VIDEO PHOTOS Florida teenager one ups Swamp People by reeling in 800lb alligator with fishing rod

Sep, 20, 2011 | AUTHOR: Darren O; | Related : News, Swamp People, videos

I think the Guist brothers of Swamp People have some competition as Florida teenager Tim Stroh reeled in an 800lb 12′ behemoth alligator with… His bass fishing rod!

Stroh hails from Hobe Sound and has been hunting alligators with his mother and father for five years. Over the weekend the adventuresome family was doing their thing in the St. Lucie County Canal when they spotted the monster you see above near a bridge. When Tim’s old man Steve realized how big this gator was he admitted he was a little scared.

“When I saw how big it was it even intimidated me.”

19-year-old Tim doesn’t look like he has the build to beat this big one but don’t let appearances confuse you, he managed to bring the gator in with his bass fishing rod. Once they got the gator boat side and realized the enormousness of their catch Tim beat it across the head with a bang stick… which is just a .44 caliber gun shell on a stick. These alligator hunters keep it simple and crazy!

Here’s a video report filed by area news station WPTV:

The family is license legit to hunt them gators down and after he beat it down he harpooned it with help from a buddy, can’t hate on Tim for asking for a little help on this one.

As for the fate of the alligator, well it now calls the Stroh’s family freezer its home. Tim’s dad is a taxidermist (nope he’s not Chuck Testa) and stated that he was going to mount the head for Tim’s room. Here’s one more parting shot of Tim with his catch. Is that Tim’s other nice looking Florida catch posing with him?

Photos: Steven Stroh/Splash News

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Lisa

That girl should never, ever, EVER wear those shorts again. I can hear the seams ripping from here.
- sherry
  
  gator thighs..lol
- Chuck
  
  Quit being a hater. The thighs are wonderful and I’d like to eat her meat.
Mandy

When I first looked at this picture I didn’t even see the gator.. all I saw was THIGHS!
sue

why isnt this illegal? dont get me wrong alligators are one of my least favorite animals but i would NEVER kill one just for the hell of it! people like this disgust me. i dont care if its “normal” for that area of living or if their parents and grandparents have done it all their lives. its not morally right, and any “sport” that involvs killing of an animal should be illegal(like SOME are).
- Anthony
  
  People like you annoy me!! First off, they eat the gator so it is no longer sport hunting and now becomes hunting for food. People have been doing it for centuries long before you contaminated this world with your existence. Second, the reason that they have licensing and seasons for gator hunting is so that the population does not get to big and idiots like yourself don’t get eaten. What should be illegal is you having the right to speak!!
  - Tanya
    
    AMEN!!! I couldn’t have said it better myself, Anthony. Well, I could correct your grammar and spelling, but that’s not what this is about. I liked what you had to say!!! You’re totally right!
- http://twitter.com/nashchick35 nashchick35
  
  Your obviously not from the south! In Tennessee we go hunting all the time, not for aligators dugh but it’s the same thing! I say congrats to Tim!
Nony

This is disgusting, and not something to be proud of.
- Tanya
  
  So, do you not eat meat at all from any animal?
coleton

There is nothing wrong with this. Hunting has been part of human nature since man was created. So what now we’re suppose to stop because it not technically necessary? No everyone has a right to hunt if they so chose, and if things like this didnt happen aligators would over populate
coleton

Oh and chick looks pretty good to me. I like her legs, there hott.
lyla

My god, you people are rude.
Big talkers behind a computer screen, bet you’d never tell someone that to her face. You must be very insecure people to only comment on the girl in this photo.

I think she’s very pretty.
ryan

Cottage cheese anyone?
Tanya

I’m from that area too. That’s so awesome he made it on this site. And for all you people criticizing him for killing the gator, get over it. I’m sure it’s not going to waste. If you lived here, you’d understand the reasons the gators have to be hunted. I’m sure you’d bitch about it if you or someone you know was harmed or killed by one b/c of over population. So, get over yourself and go pose for PETA or something! Stupid hippies.
jackattack

She should wear pants i don’t know how she squeezed herself into those.
I don’t like that the he killed a gator and so what if I’m a stupid hippie I rather not be the one killing an animal let me throw some bait out and catch you and put you on display.
- Tristan
  
  Soo would you rather it eat you?
peter piper

its called over population ya idiot. id bet that croc ate at least 20 of the familys in the area,s pets before it met its fate. i say kill them all. they have no use on this planet. and the girl would probably look better if she was in the doggie position…just sayin,
Bill

Anthony, that’s stupid logic. Eating an animal after you kill it doesn’t suddenly make it right, unless it’s THE reason you killed it in the first place. This gator was killed for TROPHY and PRIDE obviously. Yeah back in the day maybe people had to hunt to survive but most people who hunt now do it FOR SPORT and so they can thump their chest and go ‘hey bubba look what I done did!’

I live in Mississippi where all you hear during deer season is rednecks getting into a contest bragging about how many points was on the buck they took down. Wow you outsmarted an animal and you can shoot a gun! (claps)GOOD FOR YOU! Here’s a cookie.

Oh and what’s with the haters on here? That girl ain’t perfect but she’s still looks good. No wonder so many of you are anorexic. Put down the Seventeen and Cosmopolitan rags and spend some time in the real world. And Ryan most girls, even the skinny ones, have a little cottage cheese on the thighs.
- Mandy
  
  Bill I am not hating. In fact I have a very similar body but the difference is I wouldn’t be caught dead in shorts like that!!! You have to dress for your body type. Being curvy is awesome!!
  - Dani
    
    Exactly! She is suppose to wear clothing that minimizes her less attractive features and accentuate the attractive features.
Tristan

You people!!Jeez! At least she embraces her body! Yes, they are a little bit short but, God!
Kendra

She’s out hunting with that guy… Clearly she isn’t going to look like a super model… Leave her alone
cap

At least this is a refreshing twist on the same old predictable story of alligator vs. man with the same winner each week–shooting fish in a barrel. For a northerner, it’s hard to see how so much shooting of these creatures is permitted and what the value is, apart from stuffing them. Gators aren’t crocs, which are truly dangerous. Aren’t they being unfairly demonized on these shows? (The lady friend, incidentally, is extremely attractive, shorts and all. Once there was a celebrity named Twiggy because she was built like a gar fish–all bones. That’s not my idea of feminine beauty, nor was it a model sought by any of the great artists (like Rubens) who painted women in the Renaissance and Romantic era.)
Phiber Optik

The woman has great legs. Fact, they are phenomenal.

Phiber Optik
Dubai man

She looks great in photo , I think she over exposed for this reason no one is talking about alligator , but about her alligator legs lol ))