Big alligator
Aug 8, 2020 18:14:37 #
Aug 8, 2020 18:16:59 #
bahmer
Loc: Northern Illinois Rockford
1old timer wrote:
my nephews caught this big boy in Louisiana weighed 1300 lbs
What do they normally weigh in at?
Aug 8, 2020 18:20:05 #
Aug 8, 2020 18:33:39 #
We watched one they said was 13ft plus on the Ambercrombie Ranch while hog hunting In Texas - they called him ‘Ole Joe’
Aug 8, 2020 19:36:00 #
BadFisherman
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
stuco wrote:
How long was it? Would love to see pictures of it.
Watch any of the Lake Placid movies.
Aug 8, 2020 19:43:25 #
I've seen them on the river banks, maybe 15ft some might have gone to 17 not sure. Largest I've caught was 12ft. Never thought about the weight of one of those.
Aug 8, 2020 19:47:53 #
I’ve eaten some good gator and some very very chewy gator. Got some in the freezer a friend sent me from Florida. Gotta get it eaten up one of these first days.
Aug 8, 2020 20:03:54 #
When I was working for the Florida Marine Patrol I was up the Tomoka River in Ormond Beach Florida, A gator came along my boat then swam off. He was as long as my boat which was 18ft.
Aug 8, 2020 20:07:34 #
campbellclan wrote:
When I was working for the Florida Marine Patrol I was up the Tomoka River in Ormond Beach Florida, A gator came along my boat then swam off. He was as long as my boat which was 18ft.
That would make a mouthful or two!
Aug 8, 2020 20:21:21 #
Huntm22 wrote:
That would make a mouthful or two!
Yup, but it would probably be so tough all you could do is chew it until there was no flavor left the spit it out.
Aug 8, 2020 20:35:49 #
Aug 9, 2020 13:40:22 #
bahmer wrote:
What do they normally weigh in at?
Don't know the average weight,
but one shot in Texas not too
long ago was just over 14 ft.
and 800 lbs. ! I'm guessing that
a 1,300 lb. 'gator must be close
to 18 ft. ?
Aug 9, 2020 13:52:46 #
BadFisherman wrote:
Watch any of the Lake Placid movies.
Hi, BF !
Not 100% sure, but I think the critter in that movie was actually
a crocodile, not a 'gator, and a saltwater croc at that ! Movie was scary, but the premise was unrealistic; no 'gator or croc could acclimate to the temperature in a Maine lake, as they can only survive in a relatively warm climate ! The furthest north you will find them in this country is North Carolina, although with
the supposed 'global warming', they may eventually make their way into some southern Virginia marshes !
Aug 9, 2020 21:28:07 #
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