Gunn guides on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay, mostly in the Gulf Shores-Fort Morgan area. When my buddy, Jay Gunn, sent a text and asked if I wanted to go fishing in Magnolia River recently, I sent a one-word text back - 'certainly.' (Lower Alabama), can be some of the best of the year along the Gulf Coast. However, that doesn't mean I disregard a fishing invitation when it comes my way this time of year. When the first real cold front of the fall sweeps through Alabama, my attention starts to focus on the many hunting opportunities that our great state offers. (That's Lower Alabama) where the late fall and early winter produces great fishing opportunities. Today, our friend David Rainer for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources takes us fishing in L.A. I’ve seen several reports of eels making the rounds.EDITOR'S NOTE: Outdoor Wire editor Jim Shepherd is traveling this week getting a look at some of the new firearms that will be introduced at SHOT Show in just a few weeks. So if I happen to end up in a ‘Florida Man fights off alligator, saves dog and kids’ headline in the next few weeks at least you know where I’m coming from with that.Īlligators and snakes aren’t the only creatures showing up in weird places due to Sally. Neither really seem to pose a threat yet but the 6-footer is currently chilling in the lake out front of an elementary school, a lake I also walk my dog past every single day. There’s a tiny one around 4ish feet and a little larger one that’s around 6-feet. That’s when our property became submerged and snakes and alligators began looking for a place to hunker down,” she said.Īpropos of nothing, I’ve noticed two gators have moved into my neighborhood in the past month. Today the tide came in off the bay side with the surge and the water rose so quickly from that side. It also caused the surrounding canals to overflow and fill the marshlands. “Last night it hit us from the land side so strong winds tore part of our roof off and caused power outages and other damages. I was just amazed at the size of this one,” she said. “We are aware that we have them out in our area as well as lots of poisonous snakes so we know not to walk out there in floodwaters. “I went upstairs to survey the damage to our property as well as the neighbors boat dock I happened to look down and see this giant in our yard,” She told CNN that snakes and alligators sought refuge from the storm. Tina Lambert Bennett from Gulf Shores, Alabama shared this clip of an enormous 12-foot alligator at her neighbor’s house. Over 500,000 Americans lost power due to Sally. The storm surge throws everything in flux. We were under a flood warning here for days and it was still nothing compared to what the coastal areas of Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle got hit with. I’m in Southwest Florida and it rained nonstop from mid-day Friday through Monday morning as Sally passed by at a glacial pace, dumping nonstop rain on this coast as it strengthened towards the panhandle. At one point, Sally was inching along at like 2 MPH dumping torrential rain.

This was an incredibly slow-moving storm. It has since been downgraded to a Tropical Storm but it brought catastrophic flash flooding from the rain and a powerful storm surge. Hurricane Sally made landfall at the Florida/Alabama border as a Category 2 storm.

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