Sunil,

I appreciate your comments; I too have concerns having a lake with gators and kids. Gators are native to my part of Texas. If I kill one gator, another will take its place.

Is it more dangerous to have a gator and know about its habits, etc. or remove it and be surprised some day by a new (unknown) gator? I don�t know. Size plays a contributing factor to the danger level of a gator, IMO.

My lake is very remote and my kids do not go there without supervision. My kids are only allowed on the pier, which is not accessible by a gator.

To the point of your story, gators come to unusual happenings in their area. If something is splashing around or otherwise out of place, they will come check it out. The gator was more likely to go after the hooked shark than your skiff�many times the gator in my lake hang around for awhile and wait for something to happen, then seemingly get bored and move away. I think it is simply checking for something to eat.

Gator

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