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Attachment 454229was throwing up Saturday night. Felt pretty good Sunday morning so went and fished. Only fished about an hour before I got sick as a dog again. Caught 5 nice ones and saw this big boy in the pit everyone else has been seeing him in. BIG!!Didnt stick around long. Still not feeling well. Think it’s something I ate Saturday.
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Feel well! That’s one BIG gator…
Now that’s a big fella!! Also praying you feel better soon!
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Hope you feel better soon.
Certainly a big lizard. Hope you get well soon
Whopper! Definitely full grown.
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I remember the first time I saw that guy quite a few years ago. I was coming out of the old creek to where it meets limestone creek in a canoe. I saw his head crossing ahead of me and it took quite a while to wrap my mind around what I was seeing. I had seen the smaller ones before, but not him. Cool to see in our area.
It’s cool to see as I’m paddling by. But not when I’m pretty sure there’s slabs within a few feet of it. Lol. Do you think every time we see a big one it’s the same one or are there several around that big?Quote:
Originally Posted by eminart
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I think in that spot it's the one big male and a few smaller ones. I know there are more big ones out there, but I think the big males are pretty territorial. I've seen another one that size over at Blackwell Swamp
I've seen two smaller females in Limestone that hang with the big male. There's a pair in Blackwell Swamp also, the male is almost as big. The rest I've seen in Indian Creek, Flint Creek or other sloughs have been small, maybe four feet. I'm guessing those are young from one of those groupings that survived their first winter. There's lots of back water on Redstone Arsenal that's off limits, I'm guessing there's another pair or grouping there.
Looks like them gators here to stay. Once I heal up I may take my tinny over that way. Hope you feel better. FYI they say folks been getting food poison from flour. Eating cookie raw cookie dough and pan cake batter. Just an FYI
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Once you start think of all the sloughs, back waters and private land that borders the Tennessee River that's not accessible for most anglers I'm sure there's at least a couple hundred in north Alabama. I doubt their numbers are increasing very fast since this is the northern extreme of their range, but the adults here will die of old age, LOL!
The last 10 years we have had warm winters that have allowed the young to survive at a higher rate than previous decades and its reflected in the number of sightings . I’ve been fishing limestone bay for 30+ years and never saw a gator until 10 or so years ago but now I’ve had days where I see 3-4 different gators same day including in the deep channel that leads to the river. Boats have killed a couple in the river east of ditto landing too so numbers may be really booming
My band played a show Saturday. There was a food truck there. Everyone that ate brisket got sick.Quote:
Originally Posted by mighty
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I saw stumpy in either 1999 or 2000. I’ve heard it was a female. But very impressive. Very big and you could see part of the tail missing. I’ve heard stories of it being in the same pit years before that. Any sunny day it was in the first pit as you come into the peninsula.Quote:
Originally Posted by riverboss
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