Indian Creek/Limestone kayak trip

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09-16-2022, 06:49 PM
Damion Kidd

Indian Creek/Limestone kayak trip

Got to Indian creek at 7. First laydown I caught 2 keepers. Lost a big one. And a few shorts. Went on up the creek and nothing else. Left around 12 and just for the heck of it went to Limestone. Caught a few shorts on my favorite laydown. Decided to go to the middle pit just to see. I was paddling to the back corner and heard something to my right along the bank. I looked and saw something in the grass. I knew it was big and figured I knew what it was. I went and turned around to come back out and when I got close I knew it was a gator. He had come off the bank and got caught up in the grass growing by the bank. As I got closer he did a move to get out of the grass. He went airborne and landed just in front of me. Yeah it freaked me out. I’ll post some pics when I get time. Biggun.

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09-16-2022, 08:43 PM
Ditch Basser

Glad you found my fishing buddy! I'll be seeing him a lot in another two or three weeks!
09-16-2022, 09:26 PM
Bob D

Yeah, I'm thinking that would have about done me in for the trip! Glad to hear you're ok.
09-17-2022, 05:38 AM
riverboss

glad to hear you got a few.....Ive never owned a handgun as Ive not needed one or didnt feel the need but those gators have me shopping for one....
09-17-2022, 06:45 AM
BuckeyeCrappie

I would have filled the kayak and not with fish! Thanks for your report
09-17-2022, 01:49 PM
Damion Kidd

I think I just scared him as much as he did me. I just sat there until I saw where he was. Paddled well out of his way and he just started making his way back where he came from.

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09-17-2022, 03:32 PM
Damion Kidd

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Originally Posted by riverboss

glad to hear you got a few.....Ive never owned a handgun as Ive not needed one or didnt feel the need but those gators have me shopping for one....

I always carry when I’m down there. But it’s always been because of the shady people that sometimes hang out down there. Especially at the old bridge.

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09-17-2022, 03:38 PM
Damion Kidd

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09-17-2022, 03:39 PM
Damion Kidd

My two little fish and ditches fishing buddy. Lol

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09-17-2022, 04:46 PM
Ditch Basser

Don't shoot him! You'd probably just make him mad. Right now, he's pretty docile, LOL!
09-17-2022, 05:01 PM
Damion Kidd

I ain’t gonna shoot him. Just gonna let him have it for a while. Lol

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09-17-2022, 05:16 PM
fishing man

Better than i did on the crappie. I bet that is the big one i videoed last year on that bank. I saw one Thursday that was headed that way also. Hope it gets good in a couple weeks. What kind of kayak did you get?
09-17-2022, 05:33 PM
Damion Kidd

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Originally Posted by fishing man

Better than i did on the crappie. I bet that is the big one i videoed last year on that bank. I saw one Thursday that was headed that way also. Hope it gets good in a couple weeks. What kind of kayak did you get?

I’ve got a field and stream borrowed right now. I caught the crappie at Indian creek. Caught a couple real small ones up old limestone.

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09-17-2022, 10:12 PM
catchNgrease

I don't know which is worse...seeing the gators and knowing where they are...or not seeing them and wondering. Great report and a life adventure.

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09-18-2022, 04:03 AM
DockShootinJack

Cold weather slows them down enough you can pet then like a puppy dog:Rofl
09-18-2022, 05:15 AM
riverboss

I would think a kayak trailing a stringer of fish has to be a gator lure
09-18-2022, 06:30 AM
DockShootinJack

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Originally Posted by riverboss

I would think a kayak trailing a stringer of fish has to be a gator lure

That would make for a wild ride.
09-18-2022, 10:42 AM
Damion Kidd

Quote:

Originally Posted by riverboss

I would think a kayak trailing a stringer of fish has to be a gator lure

I had them on stringer at Indian aCreek. Turned them loose. Wasn’t gonna keep anything if I caught any at limestone. I do need to figure how to use a cooler.

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09-18-2022, 12:50 PM
catchNgrease

Fished with a guy that had one of these. We used it as minnow keeper but it does double as a fish basket. I wanna think he paid $30 for his.

Amazon.com

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09-19-2022, 01:05 PM
ALBuzz

Great pics Damion. Love seeing everyone's reports and the good looking fish they get in the boat!
10-06-2022, 09:28 AM
slabby

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Originally Posted by Damion Kidd

I always carry when I’m down there. But it’s always been because of the shady people that sometimes hang out down there. Especially at the old bridge.

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Isn't that part of Wheeler Wildlife refuge and if so it is illegal to carry a firearm,my cousin got caught with one under his seat in his truck at Flint creek and it cost him nearly two thousand dollars

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10-06-2022, 01:40 PM
Damion Kidd

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Originally Posted by slabby

Isn't that part of Wheeler Wildlife refuge and if so it is illegal to carry a firearm,my cousin got caught with one under his seat in his truck at Flint creek and it cost him nearly two thousand dollars

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That’d be my luck.

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10-06-2022, 01:59 PM
catchNgrease

Quote:

Originally Posted by slabby

Isn't that part of Wheeler Wildlife refuge and if so it is illegal to carry a firearm,my cousin got caught with one under his seat in his truck at Flint creek and it cost him nearly two thousand dollars

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The only place on Wheeler Refuge that it is illegal to possess a fire arm that is used for personal protection is the Wheeler Refuge Office and that's because you don't need one because they are armed. Not only is it legal but it would be encouraged.

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10-06-2022, 02:03 PM
catchNgrease

H.R.-627 says

The Secretary of the Interior shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm including an assembled or functional firearm in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System

As long as

(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the State in which the unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System is located

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