West Bay Gators...

[WestEndAngler]

Yep they are real!!!

They even frequent the beaches

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?id=9117733

[gus12343]

creeepy!!

[dbarham]

they go to the beaches to exfoliate there skin and to kill the mites and stuff I have seen several on bryan beach in the waves and on beach.Game warden told me thats why they go there

[Wild Bill]

I see 'em almost everyday, as mating season has them out and about in daylight. They pulled an 8 footer off a neighbors front porch a few weeks ago.

The beachfront gator reminds me of some years ago when a 10' gator set up camp in Rockports Little Bay and every Game Warden and local LE officer in the area was onsite for crowd control and futile attempts to wrangle the big boy. He was very photogenic and allowed people to ease up and take photos with his head held up out of the water... seemed to be enjoying all the attention and was not afraid of the crowd, ski boats and jet skis. LE's were not too amused and kept barking at people to GET BACK!

Gator finally just turned and slowly swam off and presumably out of the ski basin. Had no interest in the chicken on a rope the wardens kept pitching his way... probably not his first rodeo. It was something you had to see to believe!

[shutout]

I've never actually seen a gator in West Bay myself, but definitely big Alligator Gar.

[Root Canal]

Years ago we were near the back end of Titlum-Tatlum and saw one. We quickly left the area.

[shutout]

In 88' & 89' when I worked in Beaumont I often fished the ANWR and did see a couple there. Also fished with a guide some (I think the name was Jerry Norris) and one of his favorite spots was a place called Keiths Lake and that place was full of gators.

[TTU Wader]

West Bay Gators...

I've never seen one on the beach. I always seem them at Anuhuac and a few times every year in west bay.

[GhostMarine]

Boy, was my assumption way off. I thought there were gators only in East Texas, not as far west as y'all are talking about. How far west have any of y'all seen the critters anyway....just curious?

[kenny]

We get 'em in the canals occasionally, but usually after a tropical storm or something pushes them out of the marsh.

[KennyWayne]

They are in Chocolate bay & bayou, seen one last summer in New bayou. I know there are some huge ones at Aransas wildlife refuge in Austwell. Don't know how much further west they are.

[dbarham]

They are in Chocolate bay & bayou, seen one last summer in New bayou. I know there are some huge ones at Aransas wildlife refuge in Austwell. Don't know how much further west they are.

chocolates loaded with em thats why theres... New bayou halls bayou loaded with em durn shame

[KennyWayne]

chocolates loaded with em thats why theres... New bayou halls bayou loaded with em durn shame

How come the gators eat all the trout & reds, and leave the gafftop, lady fish & hardheads ?

[dbarham]

Re: West Bay Gators...

How come the gators eat all the trout & reds, and leave the gafftop, lady fish & hardheads ?

Smart eaters

[FlatoutFishin]

There was a big one about 5 years ago that was spotted at the entrance to Mud Cut...believe it was there for a few days! A 10ft gator doesn't concern me near as much as a 6ft bull shark, and even those I don't think too much about...now a 1-2ft stingray on the other hand! Then there is the dreaded nighttime....I don't even know what you call this thing, but it can't be good!