He had to have gone 15 ft or more. Definitely cuts down on the jet skiers!
--Casey
South Texas Gator
South Texas Gator
I went fishing at Choke Canyon today, and found this big 'ol guy in the back of a cove:
He had to have gone 15 ft or more. Definitely cuts down on the jet skiers!
--Casey
He had to have gone 15 ft or more. Definitely cuts down on the jet skiers!
--Casey
Re: South Texas Gator
I had no idea they made them that big. Guess it is Texas. Any chance that was two gators following each other?
I still can't believe there are gators here in NC. I never had to worry about that before, but now i'm always on edge when shore fishing. I'm deep in the woods and every twig that snaps I'm expecting to be mauled by a gator, a black bear or a snake falling from a tree.
None of the bass guys I talk to will go in after a snag in the trees. They say it's pretty common to have venemous snakes fall into boats from overhanging limbs. Man fishing can be dangerous sometimes.
I still can't believe there are gators here in NC. I never had to worry about that before, but now i'm always on edge when shore fishing. I'm deep in the woods and every twig that snaps I'm expecting to be mauled by a gator, a black bear or a snake falling from a tree.
None of the bass guys I talk to will go in after a snag in the trees. They say it's pretty common to have venemous snakes fall into boats from overhanging limbs. Man fishing can be dangerous sometimes.
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sdesign
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Re: South Texas Gator
Nice Casey... did you try throwin' a buzzbait at her? 
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dinengurth
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Re: South Texas Gator
Man it's a good thing that gator wasn't spotted here. It's gator season right now over here, and it would have alot of hunters after it. Most of the gators caught here range between 6 and 14' long. I tell you what, if you haven't had the chance, try some fried gator, awesome stuff.
take it easy
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Lightninrod
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Re: South Texas Gator
I've seen two 'gators in the swamp pond I frequent 
; one is(was) 5-6' long but the owner 'harvested' it a few weeks ago and a 9-10'(4' across ber back?) that is still roaming the swamp. I'll try to get a pic the next time I see her.
I remember one time(the last!) when fishing in a small lake near Macon, GA, when a 'gator as big as that one in the pic started 'cruising' past me and my little 10'x4' Basshunter pond-boat. Now, she was 50 yards away but she surely put a damper on my fishin' that day. Yep, I left not long after I saw her
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Dan
; one is(was) 5-6' long but the owner 'harvested' it a few weeks ago and a 9-10'(4' across ber back?) that is still roaming the swamp. I'll try to get a pic the next time I see her.I remember one time(the last!) when fishing in a small lake near Macon, GA, when a 'gator as big as that one in the pic started 'cruising' past me and my little 10'x4' Basshunter pond-boat. Now, she was 50 yards away but she surely put a damper on my fishin' that day. Yep, I left not long after I saw her
.Dan
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dinengurth
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Re: South Texas Gator
That happened to me yesterday. I was being followed by a gator(~4ft). Every where I'd go, he'd swim right along. Apparently it was hungry b/c he beelined towards every disturbance in the water.
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Rebbasser
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Re: South Texas Gator
Dang, septik, I was planning on heading to Choke either this or next Saturday-maybe I ought to reconsider........? NAAAAAAAAAAA, I'll risk it to fish that lake!