My son got an alligator tag this year. We hunted the hooch side Friday and Saturday nights. Didn't see anything over 6 or 7 foot. He said 8 was the lowest he would go. We were realistically looking for a 9 or 10. Man, it was tough. We went through every little canal there was. I hope some others had better luck. We heard some guys got a 13 footer from the spring Creek side. But you ARE NOT going in that area if you have an outboard. We found out rather quickly. Good luck to everyone.