A chunk of chicken gizzard on a hook connected to a pole driven into the ground. I would lose all my bass and bluegill fish from my 1/3 acre pond if I drained it. And, we have a creek on the property too, which according to alligator control guy, is perfect alligator habitat. And, it came across the street from a 385 acre pond. Alligators are protected, unless they are dangerous. So far, it is afraid of me. Some idiot at the lake was obviously feeding it before it washed through the dam culvert into the creek, because it came right up to me the first time I saw it. (See picture) now, it won't even let me get close enough to take a picture. Good.