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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:42 AM Nov 2020

Florida fisherman caught a gator ... It weighed more than 1,000 pounds

For three years Corey Capps had been dreaming of catching the massive alligator in the river behind his home in Blountstown, Florida. Capps told CNN he and his wife were taking a boat ride on the Apalachicola River when they spotted the gator laying up on the bank.
He called his friend Rodney Smith, who had state-issued gator tags that allowed them to legally go after the animal.

"Three different times in the last two months, I've been back there fishing and he's stalked me. ... So me and him, something was going to give between the two of us," he said.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/florida-gator-weighed-1000-pounds-trnd/index.html

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Florida fisherman caught a gator ... It weighed more than 1,000 pounds (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 OP

And they found the remains of three fishermen exboyfil Nov 2020 #1

We have gators in all 3 ponds in my sub-division in FL at140 Nov 2020 #2

We had a couple wonder out of the bayou exboyfil Nov 2020 #3

In FL. it is not safe to swim in most of the waters, outside the ocean. lark Nov 2020 #6

Gawd, I hate to see pixs like that packman Nov 2020 #4

It is 'meat' left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #5

So is this - packman Nov 2020 #7

LOL Unaware of that being food. left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #9

Wish it had eaten two more Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #8

exboyfil

(18,007 posts)

1. And they found the remains of three fishermen

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:47 AM

Nov 2020

in its belly. /s

What a monster. Nile crocs get to 1,200 lbs and they look like dinosaurs.

at140

(6,135 posts)

2. We have gators in all 3 ponds in my sub-division in FL

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:00 AM

Nov 2020

But they are not aggressive. Stupid people feed them chickens, so when we sit on the banks of the large ponds, the gators come to check if we will throw some raw chickens in water.

In Florida all large ponds usually will have a resident gator. Swim with extreme caution.

exboyfil

(18,007 posts)

3. We had a couple wonder out of the bayou

Reply to at140 (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:05 AM

Nov 2020

when we lived in Mississippi. We also had a small dog little larger than a chihuahua. This makes a perfect meal for most gators.

When we first got to Mississippi, my brother and I stupidly went into the water in the bayou. The leeches kept us from doing that again. Seeing the gators reinforced staying out of there.

lark

(24,183 posts)

6. In FL. it is not safe to swim in most of the waters, outside the ocean.

Reply to at140 (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:15 AM

Nov 2020

When I was a kid, gators were "shoot on sight", so rivers and lakes were kept clear and people could swim anywhere. They changed the laws when I was older and now the gators now own the waters and it is totally not safe to go in except in a boat or in places where the gators are kept out and those are few and far between. There are some places that have a lot of tourists and the gators stay away during the day, like Jenny Springs and Ichetucknee, but you have to stay in the springs and stay out of the water in the evening and night because the gators take over then.