TomL
I saw an article about there is two things that co-exist in the everglades in south Florida. Alligators and Crocodiles in the wild. I fished the everglades in south Florida for about 15 years and did very well. We stayed over night many time and even some time slept on the bank, most ofd the time in the back of the truck so we did not get eaten in our sleep. It was not unusual to see an alligators. Never saw an aggressive one unless you were near the female nest or had a stringer hanging in the water while fishing from a boat.
My wife and I were going down this canal about two miles long. There was a current from them opening a spill way so it slowed us and we only had a five horse outboard. A Crocodile started following us. He was a big fellow, probably 12 feet. He followed us the whole length of the canal. When we got to the end and turn into a slew that I wanted to fish, we never saw it again. There are crocodiles in the everglades. We did not see any for a long time, but as time went on we started seeing more. You could easily to tell the difference, a croc has a narrow pointed snout and can grow bigger than the Florida Alligator. There things that are also different but it is not visible. One is a top water feeder the other is not. I’m not sure which any more.
