Along the same lines…
I was fishing a tidal creek in the marsh next to my buddy’s house, standing in pluff mud about up to the ankles of my boots. Caught a nice fat red fish and as soon as he was on top of the water, a gator showed up out of nowhere. I opened the bale to let the fish take off and tried to back away from the edge of the creek (which isn’t easy in pluff mud). As I crept back toward the edge, he was still there waiting (pic). Gator wound up winning…fish, hook, sinkers, the whole nine yards. Creepy. They’re not usually in salt water but it’s not unusual.
