re: Am I irrationally afraid of kayaking in rivers with alligators?

the closer you get to their height level, i.e., sitting in a kayak verses standing, the less fearful they are of you

Yeah. No worries.

Crocs? I don’t know about American crocs, but gators are chill AF. We swim in Lake Martin, where they have some big boys/gals.

Just bring a roasted chicken with you. You see a gator, toss the chicken as far away as you can. Once it's eaten, it'll take a nap. Gators are notoriously lazy and won't likely frick with you unless they're hungry. If one does, pop it with your paddle and it'll likely decide it's not worth it.

Grew up water skiing and swimming around them, without thinking about it much. But I don't bring my small dog kayaking anymore. No reason to push it by bringing bait.

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alligators

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they don’t bite this month baw.

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I get they are highly unlikely to mess with you, but if for any reason they do, you’re fricked,

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Not really though. Don’t get me wrong I don’t WANT to get attacked by an alligator, but if they are attacking it’s generally in shallowish water and most of them are 6ft or less in length. It wouldn’t be great but your chances of surviving are pretty high.

frick I used grab the small ones out the water and throw them at my brother when we hooked them fishing

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I took remedial math like 3 times at LSU, so I know what Im talking about

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This guys fricks

I kayak anywhere, and growing up we used to water ski in water with alligators. Gators dont want to eat people.

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I did a 100 mile canoe trip down a river to the bay in the Florida Panhandle. There was not a moment when we didn't see gators. But they are boring, they leave you alone. It was more of a risk when we camped at night than being on the water. The sturgeon jumping is what you really have to watch out for.

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What river?

Someone posted it earlier. Bad way to roll but he knew the risks.