re: alligators have made their way to central texas

I really didn't know how common they were in La till I was a senior in HS. I waded out into my favorite pond (trespassing) and a huge one, probably 9 footer surfaced about 30-35 feet away. At first, I didn't think much of it but I realized I had a stringer of bream hooked to my belt and slowly got more worried. I ended up having a complete loss of bravery and high stepped it out. I was hip deep when I started out. Got out and the dang thing surfaced where I was last fishing.

Went to second pond and as soon as I threw a line in a medium gator popped up in the middle. Went to a third pond and same thing.

Went home. 3 ponds, 2 of them very little and all 3 had gators.