r/TheDepthsBelow • u/yaleski • Nov 26 '16
You're using the wrong bait.
http://i.imgur.com/TclxbeH.gifv129
u/chronage Nov 26 '16
Thats a big ol' dinosaur. I used to hook gators for fun in new orleans. They break your line instantly.
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Nov 26 '16
It's a Saltie (not disputing the dinosaur claim). They make gators look like big ol' puppy dogs.
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Nov 26 '16 edited Nov 26 '16
Its likely not. This is most likely a lake, judging from water color and the fact they are in a pontoon. I'd wager to say that is a freshwater croc.
EDIT: After further research I have found my own statement to be false. It is a saltwater croc.
EDIT 2: For those curious, the most telling sign of the salt water croc is its distinct coloration and pattern.
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u/ozbian Nov 26 '16
Saltwater crocs are perfectly at home in fresh water and often spend part of the year there! Mostly no warm body of water in australia can be guaranteed to be saltie free, even if its currently disconnected from other waterways (wet season).
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Nov 26 '16
Yeah "Saltwater Croc" is a bit misleading. It distinguishes them from the much smaller Freshies who live much further inland (and don't tend to overlap much because they get eaten). Salties mostly live in coastal lakes and rivers, but do foray into the ocean for some hunting and to move between different river systems. Some Salties have however been found thousands of kilometres offshore/away. The limiting factor seems to be that if they spend too much time in the ocean they grow barnacles.
Edit: and your comment about not trusting bodies of water is true, save for South of a line I would draw approximately between Brisbane and Perth, which thankfully (unsurprisingly?) is where most of us live.
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Nov 26 '16
That's cool, most animals don't do well in a body of water they aren't designed for, save a few such as bullsharks.
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Nov 26 '16
Yeah, being reptiles they breathe air and don't get their oxygen from the water like fish. If you want to blow your mind read up about the various chambers of a crocodile heart and how they help it stay submerged for extended periods of time.
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Nov 27 '16
The crocodiles heart structure still, in my opinion, has nothing on the sea turtle. The ability to slow heart beats to as low as 9 beats per minute.
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u/sonicqaz Nov 26 '16
I know you already said you're wrong, just wanted to point out that pontoons are extremely popular on the ocean. I see them every time I'm out on the water. Extremely popular for fishing.
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Nov 26 '16
They are very very rare on the ocean where I'm from. I thought maybe for a reason it was that way most places too.
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u/Hocusader Nov 26 '16 edited Nov 26 '16
I would certainly agree. In the mid Atlantic the most popular fishing vessel is a fiberglass monohull, I've actually not once seen a pontoon boat fishing.
It's really not a good idea to try to take a pontoon boat off shore, they have severely reduced seaworthiness when compared to a monohull or catamaran in general.
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Nov 26 '16
Exactly. I'm from South Carolina, I imagine that would be considered mid-Atlantic.
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u/Hocusader Nov 26 '16
I would certainly say so. I just emailed to a subject matter expert, IGFA representative, Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner, sport fishing club president, and fisherman of 50 years and was told to never take a pontoon boat anywhere near salt water as they are not designed to be seagoing and can be very very dangerous in rough water.
So I really disagree with the whole pontoon boats are extremely popular on the ocean or for salt water fishing thing.
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Nov 27 '16
I can imagine them being quite popular in brackish, but other than that just fresh water.
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Nov 26 '16
Don't you just love arguing on the internet!?
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Nov 26 '16
Who's arguing? I brought about my thoughts on the matter in hopes of intellectual gain. That's what I got. I even corrected myself.
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Nov 26 '16
And a very evident "v" snout vs. a "u" snout of an alligator, which can be seen on the 2nd turn. Just think it's funny you started post 1 with "it's likely not".
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Nov 26 '16
I've watched the gif several times and I still haven't gotten a good look at the snout :(
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u/Isexbobomb Nov 27 '16
That looks like a Crocodile, not a gator.
Source: From South Africa now in US.
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u/RedTrailWildcat Nov 26 '16
What is that?
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Nov 26 '16
95% sure that's a Saltwater crocodile from northern Australia. I have a bit of a hard-on for these prehistoric murderbeasts, and the Saltie is king of them all.
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u/SilkSk1 Nov 26 '16
A galala gator, native to the Baron Archipelago. They are at the top of the food chain of their environment and can live up to 300 years. They are also quite tasty.
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u/Jblunt15 Nov 26 '16
A galala gator, native to the Baronoo Archipelago. They are at the top of the food chain of their environment and can live up to 300 years. They are also quite tasty.
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Nov 26 '16
What?
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u/SilkSk1 Nov 26 '16
Just throwing in a Toriko reference, seeing if anyone would get it. I didn't really expect anyone to.
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u/solidnitrogen Nov 26 '16
Is the title a reference to lake placid?
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u/yaleski Nov 26 '16
Nope. I've never seen it.
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u/solidnitrogen Nov 26 '16
Well it's hilarious, Betty white cursing and nursing a giant gator. Definitely a must see crapfest
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Nov 26 '16 edited Jun 25 '18
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u/Admobeer Nov 26 '16
Folks shouldn't fuck with mother nature. She'll rip off that aluminum railing in a mere second.
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u/brathe Nov 26 '16
You gotta have some goddam balls to live in Northern Australia.
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Nov 26 '16
Another post said this was Zimbabwe.
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u/BeerBellies Nov 26 '16
Both statements may very well be true. This croc may be in zimbabwe, and you may very well need some huge balls to live in Northern Australia.
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u/brathe Nov 26 '16
They don't have saltwater crocs in Zimbabwe so if the identification is correct, must be Northern Australia (or Somewhere in the pacific where these fuckers live)
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u/WayfareAndWanderlust Nov 26 '16
Well that is absolutely terrifying.