My wife and I fished there a couple years ago. We saw a ton of gators at Okeechobee, not so many at the Everglades. We counted over 20 gators at any one time and the only time they moved much was when an airboat came through. They left us alone and we left them alone; though I did hook a small gator about 18". Fortunately he came unbutton before I got him to the boat. That tape was interesting though.