Nine feet four inches... Guided a friend of mine for this one and a nine feet one inch one as well. I haven't filled my tags yet.

Could this be the next "25 lb bobcat" thread.

How could you kill such a beautiful creature.

Redneck, inbred. Who's posing, the gator or you.

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is there a noodling season on these..??

LOL, noodling season is whenever somebody desides they are tough enough to go for a swim with these guys. Couple of arms lost this year and a few fingers as well here in S. FL.

Getting some Gator Tail.... Good eats

Fine catch... and it is good eating.. had a gator steak once at a family (not mine) reunion thing once.. only thing I've seen on menus are battered chunks...

I like it fried, blackened, or in chili, gumbo, or jambalaya. Gator sausage is also very good. Most people think it tastes like chicken when fried and that's probably a close comparison.

Meh...I tasted gator jerky once. Tasted like rotten fish to me. Besides, I just find it...weird I guess to eat carnivores.

^ ?????

^ I dunno, just seems like cutting in line in the food chain when you eat something that would kill and eat you. Cows, birds, deer, fish, stuff like that are below us on the food chain. Gators, bears, sharks, stuff like that...I dunno, I just find the idea of eating them strange.

Hmmmm... I always thought humans were at the top...

^ Only because we have guns LOL!

Bass taste pretty good and they eat pretty much the same things the alligators do...granted, it's on a smaller scale. If you don't believe me, try fishing with a soft plastic mouse or a plastic frog sometime...

Borndead, no guns are allowed for taking alligators in FL. Where I'm permitted for, we're not even allowed to use boats with motors.

RE #8

What types of fish do you eat? If you eat a variety, you'll probably find that most of them are carnivorous...

RE #14

No boats I can understand, but no guns... *scratches head*

So how do you take them? Bowhunting? Traps? Then when it's in the trap, how do you kill it? A baseball bat?

and don't forget about pork...

True, although pigs are omnivores.

like puppy-dogs...

Fishing poles with weighted treble hooks (no bait allowed), harpoon, bow and arrow, crossbow, or a snare on a pole...usually a combination of several. A bangstick can be used once a line is attached to the gator. That also means you will be within 6 feet of the gator to use it.