Bob was up next and we had several great chances on good gators. It was around 11:30 PM when Bob made a great shot on a BIG gator. This gator took all the line out of the reel in a heart beat and we had to toss it over the side and chase it down for nearly a 1/4 mile. This big dude wasn't going to go easy. We finally caught up to the reel float and I began easing him up to the boat. Bill was ready with the harpoon and sunk it in deep. We now had the 250# PowerPro arrow line in him and the big rope from the harpoon to put some pressure on. He didn't like that...the fight was on! We fought him again for a long time and I had Bill rig another harpoon line, because this was a big strong gator and we wanted some lines on him before we tried to grab him and pithe him. I got him to the top and Bill sunk another harpoon line in him. We now had lots of leverage and were able to pull him up. Both of these gators were very unhappy with us and since they were so large we decided that they needed some air taken out of them and both Bill and Bob had kill arrows rigged to do the job. A big Grizzly took care of Bill's and a Snuffer did the job on Bob's. This didn't kill them immediately and we still had to do the pithing. Both of these gators were hard and mean fighters.
We finally got Bob's gator ready to pull into the boat, but that wasn't going to be easy. I'm 52, Bill's 72, and Bob's 68. A 300-400# gator is a big task for three less than young fellows. You can probably see the strain on Bob's face.
This gator was a beastly 10 footer.
And of course the hero photos.
Topic: Going Gatoring (Read 963 times)
