices built to reel in beasts.

“Really, really big … the type of gear you ‘d see for big game fishing and saltwater environments,” Moore said.
It was almost a week earlier when he caught what he said is unofficially one of the biggest freshwater fish caught on a rod and line in Texas.

“It was kind of a unique catch,” he said.

And it’s certainly, he said, the largest caught on cam. It’s no surprise his newest YouTube post has gone viral.

“People started messaging me that they were seeing my video on Twitter,” Moore said.

The video features Moore on the banks of a Houston bayou locked in a 15-minute battle.

“Every time he stumbles forward it’s like he’s mosting likely to pull me in the water,” you can listen to Moore say in the video posted on his “WILD LIFE” channel.