On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:30:57 -0700, Frogwatch wrote:


Here in N. FL, you can go to Wakulla Springs and look out from the swim
tower toward the springs and see alligator gar hanging nearly motionless
over the clear spring and they range from 3-6'. When I was a kid, my
parents would give all 9 of us kids a mask and drag us behind the canoe
down the Wakulla river.

Trolling for gar, were they? ;-) Personally, I've never seen them in
the 6' range. I have seen them 2-3' and they seemed rather sluggish to
me. Of course, I was on land and safe.