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Re: Sharks or Gators?
Posted: August 18th, 2017, 11:53 am
by GaryDroze
I'll be summarizing my top ten alligator encounters in one of the upcoming Big Bend Coastal Angler wading/paddling columns. The time I fell out of a tree and landed on one makes the top ten, but just barely, since the lizard's freak-out panic equaled mine.
One of my sit-on-top kayaks has gator bite marks in it...watch where you paddle during mating season.
Re: Sharks or Gators?
Posted: August 18th, 2017, 12:54 pm
by 800-Beer4Fish
I am from Africa where there are no alligators.
There are Crocodiles though.
If you had a nasty encounter between either an alligator, African crocodile or Salt water crocodile. You can make your own conclusion as to which one you would want to face.
Salt water croc
bite of around 7,700 PSI
African Croc
bite of about 5,000 PSI
Alligator
bite around 2,125 PSI
None are appealing anyway
Re: Sharks or Gators?
Posted: November 10th, 2024, 3:45 pm
by BloodyChamp
red_yakker wrote: July 19th, 2010, 2:02 pm
jsuber wrote:Try paddling between the two boat ramps at Fenholloway and there are some HUGE grey back gators in there.
Yes, I paddled a canoe with my buddy from the Spring Creek Bridge on 98 to Peterson's Landing (the last ramp before you get to the Gulf) on the Febholloway (Spring Creek runs into the Fenholloway just down from there). We saw more gators in that day than I have ever seen in my life, some of them HUGE.
Wow what a paddle what else did you see did you catch any fish