ORLANDO, Fla (WESH). — The 920-pound gator was caught by Kevin Brotz and his group Friday.
The Central Florida hunting guide said he and his team caught what could be the second-heaviest alligator ever harvested in the state. The gator measures 13 feet 3 ¼ inches long.
Brotz runs Florida Gator Hunting and has been a guide and licensed charter captain for almost 20 years.
“I’ve lived here my whole life, and I think about gators, but I’ve never really experienced this,” he said.
Brotz had his two buddies with him.
“Honestly, my first concern was safety because we were in a smaller boat,” he said. “And then you add a gator whose head is this big. All he has to do is turn, and we’re in trouble. So immediately, all we kept saying, all I kept saying was, ‘Guys, we have to be smart. We have to play this safe.’ And I couldn’t have been with better people.”
Darren Field was also on board.
“When we saw this gator, it was way bigger than anything we’ve ever caught before,” he said. “It was a giant dinosaur. Not every day you get a giant dinosaur in your boat.”
According to FWC, the heaviest on record is over 1,000 pounds.
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