Catch you later, gator

A teen angler catches a small version of the
Big One, a 2-foot alligator someone left in
Government Wash at Lake Mead.

By Joe Schoenmann
Review-Journal

Count your toes, swimmers, thar's a gator in Lake Mead. Two Las Vegas teen-agers, angling for largemouth bass in Lake Mead, hooked one alligator and spotted another in Government Wash around noon Monday. After the boys wrangled the twisting, toothy 2-footer
and tied it to their car, the Nevada Division of Wildlife took the reptile into custody. Jon Sjoberg, supervising fisheries biologist, said the animal was killed Monday afternoon.

http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Aug-11-Wed-1999/news/11732555.html

Gail,
This sounds like one more GOOD reason to stay inside the casino's.
I can't imagine fishing and snaging a aligator.....in a place where it wasn't expected! WoW

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Lee-PA
Moderator, What's New Forum
lee@talkvegas.com

Lee,

I agree the casinos are the place to be. Guess the boat trip on Lack Mead is out for the next trip. I thought the only you had to fear in Nevada was scorpions, rattle snacks, and the adult magazine pushers.

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Ed,
Better watch out for the sharks in the casino too! <S>

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Lee-PA
Moderator, What's New Forum
lee@talkvegas.com

I've been to Lake Mead a few times. LOVE the drive through the desert. And some of the views of the lake are really beautiful. But, I've never "enjoyed" the lake.

We walked on the beach one time and the sand was like quicksand. And I joke you not, we had a hard time pulling the kids and ourselves out of it.

On the dock there are thousands of those ugly fish- karp? but try catching a fish in Lake Mead. Ha! Good Luck <g>!

Now, alligators?? Maybe I'll take another ride through the desert just for the beautiful scenery. But now that there are alligators! in the lake, there will be NO chance of catching any fish pretty soon <g>.

Also heard that they will soon be charging to go to Lake Mead. Will see if I can find out when and how much.