Using Alligators As A Reference

[wrat]

My buddy had an 8-10 footer come right up and into the back of my stratos following a bass he caught thanfully my buddy stayed calm and the gator just kinda slid back into the water...this was at Loxahatchee during mating season so they were a bit aggressive

[Orpssab]

When i'm in South Florida I fish alot out of a one man pontoon bass boat to get into all the out of the way canals. And yes Shane is right, I've had to put the trolling motor on high to escape gators! Also, be aware when fishing Lox or Big O from a bassboat. Gators will sometimes suspend right under and travel along with you. Always lift the bass in the boat withyour rod. Never put your hand in the water trying to lip a Bass! Gators will snap at the bass and your hands if your not careful. Hey, You gotta love South Florida! The playing field can sometimes get even! LOL

[MagicMoment]

I remember I was fishing at night once and was loading my boat at the dock around 11pm. I looked down towards the brake lights on my trailer to see about a 10ft gator submerged not even 8ft away. Scared me worse then anything i've ever encountered so I went in my truck to grab my pistol.

But I prefer the gators over cottenmouths anyday. I had my fish on a stringer once fishing from a jon boat and looked down to see the snake latched on to one of my fish. Scary stuff

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

The gators have a special affection for topwater frogs like the bronzeye. they like buzzbaits a whole lot too it seems.

[Gotfishyfingers?]

The gators have a special affection for topwater frogs like the bronzeye. they like buzzbaits a whole lot too it seems.

Heck ya!! They will come from a far to. Like Gar-tracker said, if you see otters, i would leave, they eat all the fish!!!

[BassHunter954]

I would not feel comfortable fishing a Yak around alligators. I've seen too many go crazy at the sight of us reeling in fish. Thats scarry enough in a boat...can't imagine being a couple of inches out of the water and a gator chaseing my fish back to the boat

this is true i wouldnt feel comfortable in a yak either but gators are wild in any way fish or not i just had a gator almost attack my 12ft jon boat just because i came from under a bridge that was scarry..

[SirSnookalot]

I've drastically curtailed my bass fishing due to my ever growing nervousness of snakes, it just isn't worth it. I'm fishing but a few locations that I feel comfortable with, but nothing is foolproof.

[JohnnyBigger]

Do you mean bass will sometimes eat the gator? HAHAHA

believe it or not but bass will eat baby gators

[rad07h]

Hey Glades, that canal your talking about that Shane fishes I swam across! Well halfway across anyway (long story). Talk about top 5 scariest moments of my life lol!! And I thought I was the only one who knew about that canal and then I met captain Shane and he was on tv fishing it and now you! What a small world. Haha

[GLADES]

Hey Glades, that canal your talking about that Shane fishes I swam across! Well halfway across anyway (long story). Talk about top 5 scariest moments of my life lol!! And I thought I was the only one who knew about that canal and then I met captain Shane and he was on tv fishing it and now you! What a small world. Haha

Hey Rad,

The canal that Shane fishes is still a secret to me. I don't know where it is exactly, but I think I know the general area. Shane's canal is so full of gators, it would be suicide to swim there.

. The story I told about the huge gator occurred west of Clewiston in the rim canal next to uncle Joe' cut.

[Helluva_Engineer]

I've always tended to find bass right up around the alligators, but leave when the alligators start trailing the boat movements.