American Alligator in Pond at Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park
We met a fisherman, named Juan at the Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park in Naples, Florida. Prior to him catching his bass, he pointed out that there was an alligator lurking right below the bridge where he was casting his line. It had already stolen one of his hooked fish. In addition, it wasn't long before a large, soft-shelled turtle joined in swimming around near the fishing line. It succeeded in biting off two of his shrimp baits and snapped his line the second time. However, Juan did not give up. He was able to hook a bass and pull it up, even as the alligator lunged for it.
His next cast soon hooked a different catch, a large, soft-shelled turtle, which started flailing wildly on the line. As Juan tried to bring the turtle up to remove the hook the alligator lunged forward, gripping the turtle with it's jaws. Luckily for the turtle the gator couldn't hold on or get a good grip in the three other lunges it made. At last, Juan was able to heave the turtle up over the rail of the bridge, remove the hook and release it back into the water.
*Every time we visited the park and walked to the bridge, Juan was fishing and this big alligator was lurking right next to where Juan cast his line. Juan would grin as slyly as the gator, who never got his fish again, at least not while we were watching :-)
American Alligator in Pond at Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park
We met a fisherman, named Juan at the Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park in Naples, Florida. Prior to him catching his bass, he pointed out that there was an alligator lurking right below the bridge where he was casting his line. It had already stolen one of his hooked fish. In addition, it wasn't long before a large, soft-shelled turtle joined in swimming around near the fishing line. It succeeded in biting off two of his shrimp baits and snapped his line the second time. However, Juan did not give up. He was able to hook a bass and pull it up, even as the alligator lunged for it.
His next cast soon hooked a different catch, a large, soft-shelled turtle, which started flailing wildly on the line. As Juan tried to bring the turtle up to remove the hook the alligator lunged forward, gripping the turtle with it's jaws. Luckily for the turtle the gator couldn't hold on or get a good grip in the three other lunges it made. At last, Juan was able to heave the turtle up over the rail of the bridge, remove the hook and release it back into the water.
*Every time we visited the park and walked to the bridge, Juan was fishing and this big alligator was lurking right next to where Juan cast his line. Juan would grin as slyly as the gator, who never got his fish again, at least not while we were watching :-)