AUDITIONING FOR A SPOT ON SWAMP PEOPLE

**flycaster** · 03-09-2019, 08:02 PM

A fellow was fishing in the "lake" it front of our development and hooked an alligator. Fought it for a while. I was walking by and asked if he caught anything. Commented he hooked an alligator, but did not know if he should break his line and let it swim away.
I volunteered to play swamp people and managed to get my hands on it and removed the hook before making some photo ops.
Gator was approx. 4 feet long and became calm once I closed his mouth and held on to him.

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Now I am awaiting for TROY LANDRY to give me a call!!!!

**OCurrans** · 03-09-2019, 08:15 PM

I think you are a natural. Just hold the gator closer to the

camera. Like we do with our fish.

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**flycaster** · 03-09-2019, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by OCurrans

I think you are a natural. Just hold the gator closer to the

camera. Like we do with our fish.

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My camera operator (wife) was not going to get close at all.

**OCurrans** · 03-09-2019, 08:28 PM

She must be related to my wife.

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**Special K** · 03-09-2019, 08:43 PM

Interesting for sure. Oh the things that happen to us while we're fishin'.

**skeetbum** · 03-10-2019, 05:37 AM

Choot em!!

Good pics John.

**huntinslabs** · 03-10-2019, 07:49 AM

Should have cut the line

**"G"** · 03-10-2019, 08:32 AM

Ha ha...Your a natural

**FurFlyin** · 03-10-2019, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by huntinslabs

Should have cut the line

Nah, anybody could have done that. One of my biggest regrets is allowing about a 7 foot gator to break off while fishing in FL at a farm pond. My FIL and I were fishing and I hooked that one in the mouth with a rattle trap. I got him up to the bank after a long fight and asked my FIL to hold my rod so I could get my bait back. I didn't have any pliers but I wanted that rattle trap. He talked me out of it. He said we were an hour from the closest hospital. I'm still pretty sure I could have done it without severe injury. I was about 25 at the time and relatively bullet proof, or thought so anyway.

**Slab** · 03-10-2019, 09:17 AM

John, you are one tough gewber. Pretty neat. Great pics, thanks for sharing.

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