ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- At long last, the elusive Duck Lake alligator has been captured.

Bob Sargent, natural resources manager at Robins, caught the gator by casting a fishing line over its back, hooking it and dragging it to shore.

He had used the same method to catch other gators on base, except from a boat. Previous attempts to catch the Duck Lake gator from a boat had failed because it was too skittish and would dive each time the boat came near.

However, Sargent decided this time to try catching the gator while casting from land and it worked. The female gator was relocated to the Ocmulgee River. It measured just over 5-feet long and weighed approximately 60 pounds.

He said the gator had been a continuing source of concern to those who live around the lake. "I'm just glad to get her away from the public," he said. "She was not a threat to anyone but folks were alarmed."

The gator's skittishness meant it posed little threat to humans, but Sargent said there was a chance if people started feeding it the gator would start approaching humans. It also could have become a threat to pets as it grew larger.