No, they won't. They are part of the food chain just like every other. They have been thete millions of years without wiping everything else out. They only eat very small fish.
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Just right for bait.Caught this monster the other day
Did you need new underwear!? LolSo I just discovered a new addition to the pond down the street from my house.
I went down tonight to wet a line for about an hour before I turned in. I had a headlamp on that casts both white and green beams. The green doesn't attract as many bugs, and I don't think it spooks the fish as much. While casting in a corner that has proved fruitful before I notice a pair of green glowing orbs just above the water right up against the bank. Then they started to move. In my direction. Switching my light to white the orbs turned orange.
Being from southeast Louisiana, I knew right then what it was. An alligator.
It proceeded about 15 feet towards the middle of the pond and stopped. I moved slightly closer to confirm my identification. It stayed where it was and I was able to get a side view from about 15-20 feet away. I couldn't see the rest of his body, but judging from the estimated 4 inches from the eyes to the nostrils, I am guessing he is about roughly 4 feet long.
Since he was occupying the area I wanted to fish and showed no signs of leaving I called it a night. I just didn't feel like wrastlin' him tonight.
This pond is adjacent to a larger pond and they become connected when we get heavy rains. He must've come over sometime today, because I had never seen him before.
He is going to really ruin my fishing if he sticks around. I would really like to catch him and make some Alligator Sauce Piquant and maybe a belt. However I think the .22 between the eyes would raise some concerns from the neighbors.
Before you say, "pics or it didn't happen", I tried, but they didn't come out.
I'll try and find him during daylight hours when I have a chance to confirm his length.
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Mais Cher, I am from the bayou's of SE Looziana! Dat gator done lucky I don't jump in and wrastle him! He de one might need new drawers!Did you need new underwear!? Lol
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always wondered how you unhook those things, specifically alligator gar..Changing the flavor slightly, since it was the only thing biting this morning. If this petit bébé would have been a bit bigger I'd a skinned, filleted or ground it up, and made fried gar balls, or gar balls and gravy. Most consider alligator gar trash fish, but to me they look like dinner ... you gotta work for it, but they can be prepared to taste damned good.