The Eufaula gator was 920 pounds and 13 feet long. There was another caught in Alabama last year - I don't remember where - that was 1,100 pounds and 15 feet long.
These are the top 2 reasons why I only swim in swimming pools.
From the Cool story, bro files. Several years ago, me and a buddy were fishing on the Chattahoochee. We saw several gators sunning on the banks all during the morning. Came up on what looked like it could be a monster gator but my buddy says, "Naaa...that's a tree that fell over."
Well get closer, it looks like a gator.
No it's a tree...HOLY SHIT, IT'S A GATOR!!!!
Well, get us the frippity fruck out of here....NOW, DAMN YOU.
Fast forward a couple of weeks and we're up at the in-laws cabin on Eufaula. A gator comes in the slew (sp?) and folks start calling the game warden. (No, not the same gator) What's the Swamp People show where they "Choot him...CHOOT HIM"? They send one of those guys out. He looks and smells like someone from the show but he's official. Got a patch and everything. He starts casting a big ole treble hook out trying to snag him but the gator keeps avoiding it. He then set the traps out with the hanging bait like you see on the Choot him show. Caught him the next day. Anywayz, long boring story short, I told Swamp Thing about the gator we saw and he knew exactly what and where we were talking about. He said he had traps out for it now and it was 14 feet and well over 1,000 pounds.
All I know is we were in a boat and he was on the shore....and if he had even budged an inch, I would have soiled myself and started screaming like a 4 year old.
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