This is my 17 year old stepson's 10 ft 4 inch alligator from this past season. He was really stoked. I had hunters in the two days before this. I got those guys tagged out and we went back in to pull these lines up until the next batch of hunters arrived. As I rounded the corner and saw the bait down and line tight, I knew pretty we had good gator on from the water boiling from him thrashing. It wasn't until I got him untangled and got him to the surface that I realized what I had. Low and behold I had two gators on the only two lines I had out over 9 foot! We are hunting some private ranches here in Southeast Texas. He made a good clean shot. This is was his first alligator. I have promised him an elk hunt if when he graduates high school this year.