Alligator in Taney

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

https://www.ktts.com/2020/07/21/man-catches-17-inch-alligator-on-lake-taneycomo/?fbclid=IwAR2eil5cGxjFd-b1bFt-LyaBWFBcDrFmNv2rsqMY_1xEFv9eLynUTmnyjdU

Just ran across this link online thought i would share

[ruthead]

If someone finds Momma .......Please keep it to your self and no pics!  Not really...it's too late now!

[fishinwrench]

Wally was never recovered in the upper Gravois arm of Lake O.   If still alive he should be pushing 8'.

[snagged in outlet 3]

I wish I woulda caught it.   Not my first but my first in MO  Guides hate when you catch one.  Especially on purpose.😁

[Maverickpro201]

11 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I wish I woulda caught it.   Not my first but my first in MO  Guides hate when you catch one.  Especially on purpose.😁

You want to catch alligator's come to Texas and fish Choke Canyon Lake. They love crankbaits. Have caught several 2 and 3 ft. and have seen them everybit of 14 ft down there.

You should here the noise they make also.  

[Johnsfolly]

I caught a 4 footer in Florida. Don't want to do that again. It was hard sometimes to get fish in before the gators ate them on your line.

[snagged in outlet 3]

19 minutes ago, Maverickpro201 said:

You want to catch alligator's come to Texas and fish Choke Canyon Lake. They love crankbaits. Have caught several 2 and 3 ft. and have seen them everybit of 14 ft down there.

You should here the noise they make also.  

I've caught them in FL.  I had a salt water croc on for a bit Mexico once.  On a fly rod too.  Had a giant croc try to eat a tarpon I had hooked too.  It was at dusk and my wife and daughter were with me.  His jaws were snapping so loud we didn't even know what it was until the guide jabbed with a push pole to keep it away from the boat.  My daughter was 4-5 at the time and climbed me like a tree while screaming.  There's a bar in old town Cancun with them swimming under it eating chicken parts people throw down there.  Or was.  I haven't been over there in years.  They are the lagoons on Cozumel too.  Wet waded and it's a whole new experience when you could eaten.  

 

[DocTbeau]

1 hour ago, Maverickpro201 said:

You want to catch alligator's come to Texas and fish Choke Canyon Lake. They love crankbaits. Have caught several 2 and 3 ft. and have seen them everybit of 14 ft down there.

You should here the noise they make also.  

You arent joking about Choke Canyon.  Used to duck hunt Choke all the time in High school and College.  There is a whole new pucker factor when you are wading in water up to your chest and a gator decides to investigate your dekes.  I have several friends that still hunt the lake and when they do the dog stays at home.  Just to many of the dang things swimming around, and big ones too.  There used to be an old gas station down there that had several pics of 14 footers taken from the lake.

[fshndoug]

what size net do you need for a 14 footer,just asking.

[fishinwrench]

9 minutes ago, fshndoug said:

what size net do you need for a 14 footer,just asking.

One with a LONG handle!