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    Quote Originally Posted by ICUR12 View Post
    i had a collection of new torpedos that all had a gator on them . Bigger the gash the better. I saved them to pass out to young boys I met to 'get them started fishing'.
    I once had one charge the bank on me . I dropped my rod and run! I ended up getting the bait back, but moved a couple a hundred yards down . Ten minutes later I saw a car pull up to that spot and a carload of airmen got out and started throwing chickens in the water! That explains the charge. I ended up reporting the 9 ft gator so they could put him on the ''needs to go list ''come alligator season.
    I had wanted to take a pic and send it to americas funniest videos . They( Air Force ) had a sign ' Please don't feed the alligators ' right there on the bank,..... about 4 ft from a swing set for the kids to play on!!!
    This in Bossier City? Been to Barksdale a few times on business back in the 90s. Stationed at Carswell AFB - another B52 base now closed - we traded parts all the time. Most of the time we met halfway in Tyler Texas.


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    I've fished around large numbers of gators with a canoe without issue. With that being said I believe if you fish areas where gators have minimal close contact with humans they tend to move well out of your way. But in areas where people might be feeding them, antagonizing them or during mating season, fishing from paddle boards or kayaks, as always, should be done with caution. Only because of the lower profile to the water. In the '60's & 70's we used to wade fish a lot, in lakes with large gator populations without incident, but gators were less used to people back then. We had more trouble with cottonmouths swallowing the fish on our stringer or following us to trying to. Just like with sharks attacking these vessels, the incidents are rare, but I've heard of close calls by both predators on yaks and paddle boards.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Handyman View Post
    The laws vary depending on where your are fishing. But if you do have a permit, no one needs to know you have one on you unless you need it, then who cares.
    Last time I checked I believe you can carry a weapon, not a pistol per se, back and forth from fishing, hunting, ETC. If I were in the position of the man in the yak, which I ain't, I'd tuck one away. CCW or no. Or you can get a tear down weapon such as an AR-7.

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    I was looking back and found this thread. Y’all got me kinda nervous. I’ll be fishing the same areas as flint creek and there are several around. I’ve encountered a couple bank fishing and they pretty much got away and let me have it. But a little nervous about being on the water with them. I also hate snakes. Maybe I should have took another route to get on the water. Lol


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