Well, all good things must come to an end. As you see from the post before, I've tagged out using the third and fourth gator tags, thanks to the help of a couple of West Coast gator wranglers. Ross and Jack made the trek from USF and joined me for an evening of adventure. We headed out after I got off work Friday night, getting on the water a little later than normal, around 6:30 pm. We hit a few spots right away and had maybe one good shot at a gator but nothing panned out. We headed toward Lake Winder and on the way, while going up Middle River, we saw the first of TWO gators of the night crossing the river in front of us. To make a long story short, we made really short work of yet another 7 footer. We got it in the boat and we had so much energy left in us we headed out for another one in an effort to fill the final tag of the season. We spent a little time out on Lake Poinsett chasing a few around, then decided to hit the river again and see if we could catch another gator crossing the river or something. About 3 miles up the river, we were able to sneak around a small point and get a snatch hook into our second gator which gave us a MUCH more diffcult fight and ended up being the biggest gator I've goten yet: 8'3''. The monsters still seem to elude me but I guess that's what keeps me coming back.
It's now Sunday afternoon, 9.11.11, and I just finished eating a bowl of fresh gator nuggets; everything's cleaned up, washed down, ground, tenderized, nuggitized, sanitized, vacuum- sealed and frozen. I'm all ready for archery season to start Saturday!!!
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| A picture of me and Cora the Critter-Gitter |
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