Harry the Heron AKA Bait Thief.
They will come up and steal your bait fish right out of your bucket.
We have a small fish pond in our back yard that is filled with Comets.
On day a heron was standing in it and eating them all................
Harry is a very polite bait thief. He hovers nearby all day long, but doesn’t approach the fish baskets, at least we we were. I have seen him snag fish on his own in the gulf. He’s a decent fisherman in his own right.
I can’t get over how pretty the water was this time. I think it was the prettiest I’ve ever seen it. It’s going to take me a few days to adjust to being back home.