This is by far the largest fish I have ever caught on rod and reel, or anything else! This Alligator weighed 170 pounds and I caught him below the Dam at Caddo Lake several years back, while fishin' for the big Flatheads.
I did'nt know it at the time, but he was and probably still is an IGFA world record for 50 pound test line. Keep up with the records, you never know when ya might shatter one!