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Posted by: Frogchunker Posted on: 03/05/2010 20:04
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I was wondering how long it would be till they had open season on those things.I have read quite a few stories in the last few years about all the big snakes down there. 2010 Big fish 11.0
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Posted by: Danny Posted on: 03/05/2010 21:43
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People are buying them as cool pets until they figure out that they can grow big enough to eat Fido the family dog whole. Then they want to throw the snake in a pond somewhere to get rid of it.
LMB 2010: BB: 4.7
Danny LMB 2010: 171 BB 6.2
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Posted by: Big G Posted on: 03/05/2010 22:45
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Once these guys are 12 ft long there are no natural preditors. They will kill anything that tries to kill them, with the exception man. Beside pythons they have captured a 12 foot green anaconda. They have 60 to 100 live birth offspring. Grasp the math, they multiply rapidly in an ideal environment. We need to turn loose a army of hunters. With a fat bounty we can stimulate the local economy, and put some people back to work.
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Posted by: Big G Posted on: 03/05/2010 23:23
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etommy28: a few animals will eat them but not as true preditors. but I can promise you one thing at say 50 bucks a head i will sure spend some time finding them.
Florida fish and game said at 12 feet there is little that will challenge them including the panther, and most gators. I believe they are offering more then $50 to licensed hunters per head.
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Posted by: bjcamp Posted on: 03/06/2010 08:21
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When I go fishing [ or anywhere for that matter ] I don't go without my pistol . I have a Consealed carry permit and can leagally carry , it could come in handy if meeting one of those big snakes , up close and personnal.
I've not yet had to use it , but it's nice to know I have a "tool" that can do the job , if needed .
A 9 mm with a 15 round magazine [ and a spare mag, = 30 rounds ] , I could take on a whole herd of those suckers .
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Posted by: FiveHawgs4me Posted on: 03/06/2010 09:44
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From someone who used to fish in the designated hunting areas, that freaks me out. Most of the time you're fishing in those canals, you're only about 7-10 feet away from the bank. The snake would reach your boat and still have a few feet of tail on land! Those things will get out of control quick if people don't do something to stop them. I think they should make the season longer, though.
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Posted by: B.King Posted on: 03/06/2010 11:05
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A few weeks ago I was out by myself, way South on L67A out of Holiday Park, and I see something crossing the canal about 30 yds in front of me, I thought it was moving kind of weird to be a big gator, so I put the trolling motor on high to get a closer look and sure enough it was a huge python. It just crossed the canal and slithered off into the sawgrass. Had to be close to 10 ft., -It sure crossed the canal on top with No Fear!
2010: LMB=208 ; BIGGEST LMB=6.5 lbs
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Posted by: bobroberts Posted on: 03/06/2010 12:48
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Too bad you didn't hit him with your prop.I don't think they will attack a man.Pythons arn't aggressive that way.
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Posted by: bassfisher10 Posted on: 03/06/2010 13:06
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I personally would like to say as a snake owner they should round these up and put them in zoos and such killing them because of what the owner did isn't cool
Daniel Greene
FBN National Sales Director
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LMB caught in 2010 =210 , Big bass 2010 = 6.08, Days fished=35
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Posted by: Big G Posted on: 03/06/2010 15:25
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What zoo is going to take 150,000 of these things. If we don't do something soon they will be moving out of the glades and up through the state. They aready shot one 18 feet long behind a business in the Okeechobee town limits. There is a picture of on the internet of 7 employees holding the 200 lb snake up off the ground. They probably will not go after a full grown adult but how about a 3 year old child playing in the back yard of a home? 10 years from now there could be a million.
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Posted by: bjcamp Posted on: 03/06/2010 16:49
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I hear they taste like chicken -- LOL
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Posted by: Big G Posted on: 03/06/2010 17:22
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Bassin King: A few weeks ago I was out by myself, way South on L67A out of Holiday Park, and I see something crossing the canal about 30 yds in front of me, I thought it was moving kind of weird to be a big gator, so I put the trolling motor on high to get a closer look and sure enough it was a huge python. It just crossed the canal and slithered off into the sawgrass. Had to be close to 10 ft., -It sure crossed the canal on top with No Fear!
Brian that must have been exciting! Once they get in that sawgrass they would be impossible to spot. Now is a great time to see one sunning themselves on the levees.
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Posted by: strkpr Posted on: 03/06/2010 20:17
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I think saw one at Lox 2 yrs ago, about a mile of the ramp. Something that looked like a snake's head popped its head out of the water to look around and slowly sank , by the time we trolled to the area it was not to be seen.
I do keep a machete in the boat, scared to shoot holes in it. no fish is too small to catch
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Posted by: jay9669 Posted on: 03/06/2010 21:14
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Shoot them all lol
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Posted by: tritonmike Posted on: 03/06/2010 21:56
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They are projecting that they could spread all the way to alabama ,georgia tennessee. it all goes back to letting them in the country in the first place.somewere somehow a bunch of politicians got paid to write the regs.to let em in the country, and are prolly still getting paid,nothing happens till someone gets paid brother......like jay said shoot them all...the snakes that is...oh heck they are all snakes
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Posted by: afichtel Posted on: 03/06/2010 23:45
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bjcamp: I hear they taste like chicken -- LOL
I like chicken!
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