An 8-year-old boy in Polk County had his first real gator catch last month -- measuring a whopping 11 feet 3 inches long.
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Grayson Chantley’s father caught the amazing feat on video as the boy speared the gator on a boat in Lake Kissimmee.
A photo of Chantley shows him with the gator, and the reptile’s head is almost the entire size of him.
Chantley told WFTS that before he caught the gator, his father woke him up around midnight to go gator hunting -- which he's done several times with his dad.
WFTS reports that Chantley grew up fishing and hunting with his family -- who owns Grape Hammock Fish Camp on Lake Kissimmee.
The largest alligator caught in Florida was 14 feet, 3.5 and a half inches long -- found in Brevard County in 2010.