Hate them gators

Put in down toward the mouth of beaver dam and was gonna work my way out in the bay and try some things riverboss told me. I was fishing the bank up toward the island and saw something going toward the bank. Stopped and it was a big gator. After I stopped it turned and looked like it was looking toward me. I paddled on down a ways and it came up doing the same thing. Couple of times same thing. So I turned and went back to the truck. [IMG]Attachment 455397[/IMG]


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:yikes

Whoever thought it was a good idea to put them on wheeler needs to be strapped to one of them

I ain’t too fond of em either.

Ah.
He was just curious checking you out !:Rofl

I think he might have found your kayak attractive and thought he would land a colorful girl for this breeding season!:Rofl

Pretty good sized lizard judging by the size of that head

I was in limestone from 9-noon and saw 2 in middle pit ….the dinosaur and his 8ft lady

If I had to guess you was really close to the nest.

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It's mating season for sure. Glad you keep your head on swivel for those things. I can't imagine getting out there in my kayak with them.

We swim with them down here. Oh sure they eat a few of us, but it isn’t like an everyday thing.

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We swim with them down here. Oh sure they eat a few of us, but it isn’t like an everyday thing.

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Bet ya don't let your dogs swim with them,I was fishing at Lake Talquin one time and a man and woman come back to the launch crying cause a gator had eaten their dog after it had jumped in the water

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Time to get back to the lakes and creeks down this way. Not saying there may not be a few but I’ve not saw any and never heard of anyone that has. And I can catch fish here. Don’t know why I always want to go where I can’t.


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It's mating season for sure. Glad you keep your head on swivel for those things. I can't imagine getting out there in my kayak with them.

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Only thing that I’m real worried about is ending up in the water. Which happened just a few trips ago. Lol


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As long as nobody starts feeding them, you won't have any issues. People fish and swim around gators all the time further south.

Fun Fact: We are in, albeit on the edge of, the native range of alligators. They were wiped out long ago, just like many of our other large predators (wolves, lions, bears, etc). So, they weren't introduced to Wheeler in the 70's. They were REintroduced. And it was done as a safeguard against extinction because, at that time, alligator populations were struggling in the US.

Anyway, I like seeing them.

I like seeing them honestly. And I know there’s a 99% chance they aren’t gonna bother me. But I just can’t be comfortable and enjoy myself fishing that close.


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Somebody been lurking
LOOK: Large alligator spotted in Limestone Creek | WHNT.com

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Somebody been lurking
LOOK: Large alligator spotted in Limestone Creek | WHNT.com

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Cool. But they are at least 30 years behind. Lol


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Ive trolled towards them several times and even thought they like looking at you they always stayed at a nice distance even though I kept going towards them. I dont think they would bother you.

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Ive trolled towards them several times and even thought they like looking at you they always stayed at a nice distance even though I kept going towards them. I dont think they would bother you.

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I agree. It’s just a mind thing for me. I came up on a big one back in the fall without knowing it. He literally jumped off the bank in front of me and there’s no doubt in my mind he was as scared of me as I was him. He hauled butt well away from me before he came up. But I still can’t get it out of my mind. Lol


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In the last week or some I’ve saw them on the news and all over social media. I’m afraid that will be a bad thing. I’m afraid idiots will start going down there feeding them.


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