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I saw a gator so big it made me cold
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:45 pm
I've grown up hunting and fishing in south Louisiana and even worked for gator hunter for a while in high school. I've been around them a lot and have never been scared of them. I'm not one to exaggerate or mistake the size of a gator. I was kayak fishing around Lake Bigeaux and came around a clump of trees and was 20 yards from the biggest gator I've ever seen. I was paddling closer to try to get a good picture and his body rose out of the water and I swear he was about as long or longer than the 11.5 ft kayak I was in. He started swimming towards me and I stopped paddling and he went under about 5 yards from me.
I know they do swamp tours around there and I was expecting him start getting cozy with me. Especially if he was expecting a chicken leg or something. I got the cold sweats thinking I was about to go swimming with him. Has anybody else seen him in there? I'd say he was 11 or 12 ft long.
I know they do swamp tours around there and I was expecting him start getting cozy with me. Especially if he was expecting a chicken leg or something. I got the cold sweats thinking I was about to go swimming with him. Has anybody else seen him in there? I'd say he was 11 or 12 ft long.
This post was edited on 3/29/18 at 7:48 pm
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:50 pm to celltech1981
I’ve seen some big mommas in there. A couple of years ago I was in between Bigeaux and Pebla in that cut north of the bridge. I was in my kayak fishing for bream. There were 2 big gators in there about 20 yards from me. Probably 10 footers. The fish kept biting, so I kept fishing. 
I had my head on a swivel. If they were to start swimming my way, I would’ve paddled like hell.
I had my head on a swivel. If they were to start swimming my way, I would’ve paddled like hell.
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:50 pm to celltech1981
GO GATA
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:51 pm to celltech1981
Posted on 3/29/18 at 8:25 pm to celltech1981
People ski in lake bigeaux and Henderson. Them bastards are nuts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 8:35 pm to celltech1981
I will add this:
I commute to Laffy every day. One of the many times I’ve been stuck in traffic on the basin bridge (2 years ago) I exited my vehicle and looked over the side of the Henderson swamp (westbound I10 right past Butte Larose). The biggest alligator I’ve ever seen (from Abbeville to Venice) in my life was cruising topside right under the interstate. fricker looked like a garbage barge. I have no doubt your encounter is legit.
I commute to Laffy every day. One of the many times I’ve been stuck in traffic on the basin bridge (2 years ago) I exited my vehicle and looked over the side of the Henderson swamp (westbound I10 right past Butte Larose). The biggest alligator I’ve ever seen (from Abbeville to Venice) in my life was cruising topside right under the interstate. fricker looked like a garbage barge. I have no doubt your encounter is legit.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 6:29 am to celltech1981
Be careful out there. In another month they will be more aggressive during mating season. A female defending a nest is not funny in a kayak. 
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:04 am to celltech1981
Go further South of the Henderson locks and you will see some huge tree knocker downs not tree shakers.
I had a camp in the Atchafalaya acres subdivision in Butte Larose a few years back and woke up to a 13-1/2 ft gator walking across the backyard.
I see one dead floating in the neighborhood canal that was 14ft from top of nose to end of the tail.
Worst ones are the ones bybthe state park. People feed them and those hogs are not scared of you. They come up to you thinking you will feed them.
I had a camp in the Atchafalaya acres subdivision in Butte Larose a few years back and woke up to a 13-1/2 ft gator walking across the backyard.
I see one dead floating in the neighborhood canal that was 14ft from top of nose to end of the tail.
Worst ones are the ones bybthe state park. People feed them and those hogs are not scared of you. They come up to you thinking you will feed them.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:33 am to celltech1981
As Willie on Swamp People once said, “he’s at least 12 foot, 11 foot for sure”. That was so funny, I had to rewind the DVR and write it down.
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Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:37 am to celltech1981
And this is why I own a boat and not a kayak. I’ve heard too many close calls of guys in kayaks.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:41 am to celltech1981
I was fishing Chicot one day and had a severe oh shite moment. To set the stage I'll inform everyone that I grew up on the water (literally) and can feed the fish off my back porch. I've skinned more gators than I can count. That being said, one day I was on some sac-a-lait on Chicot and happened to turn around and see a huge log with eyes right next to me. Told my wife about it and she accused me of having too much to drink. One year later, we are watching swamp people and they are talking about a monster on Chicot. I know for a fact it was that gator.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 9:03 am to celltech1981
Biggest I ever seen in the wild was on Mandalay Refuge around Houma. When this think took off into the water it looked like a tugboat was pushing a wake. I've seen legit 12s being loaded into a truck and it was bigger than that.
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