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[mems]

https://flylordsmag.com/11-foot-flor...14ae0-81639671

Anyone ever want to go backcountry tarpon fishing in florida? Check out this video from flylords. Bill be safe down there.

[Darian]

Aloha Don,.... After running into that gator, I'd have to go change my underwear. There's a description on the old Fliflickr BB of an encounter with a saltwater gator (big one) by a guy who was kayak fishing in a saltwater bay in Florida. He said he didn't notice the gator approaching until he noticed a pair of eyes watching him. Scary!!! He immediately paddled out of there....

[Tony Buzolich]

A couple of years ago Jim and I were fishing baby tarpon in Isla Blanca a little north of Cancun. Our guide says "You don't want to fall in around here". A moment later I hook a small tarpon and this croc comes flying out of the mangroves and dives under our panga and comes up with my tarpon in his mouth.
Opportunists are everywhere.
Tony

[Tony Buzolich]

You don't have to be in the back country to be watchful of these things. Here's one right across from the Hopedale marina almost downtown New Orleans.
Tony

[tcorfey]

That guy in the video is not to smart, I have read an alligator can accelerate to just over 30 mph on land, average human maybe 10-12 mph. In the water an alligator can reach 20 mph, an average human 4-5 mph. You don't want to mess with them like that guy did.

Tony I love the picture with the fish in his mouth looks like he wants to play fetch!

[mems]

I was fishing bass in a pond in Florida with my daughter. She was about 10 years old and we were in a canoe. We were catching large mouth bass. I look up and see a pair of eyes on a log following us as we fished. I asked my daughter if she saw the gator. She said yes it was a small one about three feet long. We finished up and went to get out of the canoe on the landing. The gator was watching us from the water and I again asked my daughter if she liked the alligator following us around. She looks at me in fright screams and runs to my arms and says,” I didn’t know it was an Alley Gator!” “I thought it was just a gator!”