AUDITIONING FOR A SPOT ON SWAMP PEOPLE

A fellow was fishing in the "lake" it front of our development and hooked an alligator. Fought it for a while. I was walking by and asked if he caught anything. Commented he hooked an alligator, but did not know if he should break his line and let it swim away.
I volunteered to play swamp people and managed to get my hands on it and removed the hook before making some photo ops.
Gator was approx. 4 feet long and became calm once I closed his mouth and held on to him.

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Now I am awaiting for TROY LANDRY to give me a call!!!!:Rofl:dono

I think you are a natural. Just hold the gator closer to the [emoji328] camera. Like we do with our fish. [emoji849]

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Originally Posted by OCurrans

I think you are a natural. Just hold the gator closer to the [emoji328] camera. Like we do with our fish. [emoji849]

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My camera operator (wife) was not going to get close at all.:Rofl

She must be related to my wife.

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Interesting for sure. Oh the things that happen to us while we're fishin'.

Choot em!!

Good pics John.

Should have cut the line

Ha ha...Your a natural

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Originally Posted by huntinslabs

Should have cut the line

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Nah, anybody could have done that. One of my biggest regrets is allowing about a 7 foot gator to break off while fishing in FL at a farm pond. My FIL and I were fishing and I hooked that one in the mouth with a rattle trap. I got him up to the bank after a long fight and asked my FIL to hold my rod so I could get my bait back. I didn't have any pliers but I wanted that rattle trap. He talked me out of it. He said we were an hour from the closest hospital. I'm still pretty sure I could have done it without severe injury. I was about 25 at the time and relatively bullet proof, or thought so anyway.

John, you are one tough gewber. Pretty neat. Great pics, thanks for sharing.

I bet that guy would have been delicious....;)

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John Todd or Flycaster dont seem like a good cajun handle for swamp people. Have to come up with a name for yourself.

WTG John..... surprised nobody asked yet if the gator was relocated away from the development retention pond????

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Originally Posted by Speck Detector

WTG John..... surprised nobody asked yet if the gator was relocated away from the development retention pond????

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Placed him back into the pond. We see alligators in the pond most of the time. They travel from the pond, which is located alongside Route 19, then travel up a man made stream to our club house where there is a fountain in a small pond.
Residents are warned about the alligators, not to feed them and to be cautious walking their small dogs along side of the stream.
They migrate in and out of the retention pond as there is not much for them to feed on. There are fish in the pond, but don't think the population is enough to sustain the diet of many alligators at one time.
We have had some that measure over seven feet in length, and when they get to roam in the development the FWC gets a call to come and remove the critter.

All ya got to do is turn em over and rub em on their belly = Go right to sleep .....

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Originally Posted by Taterlicious

I bet that guy would have been delicious....;)

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Chicken !