There Was A Gator in our Pond!

There Was A Gator in our Pond!

A few weeks ago we posted a video from our backyard pond called “Gator Bait- Get Out The Water”…  We were halfway joking about there being a gator in the pond but if you live in Louisiana like we do, you will see gators…

It was a late evening in June and we spotted a small gator in our pond where we swim and Skim board…  In Louisiana, you don’t typically get scared when you see a gator, you grab some gear and you move fast to go get him if he’s on your property.  They will eat all your fish BTW! ;-)

Borillamom grabbed the camera, Noah grabbed the paddle board and net, Jude grabbed a fishing pole, and Luke is always thinking about grabbing gators with his bare hands… 

Noah Jumped in our paddle boat to chase the gator but he went underwater when he got close. We knew gators have to come up for air and that’s exactly what happened. The gator was closer to the side of the pond when he surfaced.  Jude made a crazy long cast toward the gator, and he immediately snapped at the bait and took a huge bite.  The treble Hooked Him pretty good and he was caught.  He put up a huge fight but we had special line that would not break!  Jude pulled him to shore and Luke reached down and grabbed him with his hands! 

The Gator stayed pretty calm for us, so we didn’t tape his mouth shut…  We took some photos and videos of the catch and loaded him up in the side by side and took him to a river near our house to release him.

Luke jumped out the back of the car and let him go and the gator took off running toward the river and jumped in to the water!  We’ve handled a few gators over the years and its always an exciting day you never forget!

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Borillasnaps

 

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This is the pond in all our videos where we Swim and Pond Skim! You never know what’s going to be in there! 🤙

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