AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) – Eric Sanchez and the crew were kicking off Labor Day weekend with fishing poles and the Savannah River, seriously.”This is the first time I hear about this. I’m not from here. It’s a little concerning,” Sanchez said.
Eric’s concern is not whether the fish will bite, but what else might because in recent days, we had a guy training for the Ironman, who got bit and had to fight off an alligator.Then, there was this twelve and a half foot alligator that looks like it could snack on a sumo wrestler that was taken from the Savannah.Paul Hardy was aware of this, but he still was fishing the Savannah and doesn’t make too much out of the fact he kept the boat tied to the dock.
“Do you have alligator anxiety right now?”“No, no, not really being in the boat. If you get in the water, you got to kind of know there’s always that chance,” Hardy said.There are signs that say no swimming in the Savannah, like that’s needed right now.Yes, there are gators in the river, but you don’t have to be a gator hater.“You are in their world. Just leave them be, and most of the time, they’ll leave you be,” said Ben Custer…