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10-21-2007 | 08:40 PM

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From: sanford fl.

RE: 13' 1000# Alligator Caught

Female alligators rarely exceed 9 feet in length, but males can grow much larger. The Florida state record for length is a 14 foot 5/8 inch male from Lake Monroe in Seminole County. The Florida record for weight is a 1,043 pound (13 feet 10 1/2 inches long) male from Orange Lake in Alachua County.

yes there probably are bigger gators in monroe and jessup but so far none have been caught, legally..i live about two miles north of jessup and about a half mile from monroe on the st johns river..i have fished them both for 50 some odd years and have seen some bigguns..they have a season on them here now and you have to buy a permit to hunt them..lake jessup has hundreds of gators in it as does monroe..there have been several attacks and death in the last year or so..that's why they kill an aggressive gator..i have seen them come out of the water and eat a dog and it could easily be someones child..so don't feel sorry for the gator..

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