If I Fall in the Lake, Will the Alligators Get Me?

[Mermaid]

Just curious. If I go kayaking in Eastern or Western Lake, will the alligators nibble on me if I fall in? There was a mention in another post about biting flies and killer gators, so I just want to be sure.

 

[shakennotstirred]

I bet they will only nibble if you fall in during October.

 

[Landlocked]

Just curious. If I go kayaking in Eastern or Western Lake, will the alligators nibble on me if I fall in? There was a mention in another post about biting flies and killer gators, so I just want to be sure.

I swam back and forth across stallworth lake a few times back in june and I was only bitten twice.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Just curious. If I go kayaking in Eastern or Western Lake, will the alligators nibble on me if I fall in? There was a mention in another post about biting flies and killer gators, so I just want to be sure.

If your husband is with you, and you go into your spinning in circles routine, you may be easy prey. ;-) So if I say they wont bother you, and you get bitten, or eaten, are we talking lawsuit? I think the sign should read, swim, or fall out of your boat, at your own risk -- Not that they couldn't just leap into your kayak and take you down anyway. My guess is that you will be fine unless you stumble onto a grandpa or a new mama with babies.

 

[Mermaid]

So odds are I will go home with the same number of body parts I came down with?

What if I drag a six-pack in the water? Are alligators tipplers?

 

[kathydwells]

I swam back and forth across stallworth lake a few times back in june and I was only bitten twice.

Was your thong on backwards?

 

[Paula]

Who on this board has really honestly seen an alligator in SoWal -- where, when, and what was the alligator doing? I heard that there were alligators at Camp Creek Golf course in the lake, but I don't know if that's true -- I heard golf balls were called 'gator bait.

 

[Landlocked]

Was your thong on backwards?

Ouch!

 

[Beachlover2]

There was a alligator caught in the gulf near Whales Tail about a year ago - it was written up in the paper - they had had sightings of him by Crab Island the day before and he made his way to Whales Tail.

 

[Landlocked]

Who on this board has really honestly seen an alligator in SoWal -- where, when, and what was the alligator doing? I heard that there were alligators at Camp Creek Golf course in the lake, but I don't know if that's true -- I heard golf balls were called 'gator bait.

There are some pics in the gallery of the local lizards in the lakes around SoWal.