Stepped on one at Cedar Creek one spring. I fished around them all the time the year i lived in Florida, just stay away from them and STeeR WAY CLEAR Of THEIR NEST!!!!!.

have you forgotten about the 14 footer shot by a fisherman in fort worth barely 6 months ago?

Yea, kind of like hunting in bear country!!!

if they have ever been fed by humans .....
you could be in serious trouble .....
crocs in costa jumped in the air to grab baseball caps thrown at them ....
3 different species of bears in alaska tried to take salmon from me ......
i think if there is the chance of a close encounter with a LARGE predator ....
maybe you try another spot ...
or you could be the one on the news that everyone gawks at....
saying things ....like ....wow....glad i aint him

Was that thing caught in the nature center?

the area just north of lake arlington is full of them
someone hit a 9 footer on the road over there a while back
game wardens had to put it down becuz its back was broke ....
as well as the trinity in that area also ,,,,
i heard someone killed the old man in ft worth also
i think he is the one that was down there below the spillway on EM maybe for a long time ?

Every spring and summer people wade fish all over the state. If it was a major concern you would have seen or heard about it

What Lead Head said. Gators will not bother you as you don't bother them. I'd rather be around gators than snakes. Snakes suck!!! There are very few gator attacks each year with the majority coming from Florida. There are almost as many gators in florida as humans. I'd be much more concerned about the snakes here in Texas.

You'd be better off to worry about the snakes.

Most of the few gators on hubbard stay in two certain areas and they aren't anywhere you'd be wading anyway.

I've never seen one on Lavon, but I'd assume it's probably about like Hubbard. Very few of them and they have one or two areas I can think of off the top of my head where'd I'd expect to see them; not somewhere you'd bump into one wading.

They're definitely on Fork. But how many people wade fork? A lot. How many gator attacks? None. If you're real worried, get a floating stringer and keep your fish away from you and you'll be fine. I think your only worry with a gator would be getting to close to a nest. All bets are off then

haha from what Ive heard there about 10 or 15 gators in lake worth of varying size... luckily the lake is big enough you will probably never see um at those numbers.. now turtles on the other hand...

I wade fish and I dont ever want to be a statistic...

Up the creek, just outside the nature center boundary, by a guy in a 10 or 12 foot bass buggy.

Yea, and those gators seem to always be in the best fishing spots...its just not fair I tell you!

I'd worry more about the mudd on fork than gators.