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05-31-09, 04:16 PM | #1 |
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Went Bass fishing..but got something else
So me and bigfelk22 went to one of our lakes and got a little more than we bargained for. So I'm throwing a spinnerbait and Mr. Gator popped up right infront of my spinner and went for it. So I threw it again to see what he would do and chomped at it again. So I went to cast again and then SNAP!!!!The line broke mid cast(gator teeth put a hurting on mono I guess)
We looked for like 2 min for the spinner and then it fell in the water 50yds away. That thing must have been 30,000 ft in the air. Anyway, bigfelk22 was throwing a white trick worm, and what do you know, Gators like white trick worms and went after it like that worm owed him money. The fight was on! 20# Power Pro did great(I now am switching to Power Pro braid) So we got him close enough to try to have the least amount of line hanging off him. Unfortunately he got hooked, but this will be a day we wont forget. Got some great pics too. |
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nice pics man thanks
jim
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That poor lil' gator...just mindin his own business when two mean ol' fishermen come up and harass him like that. Someone should call the ASPCA on y.... what am I sayin?!?! I probably would have done it too LOL. I can only imagine how much fun that was!! How big was he? Watch out you don't lose a hand or something.
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looks like a 4 footer or so to me. am i close? nice story. got a question fer ya tho......... whatcha'll gonna do ifn yas actually "catch" a gator? huh? hahahahahaha.
thanks for the pics. nice looking gator.
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That looks about right!
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06-01-09, 09:10 AM | #6 |
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I think he was about 5ft. This guy popped up from the water and started chasing our lures around, it was like he didn't want us to fish there (or maybe he did? I think he wanted our catch) It was amazing seeing him chase our lures around. I guess we were fishing in the wrong spot at the wrong time.
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It reminded me of Tarpon fishing at Boca Grand Pass. You could be fighting a 150lbs Tarpon and them BAM! a 12ft Hammerhead bites it in half.
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one of those popped up on me last year about less than a foot from my sandled feet, i eased back easy and went to another canal rofl
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Sounds like what me and my buddy Richi did last year. He threw his worm at a little 3 or 3 1/2 ft gator, who followed it back to the boat. Once he was there, Richi let him catch it, and hooked him just barely on one side of his mouth. He could pulled him in to where I could grab him behind the head and by the tail. I picked him up, both of us laughing and yelling victory cries. After the initial euphoria passed, I looked at Richi and said "Ok, now what?" Neither one of us had a camera, and nobody was around to see it. So, Richi took him from me and looked at him for a minute, then we threw him back in.
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05-31-09, 08:32 PM | #11 |
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looks bigger than 4 feet to me...i say 6...whos closer?
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Alligators are aggressive cuz they got all them teeth and no toothbrush
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ok waterboy........hahahahahaha.
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I'd be careful of him, Mallen. Something's wrong with his medulla oblon-gata.
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06-01-09, 06:47 PM | #16 |
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lmao!!!!!!!
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Ya, I freaking hate gators! They're pesky things, I lost my first spro popping frog to a gator chilling in a hydrilla mat, as soon as I cast, I hear a snap. I set the hook and my frog is gone, than I see the gator!
Thanks for the pics!
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4ft or 6ft, he still has alot of teeth!!!!
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you should see the gators on Santee Cooper.... they are everywhere.... they started givin out gator tags last year and people took some 15+ ft gators......
cool story tho
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no offense, but thats BS!!! the biggest one killed was 13' 8"...me and spros netman duck hunt with the fellas that killed it.
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I would cut him some slack.....I guess gators and bass grow each time the story is told...
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Well, you all are beter than me. Since we don't have any large toothy critters like that out here, I would likely run around and scream if one popped up in my pond.
To quote Bill Cosby, first I would day it, and then I would do it....
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Sac - Is it true? That they taste like chicken????? And what's with that new gator skin wallet you're carrying around?
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06-02-09, 12:28 AM | #25 |
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LOL!!! Gator does taste like chewy chicken but I don't have gator wallet. I would never kill anything. I'm a catch and release guy, always have and always will. No matter what it is.
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