NY Daily News: Catch of the Century! Louisiana Fisherman Snares Monstrous 800-Pound Gator

by / Louisiana Seafood News on September 15, 2012


Rob Neil poses with the 12-foot alligator he caught in the Intracoastal Waterway in Bourg, La. Photo: Chris Heller/Associated Press

by / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

That brute will make one helluva handbag.

A fisherman in southern Louisiana made the catch of his life on Wednesday when he hauled in a 12-foot, 800-pound alligator.

Rob Neil, 35, a commercial fisherman who sells gator meat and skins to restaurants and clothing manufacturers, caught the beast while fishing the Intercostal Waterway in Bourg, near Houma, some 60 miles south of New Orleans.

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